Sein oder Nichtsein (1942)

To Be or Not to Be - 1942 film by Ernst Lubitsch. This film is the 8422^nd most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of films. Article "Sein oder Nichtsein (1942)" in German Wikipedia has 32.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 12 references and 10 sections.

This article has the best quality in Catalan Wikipedia. However, the most popular language version of this article is English.

Since the creation of article "Sein oder Nichtsein (1942)", its content was written by 114 registered users of German Wikipedia and edited by 766 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

To Be or Not to Be is on the 8422^nd place in global ranking of films on Wikipedia in all the time.

The article is cited 175 times in German Wikipedia and cited 1832 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (German): #9936 in May 2021
• Global: #4859 in August 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (German): #13881 in August 2012
• Global: #80490 in August 2012

There are 29 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Catalan (ca) Ser o no ser (pel·lícula)		39.4892
2	English (en) To Be or Not to Be (1942 film)		38.9633
3	German (de) Sein oder Nichtsein (1942)		32.8201
4	Arabic (ar) أكون أو لا أكون (فيلم 1942)		31.7006
5	Slovenian (sl) Biti ali ne biti (film)		30.6446
6	Portuguese (pt) Ser ou Não Ser (1942)		28.0116
7	Serbian (sr) Бити или не бити (филм из 1942)		27.6018
8	Hebrew (he) להיות או לא להיות (סרט, 1942)		24.7791
9	Bulgarian (bg) Да бъдеш или да не бъдеш (филм, 1942)		24.2941
10	Greek (el) Να ζει κανείς ή να μη ζει (ταινία, 1942)		20.8299

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Sein oder Nichtsein (1942)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) To Be or Not to Be (1942 film)		1 216 324
2	German (de) Sein oder Nichtsein (1942)		451 099
3	French (fr) To Be or Not to Be (film, 1942)		325 368
4	Spanish (es) Ser o no ser (película)		207 018
5	Italian (it) Vogliamo vivere!		176 754
6	Japanese (ja) 生きるべきか死ぬべきか		114 408
7	Russian (ru) Быть или не быть (фильм, 1942)		72 092
8	Polish (pl) Być albo nie być (film 1942)		28 155
9	Portuguese (pt) Ser ou Não Ser (1942)		17 085
10	Persian (fa) بودن یا نبودن (فیلم ۱۹۴۲)		14 842

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Sein oder Nichtsein (1942)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) To Be or Not to Be (1942 film)		6 406
2	German (de) Sein oder Nichtsein (1942)		1 425
3	Italian (it) Vogliamo vivere!		1 004
4	French (fr) To Be or Not to Be (film, 1942)		693
5	Japanese (ja) 生きるべきか死ぬべきか		502
6	Russian (ru) Быть или не быть (фильм, 1942)		361
7	Spanish (es) Ser o no ser (película)		343
8	Polish (pl) Być albo nie być (film 1942)		223
9	Chinese (zh) 你逃我也逃 (1942年电影)		180
10	Catalan (ca) Ser o no ser (pel·lícula)		108

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Sein oder Nichtsein (1942)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) To Be or Not to Be (1942 film)		196
2	German (de) Sein oder Nichtsein (1942)		114
3	French (fr) To Be or Not to Be (film, 1942)		103
4	Italian (it) Vogliamo vivere!		81
5	Spanish (es) Ser o no ser (película)		52
6	Russian (ru) Быть или не быть (фильм, 1942)		40
7	Japanese (ja) 生きるべきか死ぬべきか		25
8	Catalan (ca) Ser o no ser (pel·lícula)		18
9	Ukrainian (uk) Бути чи не бути (фільм, 1942)		18
10	Dutch (nl) To Be or Not to Be (1942)		17

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Sein oder Nichtsein (1942)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Basque (eu) To Be or Not to Be (1942ko filma)		1
2	Italian (it) Vogliamo vivere!		1
3	Dutch (nl) To Be or Not to Be (1942)		1
4	Polish (pl) Być albo nie być (film 1942)		1
5	Arabic (ar) أكون أو لا أكون (فيلم 1942)		0
6	Bulgarian (bg) Да бъдеш или да не бъдеш (филм, 1942)		0
7	Catalan (ca) Ser o no ser (pel·lícula)		0
8	German (de) Sein oder Nichtsein (1942)		0
9	Greek (el) Να ζει κανείς ή να μη ζει (ταινία, 1942)		0
10	English (en) To Be or Not to Be (1942 film)		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Sein oder Nichtsein (1942)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) To Be or Not to Be (1942 film)		505
2	Greek (el) Να ζει κανείς ή να μη ζει (ταινία, 1942)		220
3	German (de) Sein oder Nichtsein (1942)		175
4	French (fr) To Be or Not to Be (film, 1942)		134
5	Indonesian (id) To Be or Not to Be (film 1942)		111
6	Serbo-Croatian (sh) To Be or Not to Be (film, 1942)		82
7	Persian (fa) بودن یا نبودن (فیلم ۱۹۴۲)		71
8	Russian (ru) Быть или не быть (фильм, 1942)		60
9	Dutch (nl) To Be or Not to Be (1942)		56
10	Catalan (ca) Ser o no ser (pel·lícula)		55

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic أكون أو لا أكون (فيلم 1942)
bg	Bulgarian Да бъдеш или да не бъдеш (филм, 1942)
ca	Catalan Ser o no ser (pel·lícula)
de	German Sein oder Nichtsein (1942)
el	Greek Να ζει κανείς ή να μη ζει (ταινία, 1942)
en	English To Be or Not to Be (1942 film)
es	Spanish Ser o no ser (película)
eu	Basque To Be or Not to Be (1942ko filma)
fa	Persian بودن یا نبودن (فیلم ۱۹۴۲)
fi	Finnish Ollako vai eikö olla
fr	French To Be or Not to Be (film, 1942)
gl	Galician To Be or Not to Be (filme de 1942)
he	Hebrew להיות או לא להיות (סרט, 1942)
id	Indonesian To Be or Not to Be (film 1942)
it	Italian Vogliamo vivere!
ja	Japanese 生きるべきか死ぬべきか
ko	Korean 사느냐 죽느냐 (1942년 영화)
ms	Malay To Be or Not to Be (filem 1942)
nl	Dutch To Be or Not to Be (1942)
no	Norwegian Å være eller ikke være (1942)
pl	Polish Być albo nie być (film 1942)
pt	Portuguese Ser ou Não Ser (1942)
ru	Russian Быть или не быть (фильм, 1942)
sh	Serbo-Croatian To Be or Not to Be (film, 1942)
sl	Slovenian Biti ali ne biti (film)
sr	Serbian Бити или не бити (филм из 1942)
sv	Swedish Att vara eller icke vara
uk	Ukrainian Бути чи не бути (фільм, 1942)
zh	Chinese 你逃我也逃 (1942年电影)

Best Rank

German: #13881 08.2012

Global: #80490 08.2012

Best Rank

German: #9936 05.2021

Global: #4859 08.2002

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