TO BE OR NOT TO BE/Austin Film Society

A film by Ernst Lubitch, made in 1942, that had us laughing hysterically at Jack Benny playing an actor in a Polish theater troupe.  This troupe works with the underground to try to prevent the Nazi invasion and requires Benny to spy and impersonate a dead Nazi sympathizer.  He and Carol Lombard are brilliant in this beautiful film that mocks fascism and Hitler.  Abe, Liz and I had a ball laughing at a subject matter that is so serious and disturbing.  The filmmaker handled the subject so skilfully.  A joy to watch.