- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- January 28, 1892
- Place of Birth
- Berlin, Germany
- Died
- November 30, 1947
Ernst Lubitsch
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
movie100 Years of the UFA
2017 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
movieFrom Caligari to Hitler
2015 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
movieLubitsch, le patron
2010 · Self (Archival footage)
movieTo Be or Not to Be
1983 · Story
movieA Letter to Freddy Buache
1983 · In Memory Of
movieHitler: A Career
1977 · Self (archive footage)
movieThat Lady in Ermine
1948 · Director, Producer
movieCluny Brown
1946 · Director, Producer
movieDragonwyck
1946 · Producer
movieA Royal Scandal
1945 · Producer
movieHeaven Can Wait
1943 · Director, Producer
movieTo Be or Not to Be
1942 · Director, Producer
movieThat Uncertain Feeling
1941 · Director, Producer
movieThe Eternal Jew
1940 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Shop Around the Corner
1940 · Director, Producer
movieNinotchka
1939 · Himself - Director in Trailer (uncredited), Executive Producer
movieBluebeard's 8th Wife
1938 · Director, Producer
movieAngel
1937 · Director, Producer
movieDesire
1936 · Producer
movieThe Merry Widow
1934 · Director, Producer
movieDesign for Living
1933 · Director, Producer
movieMr. Broadway
1933 · Ernst Lubitsch
movieThe Clerk
1933 · Writer, Director
movieIf I Had a Million
1932 · Director, Writer, Production Supervisor
movieTrouble in Paradise
1932 · Director, Producer
movieOne Hour with You
1932 · Director, Producer
movieBroken Lullaby
1932 · Director, Producer
movieThe Smiling Lieutenant
1931 · Director, Producer, Writer
movieMonte Carlo
1930 · Producer, Director
movieParamount on Parade
1930 · Director
movieThe Vagabond King
1930 · Co-Director
movieThe Love Parade
1929 · Director, Producer
movieEternal Love
1929 · Director
movieThe Patriot
1928 · Director, Editor, Producer
movieThe Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
1928 · Director, Producer
movieThe Last Command
1928 · Writer
movieLife in Hollywood
1927 · Self
movieThe Honeymoon Express
1926 · Director
movieSo This Is Paris
1926 · Director
movieLady Windermere's Fan
1925 · Director, Editor
movieKiss Me Again
1925 · Director
movieThree Women
1924 · Director, Writer
movieThe Marriage Circle
1924 · Director, Producer
movieForbidden Paradise
1924 · Director
Screen Tests for Faust
movieScreen Tests for Faust
1923 · Director
movieRosita
1923 · Director
movieDie Flamme
1923 · Director
movieThe Loves of Pharaoh
1922 · Director
movieThe Wildcat
1921 · Writer, Director
movieAnna Boleyn
1920 · Director
movieSumurun
1920 · Yeggar - the Hunchback Beggar, Director, Writer
movieRomeo and Juliet in the Snow
1920 · Director, Writer
movieKohlhiesel's Daughters
1920 · Director, Writer
The Housing Shortage
movieThe Housing Shortage
1920 · Director, Writer
movieThe Doll
1919 · Director in Prologue (uncredited), Writer
movieMadame DuBarry
1919 · Director
movieIntoxication
1919 · Director
movieThe Oyster Princess
1919 · Writer, Director
Käsekönig Holländer
movieKäsekönig Holländer
1919 · , Director, Writer
The Swabian Maiden
movieThe Swabian Maiden
1919 · Director
movieMy Wife, the Movie Star
1919 · Director, Writer
movieMeyer from Berlin
1919 · Sally Meyer, Director
movieCarmen
1918 · Director
movieThe Eyes of the Mummy
1918 · Director
movieI Don't Want to Be a Man
1918 · Writer, Director
The Rosentopf Case
movieThe Rosentopf Case
1918 · Sally, Director, Writer
The Ballet Girl
movieThe Ballet Girl
1918 · Director
movieThe Toboggan Cavalier
1918 · Sally Piner, Writer, Director
moviePrinz Sami
1918 · Prinz Sami, Director, Writer
Fuhrmann Henschel
movieFuhrmann Henschel
1918 · Director
movieThe Merry Jail
1917 · Director, Writer
When Four Do the Same
movieWhen Four Do the Same
1917 · Bit Role, Director, Writer
movieDer Blusenkönig
1917 · , Director, Writer
movieHans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
1917 · Der Teufel Satan
Ossis Tagebuch
movieOssis Tagebuch
1917 · Director, Writer
The Tenor, Inc.
movieThe Tenor, Inc.
1916 · Sally, Director
The New Nose
movieThe New Nose
1916 · Ernst, Director, Writer
The Most Beautiful Gift
movieThe Most Beautiful Gift
1916 · Verehrer, Director, Writer
The Mixed Ladies Chorus
movieThe Mixed Ladies Chorus
1916 · Dirigent, Director
moviePinkus's Shoe Palace
1916 · Sally Pinkus, Director
Doctor Satanson
movieDoctor Satanson
1916 · Dr. Satansohn
movieWhere Is My Treasure?
1916 · Ernst, Director, Writer
How I Was Murdered
movieHow I Was Murdered
1915
The Last Suit
movieThe Last Suit
1915 · , Director
The Bodybuilder
movieThe Bodybuilder
1915 · Stubenhocker, Writer, Director
Robert and Bertram
movieRobert and Bertram
1915 · Kommis Max Edelstein
His Only Patient
movieHis Only Patient
1915 · Doktor, Director
movieMiss Soapsuds
1915 · , Writer, Director
movieMiss Bellboy
1915 · Pinkeles
movieSugar and Cinnamon
1915 · , Producer, Writer, Director
Blind Cow
movieBlind Cow
1915 · Verlobter, Writer, Director
A Trip on the Ice
movieA Trip on the Ice
1915 · Ernst, Director, Producer
Arme Maria
movieArme Maria
1915 · Commissioner Moritz Rosenthal
movieThe Pride of the Firm
1914 · Siegmund Lachmann
movieA Venetian Night
1914
movieThe Firm Gets Married
1914 · Moritz Abramowski / Siegmund Lachmann (Lehrling)
movieThe Ideal Wife
1913 · Krispin
movieThe Miracle
1912 · Spielmann
Das Mirakel
movieDas Mirakel
1912