Movie quiz: A dog named Mutki.

[Graybeard]

I wish I had a dog so that I could call it 'Mutki'. What movie did I just watch that the main characters' dog was Mutki?

on edit: Big hint - American film but it takes place in Poland.
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[Graybeard]

1. Another big hint:

Super famous comedian and his real-life wife star as husband and

wife in this comedy.

[csziggy]

2. To Be or Not to Be

Mel Brooks & Anne Bancroft

[Graybeard]

4. Yes you are correct!

Brooks and Bancroft play Fred and Anna Bronski and they are surrounded by folks named Sobinski, Siletski, etc. When I first saw it I thought the dog was named
Mutski (which I think I like better.)

This 1983 remake of a classic is a lot of fun.
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[antiquie]

3. I could answer,

but I searched to get it.

[csziggy]

5. I didn't remember the dog's name, but the second hint gave me the answer!

I love that Mel Brooks movie and wish it were shown more often.

[Graybeard]

6. Brooks loves it too.

He has said it is the favorite of his projects (I think mainly because he was able to work with wife Anne.) But unlike other Brooks movies he did not direct it and he did not write the screenplay. (Although it's hard to believe he didn't have input.)

The original 1943 film is an Ernst Lubitsch masterpiece (The Criterion Collection has a great package of that To Be Or Not To Be with commentary and many
bonus features.
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[csziggy]

7. I have vague memories of some of that

I read a good amount about the movie when the Brooks version first came out, but that has been a very long time ago and a lot of life has passed!

[Graybeard]

8. That's the great thing about classic movies.

Life will pass but the great films (if preserved) stay as they were for us and hopefully for future generations.
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