To Be or Not to Be(1942)
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During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.
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Maria Tura
Joseph Tura
Lieut. Stanislav Sobinski
Greenberg
Rawitch
Professor Alexander Siletsky
Col. Ehrhardt
Bronski
Producer Dobosh
Actor-Adjutant
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