To Be or Not to Be

Ernst Lubitsch

Melchior Lengyel
Edwin Justus Mayer
Ernst Lubitsch

[Cast Group]
Actor: Carole Lombard | Character: Maria Tura
Actor: Jack Benny | Character: Joseph Tura
Actor: Robert Stack | Character: Lieutenant Stanislav Sobinski
Actor: Felix Bressart | Character: Greenberg
Actor: Lionel Atwill | Character: Rawitch
Actor: Stanley Ridges | Character: Professor Siletsky
Actor: Sig Ruman | Character: Colonel Ehrhardt
Actor: Tom Dugan | Character: Bronski
Actor: Charles Halton | Character: Producer Jan Dobosz
Actor: George Lynn | Character: Actor-Adjutant
Actor: Henry Victor | Character: Captain Schultz
Actor: Maude Eburne | Character: Anna
Actor: Halliwell Hobbes | Character: General Armstrong
Actor: Miles Mander | Character: Major Cunningham
Actor: Rudolph Anders | Character: Gestapo Sergeant at Desk at Top of Hotel Stairs
Actor: Paul Barrett | Character: Polish RAF Pilot
Actor: Sven Hugo Borg | Character: German Soldier
Actor: Danny Borzage | Character: Member of Audience at Performance of Hamlet
Actor: Buster Brodie | Character: Townsman
Actor: Peter Caldwell | Character: Wilhelm Kunze
Actor: Alec Craig | Character: Scottish Farmer Without Mustache
Actor: Helmut Dantine | Character: Co-Pilot
Actor: Jack Deery | Character: Member of Audience at Performance of Hamlet
Actor: Leslie Denison | Character: Captain
Actor: James Finlayson | Character: Scottish Farmer with Mustache
Actor: Bess Flowers | Character: Polish RAF Pilot's Assistant
Actor: James Gillette | Character: Polish RAF Pilot
Actor: Stuart Hall | Character: Member of Audience at Performance of Hamlet
Actor: Leyland Hodgson | Character: Second Reporter
Actor: Shep Houghton | Character: German Soldier
Actor: Olaf Hytten | Character: Polonius in Warsaw
Actor: Charles Irwin | Character: Reporter
Actor: Tiny Jones | Character: Townswoman
Actor: John Kellogg | Character: Polish RAF Flyer
Actor: Adolf E. Licho | Character: Prompter
Actor: Wilbur Mack | Character: Member of Audience at Performance of Hamlet
Actor: John Meredith | Character: English Wireless Operator
Actor: Maurice Murphy | Character: Polish RAF Pilot
Actor: Richard Neill | Character: Warsaw Bystander
Actor: Russ Powell | Character: Warsaw Bystander
Actor: Frank Reicher | Character: Polish Official
Actor: Otto Reichow | Character: Co-Pilot
Actor: Gene Rizzi | Character: Polish RAF Pilot
Actor: John Roy | Character: Member of Audience at Performance of Hamlet
Actor: Hans Schumm | Character: Special Investigations Squad
Actor: Stephen Soldi | Character: Warsaw Bystander
Actor: Count Stefenelli | Character: Member of Audience at Performance of Hamlet
Actor: Roland Varno | Character: Pilot
Actor: Ernö Verebes | Character: Stage Manager
Actor: Dorothy Vernon | Character: Member of Audience at Performance of Hamlet
Actor: Armand 'Curly' Wright | Character: Makeup Man
Actor: Wolfgang Zilzer | Character: Man in Bookstore

[Directors Group]
Name: Ernst Lubitsch | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Melchior Lengyel | Role: Writer
Name: Edwin Justus Mayer | Role: Writer
Name: Ernst Lubitsch | Role: Writer

[Producers Group]
Name: Ernst Lubitsch | Role: Producer

[Music Group]
Name: Werner R. Heymann | Role: Composer

[Cinematography Group]
Name: Rudolph Maté | Role: Cinematographer

[Editing Group]
Name: Dorothy Spencer | Role: Editor

[Casting Group]
Name: Victor Sutker | Role: Casting Director

[Production Design Group]
Name: Vincent Korda | Role: Production Designer

[Set Decoration Group]
Name: Julia Heron | Role: Set Decorator

[Makeup Department]
Name: Gordon Bau | Role: Makeup Department

[Production Management]
Name: Walter Mayo | Role: Production Manager

[Assistant Directors]
Name: William McGarry | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: William Tummel | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director

[Art Department]
Name: J. McMillan Johnson | Role: Art Department

[Sound Department]
Name: Frank Maher | Role: Sound Department

[Special Effects]
Name: Lawrence W. Butler | Role: Special Effects

[Costume and Wardrobe Department]
Name: Irene | Role: Costume Department
Name: Eugene Joseff | Role: Costume Department

[Music Department]
Name: Miklós Rózsa | Role: Music Department
Name: Eugene Zador | Role: Music Department

[Additional Crew]
Name: Alexander Korda | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Ryszard Ordynski | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Jacques Berlioz | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Jack Caffey | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Jean-Henri Chambois | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Emilio Cigoli | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Janine Clairjane | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Jean Clarieux | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Olinto Cristina | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Jean Davy | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Henri Ebstein | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Fernand Fabre | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Richard Francoeur | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Lauro Gazzolo | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Camille Guérini | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Georges Hubert | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Pino Locchi | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Raymond Loyer | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Augusto Marcacci | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Albert Montigny | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Rina Morelli | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Pierre Morin | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Luigi Pavese | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Corrado Racca | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Stefano Sibaldi | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Aldo Silvani | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Marc Valbel | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Gaetano Verna | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Mauro Zambuto | Role: Additional Crew

Official Trailer | Type: Trailer | IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/video/vi4070296345/ | Playback: https://imdb-video.media-imdb.com/mc/vi4070296345/vi4070296345_1080p.mp4?Expires=1787770513&Signature=glsLOEmOYyprWAXp8~M5sH~Z0GpnBqeRdFadiJF~07VPJkYCrSN-BrJr4sBWM7q8Q1bUfE7n2rJ4-sJokzLC7J~rJC~TgB2Bq1gfkw2dtPxdHaIRI4QgfZmMtjyrXim65W8DGh6bNIUbfWGLbL1k8UaxKKQcA64TkgCwPTjYLOGSFPWFGpf5U-ejjNI35f~j0VU5lqXuipFHtR3joO3j3c~rMWcRNu72ULxHGlmM5CgIrZpqjgDAXbOIJlO4rcITriuduCBxomPgoQBnesOgS4qzVaG3F4sBhLa5Aj8XsNWFcdA7XlO1gdOcOzbYS~i-gyk-56XDkdIFk4gc1cOOpg__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIFLZBVQZ24NQH3KA

United States: February 19, 1942 (Los Angeles, California, premiere)
United States: March 6, 1942
Canada: March 9, 1942
United Kingdom: May 1942 (London)
Mexico: May 2, 1942
Brazil: July 7, 1942
Uruguay: July 29, 1942
Australia: November 1942
South Africa: December 2, 1942 (Johannesburg)
South Africa: February 10, 1943 (Cape Town, charity premiere)
South Africa: February 11, 1943 (Cape Town)
Denmark: October 14, 1946
Portugal: November 15, 1946
Italy: December 12, 1946
Norway: January 7, 1947
Sweden: February 3, 1947
Netherlands: May 12, 1947
France: May 21, 1947
Greece: November 17, 1947
Turkey: January 1948
Hungary: March 4, 1948
Hong Kong: November 11, 1948
United States: May 7, 1950 (Los Angeles, California, TV premiere)
Finland: May 12, 1950
Denmark: March 9, 1951 (re-release)
Denmark: July 16, 1956 (re-release)
Netherlands: February 22, 1957 (re-release)
Norway: August 1, 1960 (TV release)
West Germany: August 12, 1960
Soviet Union: October 6, 1963 (Moscow premiere)
Soviet Union: January 6, 1964
Hungary: March 30, 1967 (re-release)
Spain: December 19, 1970 (Barcelona)
Spain: March 3, 1971 (Madrid)
Finland: July 15, 1988 (re-release)
Japan: June 3, 1989
France: December 13, 2000 (limited, re-release)
Poland: February 12, 2001 (TV release)
Czech Republic: January 29, 2004 (Febio Film Festival)
Hong Kong: April 11, 2004 (Hong Kong International Film Festival)
France: September 2009 (Deauville American Film Festival)
China: June 19, 2010 (Shanghai International Film Festival)
Switzerland: August 2010 (Locarno Film Festival)
France: September 8, 2010 (re-release)
Greece: September 17, 2010 (Athens Film Festival)
Italy: May 30, 2013 (re-release)
France: October 2, 2013 (War on Screen International Film Festival)
Greece: July 14, 2017 (Syros International Film Festival)
Australia: October 24, 2021 (Brisbane Film Festival)
Germany: February 12, 2022 (Berlin International Film Festival)
Taiwan: July 20, 2025 (Golden Horse Classic Film Festival)
Portugal: February 18, 2026 (Cinemateca Portuguesa - Museu do Cinema)
Italy: September 4, 2026 (Venice International Film Festival)

Nominee | 1943 | Academy Awards, USA | Oscar | Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | Werner R. Heymann, To Be or Not to Be
Winner | 1971 | Sant Jordi Awards | Special Award | Ernst Lubitsch, To Be or Not to Be | On occasion of its 30th anniversary.
Winner | 1996 | National Film Preservation Board, USA | National Film Registry | To Be or Not to Be
Nominee | 2014 | Satellite Awards | Satellite Award | Best Overall Blu-Ray | To Be or Not to Be
Winner | 1942 | Photoplay Awards | Photoplay Award | Best Pictures of the Month (May) | To Be or Not to Be
Winner | 1942 | Photoplay Awards | Photoplay Award | Best Performances of the Month (May) | Carole Lombard, To Be or Not to Be
Winner | 1942 | Photoplay Awards | Photoplay Award | Best Performances of the Month (May) | Jack Benny, To Be or Not to Be

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