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To Be or Not to Be
MEANRANK
85/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #161
- IMDb #273
- Rotten Tomatoes #141
- Metacritic #362
- Letterboxd #98
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #335
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #282
- Metacritic Critics #363
- Metacritic Audience #694
- Kinopoisk #664
- AlloCiné #454
- Trakt #378
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Kinopoisk on 78, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 96.
See the most agreed on films →In Nazi-occupied Warsaw, a troupe of actors finds their theatrical performances suddenly irrelevant. When a brave Polish pilot uncovers a German spy’s plan, the actors use their unique skills for impersonation and deception to step into the real world of espionage. They devise an elaborate scheme to outwit the occupying forces and help the resistance, risking everything for their country.
Details
- Director
- Ernst Lubitsch
- Writers
- Edwin Justus Mayer, Melchior Lengyel
- Studio
- Romaine Film Corporation
- Released
- 6 March 1942
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, German, French
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $1.2M
- Box office
- $1.5M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 1 nomination
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| 15th Academy Awards 1943 | Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score | Werner R. Heymann | Nominee |
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×| Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score | Werner R. Heymann | Nominee |