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
PREMIERE Elements (Venue)
Hong Kong Arts Centre Louis Koo Cinema (Venue)
HK Science Museum Lecture Hall
Hong Kong Film Archive
K11 Art House
The Metroplex
Festival Grand Cinema
the sky
MCL Telford Cinema
Tai Kwun
MOViE MOViE
CINE FAN ONLINE
EMP Cinemas iSQUARE (Venue)
M+ Cinema (Venue)
EMP Cinemas Times Square (Venue)
The Grand Cinema
Broadway Hollywood
Cine Moko
Chinese Subtitles
Category III
Post-screening discussion with the director
Director and/or actor(s) will meet the audience
Post-screening talk
Full House
Introduction