

Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Movie News India Movie Spotlight. a little piece of Poland, a little piece of France." No wonder he's "world famous in Poland"! Extras include a behind-the-scenes making-of featurette, and interviews with Brooks, Durning, and the lovely Bancroft, all the more bittersweet viewed after her 2005 death. To Be or Not to Be (1983) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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There are witty blink-and-you'll-miss-them moments, too early in the film, Bronski is barking orders to his theater staff, including one crew member who's named Sondheim, apparently solely so that later Bronski can bark, "Sondheim, send in the clowns!" Also not to miss is the production number "Naughty Nazis," in which Bronski, as a misunderstood Hitler, sings, "All I vant is peace. Publication date 1942 Usage Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International Topics Cinema Language English. As one would expect in a Brooks film, there's lots of silliness, but the script is leavened with real drama and fleshed out by a superb cast, including Charles Durning as a semi-clueless Nazi official. To Be or Not to Be is a 1983 American war comedy film directed by Alan Johnson, produced by Mel Brooks, and starring Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Tim Matheson, Charles Durning, Christopher Lloyd, and Jos Ferrer. Bancroft, in her early '50s, is so gorgeous and seductive it's perfectly believable that she's beguiling to men of all ages-from a hunky young flier played by Tim Matheson to a wizened Nazi collaborator played by Mel Ferrer. A troupe of squabbling actors joins the Polish underground to dupe the Nazis. It's a joy to see the two spar, snuggle, and softshoe together. Watch To Be or Not to Be and more new movie premieres on Max. Brooks stars as Frederick Bronski, a legend-in-his-own-mind leading man, and Anne Bancroft, Brooks' real-life wife, is his glamorous-and amorous-spouse. I'd give you a kiss right now but, I'm afraid I might ruin my make-up. To Be or Not to Be - an adaptation of the film, starring William Powell (Joseph Tura), Diana Lewis (Maria Tura), and German actor Sig Ruman (Colonel. I watched your scene with Polonius from the wings and you were never better.

In To Be or Not to Be, a remake of a 1942 Jack Benny comedy, Brooks and an all-star ensemble cast have a splendid time working as a makeshift Polish underground in World War II, using as their cover their theatrical company. Joseph Tura : Oh, I know I'm giving a rotten performance. To Be or Not to Be is a Hollywood film of the boldest black humor, which went into production right before the U.S. No filmmaker seems to take such glee at poking fun of the Nazis as Mel Brooks.
