Ernst Lubitsch
Born in Berlin, Germany — Jan 28 1892• Died Nov 30 1947
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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). While being escapist, his films often offer social commentary on…
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Ernst Lubitsch's Credits
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The Shop Around the Corner
Directing
Ninotchka
Himself - Director in Trailer (uncredited)
To Be or Not to Be
Directing
Dragonwyck
Production
Heaven Can Wait
Directing
Design for Living
Directing
Cluny Brown
Directing
Desire
Production
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
Directing
If I Had a Million
Directing
Paramount on Parade
Directing
Angel
Directing
The Doll
Director in Prologue (uncredited)
The Last Command
Writing
A Royal Scandal
Production
Trouble in Paradise
Directing
Hitler: A Career
Self (archive footage)
Lady Windermere's Fan
Directing
To Be or Not to Be
Writing
The Smiling Lieutenant
Directing
The Eternal Jew
Self (archive footage)
The Merry Widow
Directing
The Patriot
Directing
The Love Parade
Directing
That Lady in Ermine
Directing
That Uncertain Feeling
Directing
Anna Boleyn
Directing
One Hour with You
Directing
Broken Lullaby
Directing
Rosita
Directing
So This Is Paris
Directing
Monte Carlo
Directing
The Honeymoon Express
Directing
The Vagabond King
Directing
Die Flamme
Directing
Three Women
Directing
Madame DuBarry
Directing
The Wildcat
Directing
From Caligari to Hitler
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Intoxication
Directing
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
Directing
The Marriage Circle
Directing
100 Years of the UFA
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Eternal Love
Directing
Mr. Broadway
Ernst Lubitsch
The Oyster Princess
Directing
Forbidden Paradise
Directing
Kiss Me Again
Directing
Romeo and Juliet in the Snow
Directing
The Eyes of the Mummy
Directing
The Merry Jail
Directing
Sumurun
Yeggar - the Hunchback Beggar
The Miracle
Spielmann
The Loves of Pharaoh
Directing
The Clerk
Directing
Carmen
Directing
The Firm Gets Married
Moritz Abramowski / Siegmund Lachmann (Lehrling)
Where Is My Treasure?
Ernst
Kohlhiesel's Daughters
Directing
The Pride of the Firm
Siegmund Lachmann
The New Nose
Ernst
My Wife, the Movie Star
Directing
A Letter to Freddy Buache
Crew
I Don't Want to Be a Man
Directing
Arme Maria
Commissioner Moritz Rosenthal
Das Mirakel
Der Blusenkönig
Ossis Tagebuch
Directing
A Trip on the Ice
Ernst
The Ballet Girl
Directing
Sugar and Cinnamon
The Mixed Ladies Chorus
Dirigent
The Last Suit
A Venetian Night
The Toboggan Cavalier
Sally Piner
When Four Do the Same
Bit Role
Meyer from Berlin
Sally Meyer
Prinz Sami
Prinz Sami
Doctor Satanson
Dr. Satansohn
Käsekönig Holländer
The Rosentopf Case
Sally
The Housing Shortage
Directing
Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
Der Teufel Satan
Miss Soapsuds
Blind Cow
Verlobter
The Ideal Wife
Krispin
The Swabian Maiden
Directing
The Tenor, Inc.
Sally
Screen Tests for Faust
Directing
Fuhrmann Henschel
Directing
The Bodybuilder
Stubenhocker
His Only Patient
Doktor
The Most Beautiful Gift
Verehrer
Robert and Bertram
Kommis Max Edelstein
Pinkus's Shoe Palace
Sally Pinkus
Miss Bellboy
Pinkeles
How I Was Murdered