To Be or Not to Be
1983
****
Director: Alan Johnson
Cast: Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Tim Matheson, Charles Durning, José Ferrer, George Gaynes, Christopher Lloyd, George Wyner, Lewis J. Stadlen, Jack Riley
When Germany invades Poland, a Polish theatre company becomes unwittingly involved in a plot to thwart the Nazis. Its star actors Fredrick and Anna Bronski must give the best performances of their lives. Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft are excellent in this funny and inventive comedy remake. The film is thoroughly enjoyable but it's no match to the 1942 original, which came out during the war.
