To Be or Not to Be
UPC: Disc: 9635-C02D-5A56-41EA (Blu-ray)
Region Coding: No Region Coding
Production Year: 1983
Rating: PG (Parental guidance suggested)
Running Time: 107 min.
DVD Release: 5/8/2012
Case Type: HD Keep Case, Slip Cover
Video Formats: Widescreen 1.85:1
Disc Formats: Single Sided, Dual Layered
SRP: $0.00
Mel Brooks lets the Nazis have it with both barrels in this hilarious remake of Ernst Lubitsch's classic comedy. Brooks stars as Frederick Bronski, the great Polish actor an amazing amount of people have never heard of. Anne Bancroft co-stars as his actress wife, with whom he fights an eternal tug-of-war for center stage. He should only know about her backstage meetings with a handsome fighter pilot...but all that is put aside when the Nazis invade Poland and the entire troupe gets involved in a frenzy of murder, mistaken identities and maniacal improvising to thwart the Gestapo and save the Polish underground. Co-starring Charles Durning in a 1983 Best Supporting Actor OscarĀ®-Nominated role as the SS colonel who stands in their way, To Be Or Not To Be will have you on your feet yelling encore! And chances are you've never heard of Bronski either.

Genres
Comedy



Studios
Twentieth Century Fox
Brooksfilms
Media Companies: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Features
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Featurettes
Interviews
Interactive Games
Subtitles
Chinese
English
Korean
Portuguese
Spanish
Trivia
Audio Tracks
English DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
English Dolby Digital Dolby Surround
French Dolby Digital Mono
Spanish Dolby Digital Mono
Portuguese Dolby Digital 5.1
Music Only DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Cast
Ronny Graham as Sondheim
Estelle Reiner as Gruba
Zale Kessler as Bieler
Jack Riley as Dobish
Lewis J. Stadlen as Lupinski
George Gaynes as Ravitch
George Wyner as Ratkowski
James Haake as Sasha
Scamp as Mutki
Christopher Lloyd as Capt. Schultz
Jose Ferrer as Prof. Siletski
Charles Durning as Col. Erhardt
Tim Matheson as Lt. Andre Sobinski
Mel Brooks as Frederick Bronski
Anne Bancroft as Anna Bronski
Earl Boen as Dr. Boyarski
Ivor Barry as General Hobbs
William Glover as Major Cunningham
John Francis as British Intelligence Aide
Raymond Skipp as R.A.F. Flight Sergeant
Marley Sims as Rifka
Larry Rosenberg as Her Husband
Max Brooks as Her Son
Henry Kaiser as Gestapo Officer
Milt Jamin as Gestapo Soldier
George Caldwell as Gestapo Guard
Wolf Muser as Desk Sergeant
Henry Brandon as Nazi Officer
Lee E. Stevens as 2nd Nazi Officer
Frank Lester as Officer in Command Car
Roy Goldman as Hitler
Robert Goldberg as Hitler Adjutant
John McKinney as Elite Guard Officer
Eda Reiss Merin as Frightened Jewish Woman
Manny Kleinmuntz as Her Husband
Phil Adams as Airport Sentry
Curt Lowens as Airport Officer

Polish Fliers
Robin Haynes
Ron Kuhlman
John Otrin
Blane Savage
Joey Sheck


Ron Diamond as Pub Bartender
Gillian Eaton as Pub Barmaid
Paddi Edwards as Pub Waitress
Terence Marsh as Startled British Officer
Winnie McCarthy as Picadilly Usherette
Paul Ratliff as Naval Officer
Scott Beach as Narrator

Ladies
Sandra Gray
Clare Culhane
Lainie Manning
Leeyan Granger
Antonette Yuskis
Stephanie Wingate



Klotski's Klowns
Ian Bruce
George Jayne
John Frayer
Bill K. Richards
Edward J. Heim
Neil J. Schwartz
Spencer Henderson
Tucker Smith
Ted Sprague
Crew
Direction:
Alan Johnson: Director
Writing:
Thomas Meehan: Screenwriter
Ronny Graham: Screenwriter
Edwin Justus Mayer: Original Material By
Melchoir Lengyel: Original Material By
Production:
Howard Jeffrey: Executive Producer
Mel Brooks: Producer
Cinematography:
Gerald Hirschfeld: Director of Photography
Film Editing:
Alan Balsam: Film Editor
Music:
John Morris: Composer
Songs: "Ladies" and "A Little Peace"
Mel Brooks: Song Writer
Ronny Graham: Song Writer
Sound:
Gene S. Cantamessa: Production Sound Mixer
Bill Varney: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gregg Landaker: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Steve Maslow: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Louis L. Edemann: Supervising Sound Editor
Rick Franklin: Sound Editor
Art:
Albert Wolsky: Costume Designer
Terence Marsh: Production Designer
J. Dennis Washington: Art Director
Ann Somers Major: Costume Designer
Bruce Ericksen: Costume Designer
John M. Elliot, Jr.: Make-up Artist