Ernst Lubitsch
Directing • Born 1892-01-28 – Died 1947-11-30
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.
Filmography
40 credits
The Pride of the Firm
Movie • 1914
Siegmund Lachmann
From Caligari to Hitler
Movie • 2015
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Mr. Broadway
Movie • 1933
Ernst Lubitsch
Sumurun
Movie • 1920
Yeggar - the Hunchback Beggar
Robert and Bertram
Movie • 1915
Kommis Max Edelstein
Where Is My Treasure?
Movie • 1916
Ernst
The Miracle
Movie • 1912
Spielmann
Miss Bellboy
Movie • 1915
Pinkeles
Hitler: A Career
Movie • 1977
Self (archive footage)
The Firm Gets Married
Movie • 1914
Moritz Abramowski / Siegmund Lachmann (Lehrling)
Der Blusenkönig
Movie • 1917
When Four Do the Same
Movie • 1917
Bit Role
Pinkus's Shoe Palace
Movie • 1916
Sally Pinkus
Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
Movie • 1917
Der Teufel Satan
The Rosentopf Case
Movie • 1918
Sally
Ninotchka
Movie • 1939
Himself - Director in Trailer (uncredited)
The Eternal Jew
Movie • 1940
Self (archive footage)
A Venetian Night
Movie • 1914
How I Was Murdered
Movie • 1915
Sugar and Cinnamon
Movie • 1915
Blind Cow
Movie • 1915
Verlobter
The New Nose
Movie • 1916
Ernst
A Trip on the Ice
Movie • 1915
Ernst
The Last Suit
Movie • 1915
The Bodybuilder
Movie • 1915
Stubenhocker
The Mixed Ladies Chorus
Movie • 1916
Dirigent
His Only Patient
Movie • 1915
Doktor
The Tenor, Inc.
Movie • 1916
Sally
Miss Soapsuds
Movie • 1915
The Most Beautiful Gift
Movie • 1916
Verehrer
Prinz Sami
Movie • 1918
Prinz Sami
The Toboggan Cavalier
Movie • 1918
Sally Piner
Meyer from Berlin
Movie • 1919
Sally Meyer
Käsekönig Holländer
Movie • 1919
The Ideal Wife
Movie • 1913
Krispin
Doctor Satanson
Movie • 1916
Dr. Satansohn
Arme Maria
Movie • 1915
Commissioner Moritz Rosenthal
100 Years of the UFA
Movie • 2017
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Das Mirakel
Movie • 1912
The Doll
Movie • 1919
Director in Prologue (uncredited)