WWII Comedy.

Rating: 7/10 (6 November 2013)

Ernst Lubitsch directed this satirical WWII comedy that is set in Nazi occupied Poland, where an acting troupe led by Joseph Tura(played by Jack Benny) is performing Shakespeare. Tura's wife Maria(played by Carole Lombard) has an admirer in the audience who always sends her flowers, pilot Lt. Sobinski(played by Robert Stack), whose efforts to track down a double agent with valuable Allied information involves the actors, who are enlisted to impersonate Nazi officers to intercept him and thwart their plans, assuming they aren't discovered... Funny comedy has a fantastic opening("Heil Myself"!) and premise. Good acting, directing, and script, even if this is fundamentally absurd! Tragically, this was Carole Lombard's last film, as she was killed in a plane crash before its premiere. Not a hit upon release, this has since gotten the recognition it deserves.