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