To be or Not to be

In To Be or Not to Be (1942), Ernest Lubitsch brought his legendary comic touch to the most unpromising situation: life in Nazi-occupied Poland. In this study, Peter Barnes considers what it is to make comedy out of tragedy.

• Author
• Peter Barnes

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 79

• Series
• BFI Film Classics

• Publisher
• British Film Institute

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780851709192

• Genres
• film, essays

• Release date
• 2008