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To be or not to be

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Lombard, Carole, 1908-1942, actor.
Lubitsch, Ernst, 1892-1947, filmmaker.
Benny, Jack, 1894-1974, actor.
Kanopy (Firm)
Language:
German
Subjects (All):
Screwball comedy films.
World War, 1939-1945--Poland--Drama.
World War, 1939-1945.
Genre:
Feature films
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 99 minutes) digital, .flv file, sound
Place of Publication:
[San Francisco, California, USA] Kanopy Streaming 2014
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web
digital
video file MPEG-4 Flash
Summary:
As nervy as it is hilarious, this screwball masterpiece from Ernst Lubitsch stars Jack Benny and, in her final screen appearance, Carole Lombard as husband-and-wife thespians in Nazi-occupied Warsaw who become caught up in a dangerous spy plot. To be or not to be is a Hollywood film of the boldest black humor, which went into production soon after the U.S. entered World War II. Lubitsch manages to brilliantly balance political satire, romance, slapstick, and urgent wartime suspense in a comic high-wire act that has never been equaled
Notes:
Title from title frames
Originally produced by Criterion Collection/Janus Films in 1942
OCLC:
897772321
Publisher Number:
1113143 Kanopy
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license

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