Re: Lubitsch's "To Be or Not to Be." The lecturer errs when he says it was set in Berlin. It was set in Warsaw after the Nazis marched into Poland in 1939.
Chapters 7 and 8 of Cook, David A. A History of Narrative Film. 4th ed. W. W. Norton & Company, 2003. ISBN: 9780393978681. See the course at ocw.mit.edu/21L-011F13 for more information and materials. Best wishes on your studies!