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06/03/1942 Comedy, War, Romance 1h 39m
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Overview

During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.

  1. Ernst Lubitsch

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Carole Lombard

    Maria Tura

  2. Jack Benny

    Joseph Tura

  3. Robert Stack

    Lieut. Stanislav Sobinski

  4. Felix Bressart

    Greenberg

  5. Lionel Atwill

    Rawitch

  6. Stanley Ridges

    Professor Alexander Siletsky

  7. Sig Ruman

    Col. Ehrhardt

  8. Tom Dugan

    Bronski

  9. Charles Halton

    Producer Dobosh

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Full Cast & Crew

Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2026-01-11
So, a Polish acting company are busy putting on “Hamlet” whilst the Nazis are preparing something altogether more menacing across the border. “Joseph” (Jack Benny) and wife “Maria” (Carole Lombard) are the stars of the show, and she has no shortage of admirers including an air force officer “Sobieski” (Robert Stack) who bravely decamps to the UK following the invasion to join the RAF. Rather foolishly, as it turns out, the enthusiastic young “Sobieski” confides some highly confidential information about the resistance to fellow citizen “Prof. Siletski” (Stanley Ridges) ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$1,200,000.00

Revenue
$1,500,000.00

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