Film record

To Be or Not to Be

1942Feature film93 minVerification: Verified

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Production countries
United States
Languages
English
Genres
comedy drama · war film

Credits

Direction

Ernst Lubitsch — Directing

Cast

Carole Lombard — Acting (Maria Tura)
Jack Benny — Acting (Joseph Tura)
Robert Stack — Acting (Lieut. Stanislav Sobinski)
Felix Bressart — Acting (Greenberg)
Sig Ruman — Acting (Col. Ehrhardt)
Lionel Atwill — Acting (Rawitch)
Alec Craig — Acting
Helmut Dantine — Acting
Jimmy Finlayson — Acting
Halliwell Hobbes — Acting (Gen. Armstrong)
Stanley Ridges — Acting (Professor Alexander Siletsky)
Charles Halton — Acting (Producer Dobosh)
Miles Mander — Acting (Major Cunningham)
Frank Reicher — Acting
Charles Irwin — Acting
George Lynn — Acting (Actor-Adjutant)
Henry Victor — Acting (Capt. Schultz)
Wolfgang Zilzer — Acting
Maude Eburne — Acting (Anna)
Rudolph Anders — Acting
John Kellogg — Acting

Writing

Edwin Justus Mayer — Screenwriting

Production

Ernst Lubitsch — Production

Music

Werner R. Heymann — Music composition

Cinematography

Rudolph Maté — Cinematography

Editing

Dorothy Spencer — Editing

Art department

Julia Heron — Production design
Documented participation

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Distribution

Netflix

International
Verified

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Releases by territory

United States · Original release
15 Feb 1942Checked 20 Sep 2026
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