Ernst Lubitsch
- Directing
- January 28, 1892 · Berlin, Germany
- November 30, 1947
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). 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
- 100 Years of the UFA · Self
- From Caligari to Hitler · Self
- Lubitsch, le patron · Self
- To Be or Not to Be · Story
- A Letter to Freddy Buache · In Memory Of
- Hitler: A Career · Self
- That's Entertainment, Part II · Thanks
- That Lady in Ermine · Director, Producer
- Cluny Brown · Director, Producer
- Dragonwyck · Producer
- A Royal Scandal · Producer
- Heaven Can Wait · Director, Producer
- To Be or Not to Be · Director, Producer
- That Uncertain Feeling · Director, Producer
- The Eternal Jew · Self
- The Shop Around the Corner · Director, Producer
- Ninotchka · Self, Director
- Bluebeard's Eighth Wife · Director, Producer
- Angel · Director, Producer
- Desire · Producer
- The Merry Widow · Director, Producer
- Design for Living · Director, Producer
- Mr. Broadway · Ernst Lubitsch
- The Clerk · Writer, Director
- If I Had a Million · Director, Writer
- Trouble in Paradise · Director, Producer
- One Hour with You · Director, Producer
- Broken Lullaby · Director, Producer
- The Smiling Lieutenant · Director, Producer
- Monte Carlo · Producer, Director
- Paramount on Parade · Director
- The Vagabond King · Co-Director
- The Love Parade · Director, Producer
- Eternal Love · Director
- The Patriot · Director, Editing
- The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg · Director, Producer
- The Last Command · Writer
- Life in Hollywood · Self
- The Honeymoon Express · Director
- So This Is Paris · Director
- Lady Windermere's Fan · Director, Editing
- Kiss Me Again · Director
- Three Women · Director, Writer
- The Marriage Circle · Director, Producer
- Forbidden Paradise · Director
- Faust and Marguerite Test Footage · Director
- Rosita · Director
- Die Flamme · Director
- The Loves of Pharaoh · Director
- The Wildcat · Writer, Director
- Anna Boleyn · Director
- Sumurun · Yeggar - the Hunchback Beggar, Director
- Romeo and Juliet in the Snow · Director, Writer
- Kohlhiesel's Daughters · Director, Writer
- The Housing Shortage · Director, Writer
- The Doll · Director in Prologue (uncredited), Director
- Madame DuBarry · Director
- Intoxication · Director
- The Oyster Princess · Writer, Director
- Käsekönig Holländer · Director, Writer
- The Swabian Maiden · Director
- My Wife, the Movie Star · Director, Writer
- Meyer from Berlin · Sally Meyer, Director
- Carmen · Director
- The Eyes of the Mummy · Director
- I Don't Want to Be a Man · Writer, Director
- The Rosentopf Case · Sally, Director
- The Ballet Girl · Director
- The Toboggan Cavalier · Sally Piner, Writer
- Prinz Sami · Prinz Sami, Director
- Fuhrmann Henschel · Director
- The Merry Jail · Director, Writer
- When Four Do the Same · Bit Role, Director
- Der Blusenkönig · Director, Writer
- Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey · Der Teufel Satan
- Ossis Tagebuch · Director, Writer
- The Tenor, Inc. · Sally, Director
- The New Nose · Ernst, Director
- The Most Beautiful Gift · Verehrer, Director
- The Mixed Ladies Chorus · Dirigent, Director