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Overview

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6.4/10   3,521 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Edwin Justus Mayer (1942 screenplays)
Ronny Graham (writer)
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Release Date:
1 February 1984 (France) more
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Plot:
A bad Polish actor is just trying to make a living when what should intrude but World War II in the form of an invasion... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(6 articles)
MovieWeb's 2009 DVD Holiday Gift Guide
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User Comments:
very funny more (26 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Mel Brooks ... Dr. Frederick Bronski

Anne Bancroft ... Anna Bronski

Tim Matheson ... Lt. Andre Sobinski
Charles Durning ... Col. Erhardt

Christopher Lloyd ... Capt. Schultz
José Ferrer ... Prof. Siletski
Ronny Graham ... Sondheim
Estelle Reiner ... Gruba
Zale Kessler ... Bieler
Jack Riley ... Dobish
Lewis J. Stadlen ... Lupinsky
George Gaynes ... Ravitch

George Wyner ... Ratkowski
James 'Gypsy' Haake ... Sasha (as James Haake)
Earl Boen ... Dr. Boyarski
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Runtime:
107 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Col. Earhardt's joke is about Hitler becoming a "pickle". In German, "pickel" means "pimple" or "zit". more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Kinski displays a pink triangle on his lapels when going out, explaining this to be mandatory for gay men. Even though Jews were forced to wear the infamous yellow badge in public in occupied Poland after November 1939, gays were not subject to this practice of public discrimination. Pink badges were used exclusively inside concentration camps. more
Quotes:
Sasha: Enter, Andre Sobinski.
Anna Bronski: Exit, Sasha Kinski.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Rhinestone (1984) more
Soundtrack:
Sweet Georgia Brown more

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5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
very funny, 30 August 1999
Author: suzie-13 from New England, USA

I loved the Benny/Lombard version but Brookes and Bancroft are so personable you cannot help but love this. Durning was so funny and Christopher Lloyd was great....

I liked it.

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