To be or not to be

Resource Information

The work To be or not to be represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

To be or not to be

Statement of responsibility

Alexander Korda presents ; an Ernst Lubitsch production ; original story by Melchior Lengyel ; screenplay by Edwin Justus Mayer ; released through United Artists ; produced and directed by Ernst Lubitsch

Contributor

• Bressart, Felix, 1890-1949
• Lengyel, Menyhért, 1880-1974
• Lombard, Carole, 1908-1942
• Binh, N. T., 1958-
• Lubitsch, Ernst, 1892-1947
• Bernard, Jean-Jacques
• Benny, Jack, 1894-1974
• Maté, Rudolph, 1899-1964
• Atwill, Lionel, 1885-1946
• Mayer, Edwin Justus, 1896-1960
• O'Brien, Geoffrey, 1948-
• United Artists Corporation
• Criterion Collection (Firm)
• Ridges, Stanley, 1892-1951
• Rumann, Sig, 1884-1967
• Spencer, Dorothy, 1909-2002
• Stack, Robert, 1919-2003
• Irene, 1901-1962
• Kalat, David, 1970-
• Korda, Alexander, Sir, 1893-1956
• Heron, Julia
• Dugan, Tom, 1889-1955
• Korda, Vincent, 1896-1979
• Heymann, Werner Richard, 1896-1961

Actor

• Ridges, Stanley, 1892-1951
• Stack, Robert, 1919-2003
• Rumann, Sig, 1884-1967
• Atwill, Lionel, 1885-1946
• Benny, Jack, 1894-1974
• Lombard, Carole, 1908-1942
• Bressart, Felix, 1890-1949
• Dugan, Tom, 1889-1955

Commentator

• Kalat, David, 1970-

Costume designer

• Irene, 1901-1962

Director of photography

• Maté, Rudolph, 1899-1964

Editor of moving image work

• Spencer, Dorothy, 1909-2002

Film director

• Bernard, Jean-Jacques
• Lubitsch, Ernst, 1892-1947

Filmmaker

• Binh, N. T., 1958-

Film producer

• Korda, Alexander, Sir, 1893-1956

Producer

• Lubitsch, Ernst, 1892-1947

Production designer

• Korda, Vincent, 1896-1979

Screenwriter

• Lengyel, Menyhért, 1880-1974
• Lubitsch, Ernst, 1892-1947
• Mayer, Edwin Justus, 1896-1960

Set designer

• Heron, Julia

Writer of added text

• O'Brien, Geoffrey, 1948-

Subject

• Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945 -- Drama
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland -- Drama
• Feature films
• War films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Dark comedy films
• Fiction films
• Theater -- Poland -- Drama

Genre

• War films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Dark comedy films
• Drama
• Fiction films
• Feature films

Language

• eng
• eng
• eng
• eng

Summary

As nervy as it is hilarious, a masterpiece from Ernst Lubitsch, 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

Related

• Pinkus's shoe palace
• Lubitsch le patron

Member of

• To be or not to be (Motion picture : 1942)
• Criterion collection, 670

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

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Credits note

Cinematographer, Rudolph Maté; art director, J. McMillan Johnson, Vincent Korda ; composer, Werner Richard Heymann; production designed by Vincent Korda ; interior decoration, Julia Heron ; costumes, Irene ; film editor, Dorothy Spencer

Dewey number

791.43/72

Language note

English dialogue; optional English SDH subtitles

LC call number

PN1997

LC item number

.T6 2013

PerformerNote

Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack, Felix Bressart, Lionel Atwill, Stanley Ridges, Sig Ruman, Tom Dugan

Runtime

99

Series statement

The Criterion collection

Series volume

670

Technique

live action