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To Be or Not to Be (1942)
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Summary: In occupied Poland during WWII, a troupe of ham stage actors (led by Joseph Tura and his wife Maria) match wits with the Nazis... (imdb)
Genres: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: USA
Directed By: Ernst Lubitsch
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To Be or Not to Be belongs to 20 collections
1. 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (public: moderated by curseof26 - 45 stars)
2. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2008 revision) (public: moderated by Scottathon - 29 stars)
3. Cahiers du cinema's 100 Greatest Films (public: moderated by Cuculiza - 10 stars)
4. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2010 revision) (public: moderated by MMAlpha - 10 stars)
5. National Film Registry (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 9 stars)
6. New York Times' The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made (public: moderated by theficionado - 9 stars)
7. films101.com's best films of all times (public: moderated by ppinocchio - 8 stars)
8. Netflix Instant (public: moderated by somnivore - 8 stars)
9. Slant Magazine's 100 Essential Films (public: moderated by nexus - 6 stars)
10. AFI 100 Years... 100 Laughs (public: moderated by iceblox - 4 stars)
11. Sight and Sound 2002 (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 3 stars)
12. John Kobal Presents The Top 100 Movies (public: moderated by Cuculiza - 1 star)
13. J. Castedo's "The Top 100 Films of the 20th Century" (public: moderated by Cuculiza - 1 star)
14. Empire's five star movies (public: moderated by KasperL - 1 star)
15. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2007 revision) (public: moderated by Scottathon - 1 star)
16. IMDb Top of The 1940's (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 1 star)
17. Theater (public: moderated by bitap)
18. Taschen 100 All-time favorites movies (public: moderated by hristos)
19. TimeOut and Q. Tarantino's 'The 50 Greatest WWII Movies' (public: moderated by Cuculiza)
20. Priority (private: paulofilmo)

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