Anti-war manifesto

Bo 2022-03-21 09:02:46

—How did you get here?

—I was born here —What made you decide to die here? —Him

—What do you want from the Fuhrer?

—What does he want from us? What does he want from Poland? Why all this? Why? Aren't we human? Have we not eyes? Have we not hands? organs, senses, dimensions, affections, passions? fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, cooled and warmed by the same winter and summer? If you pick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? If you wrong us, shall we not revenge?

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Extended Reading
  • Lois 2022-03-15 09:01:05

    Previously in "Long live Hitler, the pig is dead!" After reading the introduction of this film in the book, I finally got a glimpse of its style today. I enjoyed this 69-year-old movie very much at 4 midnight and almost died of laughter. The splendid plot, the irony of the war, the ridiculous jokes, the lines, and the guidance of the master Liu Bieqian, this is a movie you must watch in your life. The side effect is that in the future, when you hear the classic line: "Is it to survive or to destroy", you will burst into laughter.

  • Thaddeus 2022-03-25 09:01:15

    Looking back three years later, I still want to sigh, the whole structure is surprisingly delicate, and every repetition is the consolidation of style. The whole film should be called "self-cultivation as an actor". How light is Lubitsch's humor, and the later Billy Wilder continued to pay tribute to him, but he was still more ingenious than him.

To Be or Not to Be quotes

  • Joseph Tura: Oh, darling, you were right this morning. I felt so rotten after the rehearsal that I went to Dobash and told him when he advertises the new play to put your name first.

    Maria Tura: Did you, darling? Oh, that's sweet of you; but, I really don't care.

    Joseph Tura: That's what Dobosh said, so we left it as it was.

  • Joseph Tura: [disguised as Professor Siletsky] Well, Colonel, all I can say is... you can't have your cake and shoot it, too.