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Ernst Lubitsch
Director

Ernst Lubitsch

28 Jan 1892Born
30 Nov 1947Died
55Age at death
86Credits

Biography

Ernst Lubitsch (January 29, 1892 – November 30, 1947) was a German film director, producer, writer, and actor. His urbane comedies of manners gave him the reputation of being Hollywood's most elegant and sophisticated director; as his prestige grew, his films were promoted as having "the Lubitsch touch".

Lubitsch is best known for screwball comedies and romantic comedies, such as Trouble in Paradise (1932), Ninotchka (1939), The Shop Around the Corner (1940) and To Be or Not to Be (1942).

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While being escapist, his films often offer social commentary on human relationships and society in a satirical way.

Andrew Sarris in his influential book of film criticism The American Cinema: Directors and Directions 1929–1968 included him in the "pantheon" of the 14 greatest film directors who had worked in the United States.

Known for

Filmography

The 80 most recent of 86 credits.

  1. 1948That Lady in ErmineFilm: Director
  2. 1946Cluny BrownFilm: Director
  3. 1943Heaven Can WaitFilm: Director
  4. 1942To Be or Not to BeFilm: Director
  5. 1941That Uncertain FeelingFilm: Director
  6. 1940The Shop Around the CornerFilm: Director
  7. 1939NinotchkaFilm: Director
  8. 1938Bluebeard's 8th WifeFilm: Director
  9. 1937AngelFilm: Director
  10. 1934The Merry WidowFilm: Director
  11. 1933Design for LivingFilm: Director
  12. 1933Mr. BroadwayFilm: Ernst Lubitsch
  13. 1933The ClerkFilm: Writer, Director
  14. 1932If I Had a MillionFilm: Director, Writer
  15. 1932Trouble in ParadiseFilm: Director
  16. 1932One Hour with YouFilm: Director
  17. 1932Broken LullabyFilm: Director
  18. 1931The Smiling LieutenantFilm: Director, Writer
  19. 1930Monte CarloFilm: Director
  20. 1930Paramount on ParadeFilm: Director
  21. 1929The Love ParadeFilm: Director
  22. 1929Eternal LoveFilm: Director
  23. 1928The PatriotFilm: Director
  24. 1928The Student Prince in Old HeidelbergFilm: Director
  25. 1928The Last CommandFilm: Writer
  26. 1926The Honeymoon ExpressFilm: Director
  27. 1926So This Is ParisFilm: Director
  28. 1925Lady Windermere's FanFilm: Director
  29. 1925Kiss Me AgainFilm: Director
  30. 1924Three WomenFilm: Director, Writer
  31. 1924The Marriage CircleFilm: Director
  32. 1924Forbidden ParadiseFilm: Director
  33. 1923Faust and Marguerite Test FootageFilm: Director
  34. 1923RositaFilm: Director
  35. 1923Die FlammeFilm: Director
  36. 1922The Loves of PharaohFilm: Director
  37. 1921The WildcatFilm: Writer, Director
  38. 1920Anna BoleynFilm: Director
  39. 1920SumurunFilm: Yeggar - the Hunchback Beggar, Director, Writer
  40. 1920Romeo and Juliet in the SnowFilm: Director, Writer
  41. 1920Kohlhiesel's DaughtersFilm: Director, Writer
  42. 1920The Housing ShortageFilm: Director, Writer
  43. 1919The DollFilm: Director in Prologue (uncredited), Writer
  44. 1919Madame DuBarryFilm: Director
  45. 1919IntoxicationFilm: Director
  46. 1919The Oyster PrincessFilm: Writer, Director
  47. 1919Käsekönig HolländerFilm: Director, Writer
  48. 1919The Swabian MaidenFilm: Director
  49. 1919My Wife, the Movie StarFilm: Director, Writer
  50. 1919Meyer from BerlinFilm: Sally Meyer, Director
  51. 1918CarmenFilm: Director
  52. 1918The Eyes of the MummyFilm: Director
  53. 1918I Don't Want to Be a ManFilm: Writer, Director
  54. 1918The Rosentopf CaseFilm: Sally, Director, Writer
  55. 1918The Ballet GirlFilm: Director
  56. 1918The Toboggan CavalierFilm: Sally Piner, Writer, Director
  57. 1918Prinz SamiFilm: Prinz Sami, Director, Writer
  58. 1918Fuhrmann HenschelFilm: Director
  59. 1917The Merry JailFilm: Director, Writer
  60. 1917When Four Do the SameFilm: Bit Role, Director, Writer
  61. 1917Der BlusenkönigFilm: Director, Writer
  62. 1917Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and HoneyFilm: Der Teufel Satan
  63. 1917Ossis TagebuchFilm: Director, Writer
  64. 1916The Tenor, Inc.Film: Sally, Director
  65. 1916The New NoseFilm: Ernst, Director, Writer
  66. 1916The Most Beautiful GiftFilm: Verehrer, Director, Writer
  67. 1916The Mixed Ladies ChorusFilm: Dirigent, Director
  68. 1916Pinkus's Shoe PalaceFilm: Sally Pinkus, Director
  69. 1916Doctor SatansonFilm: Dr. Satansohn
  70. 1916Where Is My Treasure?Film: Ernst, Director, Writer
  71. 1915How I Was MurderedFilm
  72. 1915The Last SuitFilm: Director
  73. 1915The BodybuilderFilm: Stubenhocker, Writer, Director
  74. 1915Robert and BertramFilm: Kommis Max Edelstein
  75. 1915His Only PatientFilm: Doktor, Director
  76. 1915Miss SoapsudsFilm: Writer, Director
  77. 1915Miss BellboyFilm: Pinkeles
  78. 1915Sugar and CinnamonFilm: Writer, Director
  79. 1915Blind CowFilm: Verlobter, Writer, Director
  80. 1915A Trip on the IceFilm: Ernst, Director

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