Ernst Lubitsch
Directing
1892-01-28 · Berlin, Germany
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.
Filmography
100 Years of the UFA
2017 · Movie
From Caligari to Hitler
2015 · Movie
Lubitsch, le patron
2010 · Movie
To Be or Not to Be
1983 · Movie
A Letter to Freddy Buache
1983 · Movie
Hitler: A Career
1977 · Movie
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 · Movie
That Lady in Ermine
1948 · Movie
Cluny Brown
1946 · Movie
Dragonwyck
1946 · Movie
A Royal Scandal
1945 · Movie
Heaven Can Wait
1943 · Movie
To Be or Not to Be
1942 · Movie
That Uncertain Feeling
1941 · Movie
The Eternal Jew
1940 · Movie
The Shop Around the Corner
1940 · Movie
Ninotchka
1939 · Movie
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
1938 · Movie
Angel
1937 · Movie
Desire
1936 · Movie
The Merry Widow
1934 · Movie
Design for Living
1933 · Movie
Mr. Broadway
1933 · Movie
The Clerk
1933 · Movie
If I Had a Million
1932 · Movie
Trouble in Paradise
1932 · Movie
One Hour with You
1932 · Movie
Broken Lullaby
1932 · Movie
The Smiling Lieutenant
1931 · Movie
Monte Carlo
1930 · Movie
Paramount on Parade
1930 · Movie
The Vagabond King
1930 · Movie
The Love Parade
1929 · Movie
Eternal Love
1929 · Movie
The Patriot
1928 · Movie
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
1928 · Movie
The Last Command
1928 · Movie
Life in Hollywood
1927 · Movie
The Honeymoon Express
1926 · Movie
So This Is Paris
1926 · Movie
Lady Windermere's Fan
1925 · Movie
Kiss Me Again
1925 · Movie
Three Women
1924 · Movie
The Marriage Circle
1924 · Movie
Forbidden Paradise
1924 · Movie
Screen Tests for Faust
1923 · Movie
Rosita
1923 · Movie
Die Flamme
1923 · Movie
The Loves of Pharaoh
1922 · Movie
The Wildcat
1921 · Movie
Anna Boleyn
1920 · Movie
Sumurun
1920 · Movie
Romeo and Juliet in the Snow
1920 · Movie
Kohlhiesel's Daughters
1920 · Movie
The Housing Shortage
1920 · Movie
The Doll
1919 · Movie
Madame DuBarry
1919 · Movie
Intoxication
1919 · Movie
The Oyster Princess
1919 · Movie
Käsekönig Holländer
1919 · Movie
The Swabian Maiden
1919 · Movie
My Wife, the Movie Star
1919 · Movie
Meyer from Berlin
1919 · Movie
Carmen
1918 · Movie
The Eyes of the Mummy
1918 · Movie
I Don't Want to Be a Man
1918 · Movie
The Rosentopf Case
1918 · Movie
The Ballet Girl
1918 · Movie
The Toboggan Cavalier
1918 · Movie
Fuhrmann Henschel
1918 · Movie
Prinz Sami
1918 · Movie
The Merry Jail
1917 · Movie
When Four Do the Same
1917 · Movie
Der Blusenkönig
1917 · Movie
Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
1917 · Movie
Ossis Tagebuch
1917 · Movie
The Tenor, Inc.
1916 · Movie
The New Nose
1916 · Movie
The Most Beautiful Gift
1916 · Movie
The Mixed Ladies Chorus
1916 · Movie
Pinkus's Shoe Palace
1916 · Movie
Doctor Satanson
1916 · Movie
Where Is My Treasure?
1916 · Movie
How I Was Murdered
1915 · Movie
The Bodybuilder
1915 · Movie
The Last Suit
1915 · Movie
Robert and Bertram
1915 · Movie
His Only Patient
1915 · Movie
Miss Soapsuds
1915 · Movie
Miss Bellboy
1915 · Movie
Blind Cow
1915 · Movie
Sugar and Cinnamon
1915 · Movie
A Trip on the Ice
1915 · Movie
Arme Maria
1915 · Movie
The Pride of the Firm
1914 · Movie
A Venetian Night
1914 · Movie
The Firm Gets Married
1914 · Movie
The Ideal Wife
1913 · Movie
The Miracle
1912 · Movie
Das Mirakel
1912 · Movie