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To Be or Not to Be (1983)
Directed by Alan Johnson
“THAT is the movie!”
Comedy, War, Romance · 1h 47m
A bad Polish actor is just trying to make a living when Poland is invaded by the Germans in World War II. His wife has the habit of entertaining young Polish officers while he's on stage, which is also a source of depression to him. When one of her officers comes back on a Secret Mission, the actor takes charge and comes up with a plan for them to escape.
Cast
Mel Brooks
Dr. Frederick Bronski
Anne Bancroft
Anna Bronski
Tim Matheson
Lt. Andre Sobinski
Charles Durning
Col. Erhardt
José Ferrer
Prof. Siletski
George Gaynes
Ravitch
Christopher Lloyd
Capt. Schultz
George Wyner
Ratkowski
Lewis J. Stadlen
Lupinsky
Jack Riley
Dobish
James "Gypsy" Haake
Sasha
Ronny Graham
Sondheim
Crew
- Director
- Alan Johnson
- Screenplay
- Thomas Meehan, Ronny Graham
- Director of Photography
- Gerald Hirschfeld
- Original Music Composer
- John Morris
- Editor
- Alan Balsam
- Producer
- Mel Brooks
Details
- Release date
- 1983-12-16
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Genres
- Comedy, War, Romance
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- Polish, English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Brooksfilms
- Budget
- $9,000,000
- Box office
- $13,030,214