was directed by Alan Johnson featuring Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft. A stage adaptation was written in German by Juergen Hoffmann in 1988. A Bollywood version, Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam was released in 2008. A stage version also titled To Be or Not to Be opened on Broadway in 2008. A stage adaptation was created in Budapest, Hungary by Marton László, Radnóti Zsuzsa, and Deres Péter in 2011. A stage adaptation was created in Madrid, Spain by Juan Echanove in 2022. References Further reading Eyman, Scott Ernst Lubitsch: Laughter in Paradise p. 302 External links To Be or Not to Be essay by David L. Smith at National Film Registry To Be or Not to Be essay by Daniel Eagan in America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry, A&C Black, 2010 , pages 349-350 To Be or Not to Be (1942) Movie stills and literature To Be or Not to Be on Screen Guild Theater: January 18, 1943 To Be or Not to Be: The Play’s the Thing an essay by Geoffrey O'Brien at the Criterion Collection 1942 films 1940s black comedy films 1942 comedy-drama films 1940s screwball comedy films American comedy-drama films American screwball comedy films American black-and-white films American political satire films American black comedy films 1940s English-language films Films about actors Films about theatre Films directed by Ernst Lubitsch Films set in Warsaw Films set in 1939 Military humor in film Films based on works by William Shakespeare United States National Film Registry films United Artists films World War II films made in wartime Films scored by Miklós Rózsa Cultural depictions of Adolf Hitler