Think of it---Jack Benny doing Hamlet ! !

Rating: 10/10 (23 December 2005)

One of the great comedies of all time, by a master, Ernst Lubitsch. Practically a flawless film, damning to the Nazis, ennobling the Polish resistance.
Benny is wonderful as "that great, great actor, Josef Tura", making use of his trademark pause and stare. This was the last role of Carole Lombard, tragically killed in a plane crash on the homeward leg of a war bond selling tour, and she is magnificent. Truly she was THE comedienne of the late 1930's and early 1940's.
I also need to mention the work of (in my opinion) the greatest comic supporting actor ever--Sig Rumann. Unfortunately, few people remember him, except as a caricature. Forget John Banner as Sgt. Schultz. Look for Rumann in "A Night at the Opera", and "Stalag 17". This was a great man.
At all costs, avoid the Mel Brooks remake.