Essere o non essere

A struggling Polish actor discovers fame comes easier when the Gestapo demand encore performances. His wife moonlights as a double agent, and he’s stuck playing both Romeo and Hamlet. The only thing harder than memorizing lines is dodging bullets.

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Alan Johnson directed Essere o non essere in 1983. See Alan Johnson's full filmography, where to start with Alan Johnson, or where to go after you've seen everything by Alan Johnson.

Essere o non essere was released in 1983 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 107 minutes.