To Be or Not to Be
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch
USA, 1942, English, 99mins, DCP
Cast: Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack
Filmed on the eve of America’s entry into World War II and set during the German invasion of Poland, Lubitsch’s screwball masterpiece stars Jack Benny and Carole Lombard, in her final screen performance, as a married couple of Warsaw stage actors who become embroiled in an international spy plot. Their unfaithful deceptions soon make way for a delightful caper of misunderstandings and mistaken identities involving their entire company of Shakespearean thesps, as Lubitsch delivers a bold and unflinching send-up of the Nazi high command, reaching all the way to lampooning the Führer himself.
Academy Awards: Best Music Score nomination
Screening:
In-theatre Screening
Cancelled 2022-01-23 (Sun)
17:25Cancelled 2022-03-12 (Sat)
14:15
Hong Kong Arts Centre Louis Koo Cinema (Venue)
M+ Cinema (Venue)
EMP Cinemas iSQUARE (Venue)
EMP Cinemas Times Square (Venue)
PREMIERE Elements (Venue)
K11 Art House
Broadway Hollywood
Hong Kong Film Archive
Festival Grand Cinema
The Grand Cinema
Cine Moko
MOViE MOViE
The Metroplex
the sky
HK Science Museum Lecture Hall
Hong Kong Arts Centre Shouson Theatre
MCL Telford Cinema
Tai Kwun
The HKFYG Jockey Club Media 21
CINE FAN ONLINE
Chinese Subtitles
Category III
Director and/or actor(s) will meet the audience
Meet the audience
Post-screening discussion with the director
Post-screening talk
Assigned seating
Full House