To be or not to be
(DVD) 

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Lubitsch, Ernst, 1892-1947. Film director
Korda, Alexander, Sir, 1893-1956 Film producer
Lengyel, Menyh�ert, 1880-1974 Screenwriter
Mayer, Edwin Justus, 1896-1960 Screenwriter
Lombard, Carole, 1908-1942 Actor
Published
[New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2013].
Format
DVD
Edition
Two-DVD special ed.
ISBN
9781604657616, 1604657618
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (99 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (23 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm). 
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Subjects

LC Subjects
Dark comedy films
DVD-Video discs.
Feature films
Fiction films.
Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945 -- Drama.
Theater -- Poland -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
War films
World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland -- Drama.

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Language
English
UPC
715515109017

Notes

General Note
Full screen (1.37:1).
General Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1942.
General Note
Special features: Disc 1: Audio commentary featuring film historian David Kalat. Disc 2: Pinkus's shoe palace (1916 film starring Ernst Lubitsch as a slapstick Jewish sterotype); Lubitsch le patron (a 2010 French documentary written by film scholar N.T. Binh and directed by Jean-Jacques Bernard, traces the career of filmmaker Ernst Lubitsch); The Screen Guild Theater (two episodes of the radio anthology series: Variety (1940) and To Be or Not to Be (1943)). Booklet features an essay by critic Geoffrey O'Brien and a 1942 New York Times op-ed by Lubitsch.
Creation/Production Credits
Production designed by Vincent Korda ; photographed by Rudolph Mat�e ; musical score by Werner R. Heymann ; interior decoration, Julia Heron ; costumes, Irene ; film editor, Dorothy Spencer ; original story by Melchior Lengyel.
Participants/Performers
Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack, Felix Bressart, Lionel Atwill, Stanley Ridges, Sig Ruman, Tom Dugan.
Description
"As nervy as it is hilarious, a masterpiece from Ernst Lubitsch, To Be Or Not To Be; is a Hollywood film of the boldest black humor, which went into production soon after the U.S. entered World War II. Lubitsch manages to brilliantly balance political satire, romance, slapstick, and urgent wartime suspense in a comic high-wire act that has never been equaled."--Container.
Description
During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.
System Details
DVD; NTSC; Region 1; PCM mono.
Language
English dialogue; optional English SDH subtitles.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Lubitsch, E., Korda, A., Lengyel, M., Mayer, E. J., Lombard, C., Benny, J., Stack, R., Bressart, F., Atwill, L., Ridges, S., Rumann, S., Dugan, T., Korda, V., Mat�e, R., Heymann, W. R., Heron, J., Irene., Spencer, D., Kalat, D., Binh, N. T., Bernard, J., & O'Brien, G. (2013). To be or not to be (Two-DVD special ed.). The Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Ernst Lubitsch et al.. 2013. To Be or Not to Be. [New York]: The Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Ernst Lubitsch et al.. To Be or Not to Be [New York]: The Criterion Collection, 2013.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Lubitsch, E., Korda, A., Lengyel, M., Mayer, E. J., Lombard, C., Benny, J. and Stack, R. et al (2013). To be or not to be. Two-DVD special ed. [New York]: The Criterion Collection.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Lubitsch, Ernst, et al. To Be or Not to Be Two-DVD special ed., The Criterion Collection, 2013.

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