Funny / To Be or Not to Be

• In the original 1942 film, there's a hilarious moment where Greenberg tells the very hammy Ravitch, "What you are, I could not eat."
• Towards the end of the film when the Poles have fled to England and parachuted from their plane, Bronski (still disguised as Hitler) comes out of a haystack before two stunned Britons. One comments to his friend, "First it was Hess — now him!"^note Rudolf Hess had made a still-somewhat-mysterious flight to England in 1941 (the most-accepted explanation is that he had gotten into the belief that he could broker peace between England and Germany) and ended up becoming the highest-ranking German POW of the war (until Goering was captured at its conclusion)
• In the remake, Bronski (still disguised as Hitler), strolls into an English pub.
  Bronski: Excuse me, is this England?
  Waitress: Oh my GOD!
• Also from the remake, the multiplying Jewish refugees.
  Bronski: Are they Jews or rabbits?!
• Bronski gets in bed with Sobinsky, and snuggles with him.
  Bronski: You need a coat, you need a dress, you need shoes... and you need a shave. (Beat) A shave?!
• "For the purposes of clarity and sanity, the remainder of this film will NOT be in Polish!"
• The original film starts with the shocking sight of Hitler himself walking down the streets of Warsaw. After what seems like the whole movie will be a How We Got Here for it, it turns out Bronski simply went outside to prove how convincing he is as Hitler. And then a little girl asks for his autograph.
• Bronski in the 1942 film had a habit of being this playing Hitler even though he didn't really fall into Adolf Hitlarious. Near the end, as the escapees have stolen Hitler's personal plane, Lt. Sobinski asks the Luftwaffe pilots to come back to the cabin for a chat with Der Fuehrer. Bronsky still dressed as Hitler, stands, stone-faced, next to an open hatch in the fuselage. He gestures, and ^note remember they're at altitude at this point merely says "jump". The two shout "Heil Hitler" and jump out of the plane without parachutes. Bronski, astonished at their suicidal loyalty looks out the open hatch and remarks "Two very obliging fellows."