I hope the real Nazis saw this one...

Rating: 10/10 (25 July 2006)

Of course they probably wouldn't have gotten it, or even Hogan's Heros.
Never again will there be such a class combination of Benny, Lombard, Lubistch and seasoned, well-loved character actors rolling along in this vehicle perfectly suited to their foibles. Anyone with even a little high school drama production or a small love of the theater will eat this up. "Get the pigs out before you drop in the ham!" Sad that Miss Lombard died related to the war effort, I can almost picture Gable sitting with the window open in the rain as in Gone With The Wind.
This was Mel Brooks before Mel Brooks, Strangelove before Strangelove.
Daring, yes it was. The only way to relate this to today's young people is if all the best-loved SNL comedians in just the right combination were to pull off such a feat, but I doubt they could - no wit compared to this cast nor the class -- too crass. So hat's off to the Golden Age of Hollywood, which never shone more brightly than in "To Be or Not To Be".