A Bold Movie-- and Wonderfully Funny

Rating: 8/10 (9 December 2013)

To make a comedy in 1941 about Nazis in Poland--complete with references to concentration camps--during the midst of the most violent war the world had ever seen strikes me as being an exceptionally daring adventure to have undertaken.
This could easily have been a disaster but sharp writing and the hilarious performances of Jack Benny as a hammy/Hamlety actor, Sig Ruman as the quintessential bumbling Nazi officer, and Carole Lombard as the leading lady stuck in the middle elevate it to the sublime.
This is a movie for anyone who appreciates smart, funny movie making from the era of classic cinema.