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To Be or Not to Be

1942 · 99 min · Director: Ernst Lubitsch ★ IMDb 8.1 · 50,537 ratings

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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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To Be or Not to Be (1942) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 35%, Joy 25%, Love 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

35%Humor
25%Joy
15%Love
  1. Humor35%
  2. Joy25%
  3. Love15%
  4. Relief10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Joy, Love. Genres: Comedy, Romance, War. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Joy and Love. Its IMDb rating of 8.1/10 suggests a strong audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 74/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Tension
  • Humor
  • Relief

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Relief

Tension
Humor
Relief
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 13 %, then peaks around 83 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionHumorRelief
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor53 %20 %53 %0 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor50 %15 %50 %0 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Humor48 %15 %48 %0 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Humor56 %31 %40 %0 %
22.5 %≈ 22′Sadness65 %50 %28 %0 %
27.5 %≈ 27′Empathy64 %56 %19 %0 %
32.5 %≈ 32′Tension65 %63 %10 %0 %
37.5 %≈ 37′Tension61 %59 %14 %3 %
42.5 %≈ 42′Humor56 %51 %31 %5 %
47.5 %≈ 47′Tension56 %53 %41 %3 %
52.5 %≈ 52′Humor55 %51 %45 %1 %
57.5 %≈ 57′Humor61 %57 %46 %5 %
62.5 %≈ 62′Tension66 %64 %41 %8 %
67.5 %≈ 67′Tension61 %57 %39 %5 %
72.5 %≈ 72′Tension63 %59 %35 %1 %
77.5 %≈ 77′Tension74 %71 %33 %3 %
82.5 %≈ 82′Tension76 %74 %40 %5 %
87.5 %≈ 87′Tension71 %63 %44 %19 %
92.5 %≈ 92′Relief70 %49 %46 %46 %
97.5 %≈ 97′Relief68 %42 %52 %58 %
Man in a hole

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

JB
Jack Benny

CH
Charles Halton

Producer Dobosh

HV
Henry Victor

Capt. Schultz

ME
Maude Eburne

Anna

HH
Halliwell Hobbes

Gen. Armstrong

MM
Miles Mander

Major Cunningham

RA
Rudolph Anders

Gestapo Sergeant at Desk at Top of Hotel Stairs (uncredited)

PB
Paul Barrett

Polish RAF Pilot (uncredited)

SH
Sven Hugo Borg

German Soldier (uncredited)

DB
Danny Borzage

Member of Audience at Performance of Hamlet (uncredited)

BB
Buster Brodie

Townsman (uncredited)

PC
Peter Caldwell

Wilhelm Kunze (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
Ernst Lubitsch
Written by
Melchior Lengyel, Edwin Justus Mayer
Type
Movies
Released
1942
Runtime
99 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 8.1 · 50,537 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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