TO BE OR NOT TO BE (1942)
Special Features: 80th Anniversary
"So they call me Concentration Camp Ehrhardt," Gestapo man Col. Ehrhardt (Sig Ruman) gloats to Polish actor-turned-undercover agent Joseph Tura (Jack Benny) — and after Tura's cover is blown, he proceeds to criticize Tura's Hamlet: "What you did to Shakespeare, we're doing to Poland." Criticized in its time for abominable taste (the farce is set in Nazi-occupied Warsaw), this tale about a troupe of actors who use their gifts to outsmart the occupying troops is now considered one of director Ernst Lubitsch's supreme masterpieces, a satire delicately balancing somber and slapstick. Look for a scintillating Carole Lombard in her final role, as Tura's straying, but ultimately loyal wife Maria. DIR/PROD Ernst Lubitsch; SCR Edwin Justus Mayer, from the story by Melchior Lengyel. U.S., 1942, b&w, 99 min. NOT RATED
AFI Member passes accepted.
The 10:00 p.m. show on Sept. 17 has been canceled.
Run Time: 99 Minutes
Opening Date: Friday, September 16, 2022
Genre: Romantic comedy