Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea. —Henry Fielding

20 June 2020

To Be or Not to Be (1942)

To Be or Not to Be is brilliant. This Ernst Lubitsch gem switches from broadly hilarious to deadly serious with superb deftness. Lubitsch has made a perfect film. It's just so funny while also being very, very serious and – in the last act and according to the rule of threes – deeply moving.

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