Sein oder Nichtsein – Komödie von Nick Whitby nach dem Film von Ernst Lubitsch

In the organizer's words:

Warsaw, 1939: the Polski Theater is banned from performing a Nazi farce. Instead, "Hamlet" is performed at short notice. During the famous monologue "To be or not to be", the flight officer Sobinsky leaves the auditorium - and walks straight into the leading actress's dressing room. Her husband, the famous actor Josef Tura, is furious. But when war breaks out on the world stage and the Polish resistance is in danger, it's time to stick together.
And suddenly the theater troupe is no longer playing for the audience, but for their lives.

The play "To Be or Not to Be" - based on the film by Ernst Lubitsch - is about war and Nazi terror. This is contrasted by the cohesion of a theater ensemble that courageously and cunningly stands up against injustice. A plea for civil courage using the means of comedy.

"The film by Jewish Berliner Ernst Lubitsch, which was released in the USA in 1942, has become a clear-sighted contemporary document that need not fear comparison with Chaplin's THE GREAT DICTATOR and proved over 60 years ago that you can laugh at Nazis without minimizing their crimes." - Sächsische Zeitung

"One of Ernst Lubitsch's best films, a caustic satire that describes the henchmen of National Socialism as smear actors and honors the troupe of actors as tragicomic heroes."
- Lexikon des internationalen Films

Price information:

The usual discounts at our hotel apply