A theatrical troupe in Warsaw is rehearsing a play about Nazism which is to open after their present season of Hamlet. Husband and wife are the main actors. She has a budding affair with a Polish military aviator. When the Germans invade, everything changes, but the company will cross paths with the flyer yet.
Delightfully mad concoction about actors and Nazis, which exposes the truth about both. A fast film, perfectly directed. The screenplay has perhaps one or two lines which are not funny (e.g. "I would not eat you", etc), and one or two sequences which perhaps seem misplaced or overly repetitive (e.g. the fallen mustache near the end, which by the way seems to be a loose end). Otherwise, it is a film of an astonishing originality and daring.
Rating: 80
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