A special take on To Be Or Not to Be on Film at 11 for 03/13/26

About this episode

The episode discusses Ernst Lubitsch's film To Be or Not to Be and its relevance to contemporary issues.

This week we are joined by Lisa of Cortland University with Matthew of KBOO's monthly program Gremlin Time to discuss Ernst Lubitsch's film To Be or Not To Be, and its striking parallels to the times in which we live.

People in this episode

Guests: Lisa, Matthew

Topics covered

• film
• politics
• history

Keywords

• Ernst Lubitsch
• To Be or Not to Be
• Cortland University
• Gremlin Time

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: To Be Or Not to Be on Film, To Be or Not To Be

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