Rayford Publishing

In To Be or Not to Be (1942), Ernst Lubitsch revisits one of his recurring themes: the fluid border between role-playing and real life. He satirizes both sides. He demonstrates that the voracious appetite for sex is not exclusive to Germans, and is also shared by characters on the opposite side, Maria (Carole Lombard) and Sobinski (Robert Stack). Colonel Ehrhardt’s pomposity is to cover up his lack of confidence. Tura also has his problem with soliloquy as someone leaves as