Ernst Lubitsch

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

Ninotchka

Hitler: A Career

The Eternal Jew

The Doll

Sumurun

100 Years of the UFA

The Pride of the Firm

From Caligari to Hitler

All Movies (41)

• 100 Years of the UFA2017 · as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
• From Caligari to Hitler2015 · as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
• Lubitsch, le patron2010 · as Self (Archival footage)
• Hitler: A Career1977 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Eternal Jew1940 · as Self (archive footage)
• Ninotchka1939 · as Himself - Director in Trailer (uncredited)
• Mr. Broadway1933 · as Ernst Lubitsch
• Sumurun1920 · as Yeggar - the Hunchback Beggar
• The Doll1919 · as Director in Prologue (uncredited)
• Käsekönig Holländer1919
• Meyer from Berlin1919 · as Sally Meyer
• The Rosentopf Case1918 · as Sally
• The Toboggan Cavalier1918 · as Sally Piner
• Prinz Sami1918 · as Prinz Sami
• When Four Do the Same1917 · as Bit Role
• Der Blusenkönig1917
• Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey1917 · as Der Teufel Satan
• The Tenor, Inc.1916 · as Sally
• The New Nose1916 · as Ernst
• The Most Beautiful Gift1916 · as Verehrer
• The Mixed Ladies Chorus1916 · as Dirigent
• Pinkus's Shoe Palace1916 · as Sally Pinkus
• Doctor Satanson1916 · as Dr. Satansohn
• Where Is My Treasure?1916 · as Ernst
• How I Was Murdered1915
• The Last Suit1915
• The Bodybuilder1915 · as Stubenhocker
• Robert and Bertram1915 · as Kommis Max Edelstein
• His Only Patient1915 · as Doktor
• Miss Soapsuds1915
• Miss Bellboy1915 · as Pinkeles
• Sugar and Cinnamon1915
• Blind Cow1915 · as Verlobter
• A Trip on the Ice1915 · as Ernst
• Arme Maria1915 · as Commissioner Moritz Rosenthal
• The Pride of the Firm1914 · as Siegmund Lachmann
• A Venetian Night1914
• The Firm Gets Married1914 · as Moritz Abramowski / Siegmund Lachmann (Lehrling)
• The Ideal Wife1913 · as Krispin
• The Miracle1912 · as Spielmann
• Das Mirakel1912