Shakespeare al cinema: Amleto

ESSERE O NON ESSERE

(To Be or Not To Be)

1983, regia di Alan Johnson

Scheda: Nazione: USA - Produzione: 20th Century Fox, Brooksfilms Ltd. - Distribuzione: 20th Century Fox, Abril Vídeo, Fox Video - Soggetto (dal film Vogliamo vivere [To Be or Not To Be] di Ernst Lubitsch): Melchior Lengyel, Ernst Lubitsch, Edwin Justus Mayer - Sceneggiatura: Edwin Justus Mayer, Ronny Graham, Thomas Meehan - Fotografia: Gerald Hirschfeld - Montaggio: Alan Balsam - Scenografia: Terence Marsh - Costumi: Albert Wolsky - Musiche: John Morris, Mel Brooks, Ronny Graham - Effetti speciali: Chuck Comisky - Formato: Color DeLuxe - Durata: 108'.

Cast: Anne Bancroft, Mel Brooks, Charles Durning, José Ferrer, George Gaynes, Jack Riley, Christopher Lloyd, Ronny Graham, Estelle Reiner, Zale Kessler, Lewis J. Stadlen, George Gaynes, George Wyner, James Haake, Earl Boen, Ivor Barry, William Glover, John Francis, Raymond Skipp, Marley Sims, Larry Rosenberg, Max Brooks, Henry Kaiser, Roy Goldman,  Scott Beach (narratore).

Trama e commenti: cinematografo.it - kataweb.it - mymovies.it - film.spettacolo.virgilio.it - goethe.de: «...Film brillante e paradossale, ricco di battute intelligenti e di gag divertenti, è una commedia che spesso ammicca alla farsa, con una recitazione concitata ma non isterica, come quella di Brooks che nella divisa di Hitler rende omaggio al Grande dittatore di Chaplin».

Plot Summary, Synopsis, Review: IMDb - entertainment.msn.com - tvguide.com - allmovie.com: «Mel Brooks and his real-life wife Anne Bancroft play Frederick and Anna Bronski, musical comedy stars in 1939 Poland. The highlight of the Bronskis' act is Frederick's imitation of Adolf Hitler, but he is forced to eliminate this turn for fear of offending the Nazis. Meanwhile, Anna enters into a harmless flirtation with Polish bomber pilot Andre Sobinski (Tim Matheson). The pilot's nightly signal to visit Anna in her dressing room is "To Be or Not to Be," spoken by Bronski during the Shakespearean portion of his act. When the Germans march into Warsaw, the Bronskis and the rest of their troupe are forced into hiding (notably the homosexual Lupinski, played by Lewis J. Stadlen, who is forced to endure the humiliation of wearing a pink star). Flying for the Polish resistance in England, Sobinski asks kindly Professor Seletzky (Jose Ferrer) to deliver his "To Be or Not to Be" message to Anna. When Seletzky doesn't seem to recognize the name of Anne Bronski, Warsaw's biggest star, Sobinski suspects that something is amiss. Sure enough, Seletzky is a Nazi spy, heading to Warsaw to help Col. "Concentration Camp" Ehrhardt (Oscar-nominated Charles Durning) destroy the underground movement. Parachuting into Poland, Sobinski enlists the aid of the Bronski troupe to foil the Nazis. What follows is an uproarious series of disguises and deceptions, capped by Bronski's impersonation of Der Fuhrer» (Hal Erickson).

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