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.
Filmography
100 Years of the UFA
2017
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
From Caligari to Hitler
2015
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Lubitsch, le patron
2010
as Self (Archival footage)
Hitler: A Career
1977
as Self (archive footage)
The Eternal Jew
1940
as Self (archive footage)
Ninotchka
1939
as Himself - Director in Trailer (uncredited)
Mr. Broadway
1933
as Ernst Lubitsch
Life in Hollywood
1927
as Self
Sumurun
1920
as Yeggar - the Hunchback Beggar
The Doll
1919
as Director in Prologue (uncredited)
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Käsekönig Holländer
1919
Meyer from Berlin
1919
as Sally Meyer
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The Rosentopf Case
1918
as Sally
The Toboggan Cavalier
1918
as Sally Piner
Prinz Sami
1918
as Prinz Sami
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When Four Do the Same
1917
as Bit Role
Der Blusenkönig
1917
Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
1917
as Der Teufel Satan
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The Tenor, Inc.
1916
as Sally
- No poster
The New Nose
1916
as Ernst
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The Most Beautiful Gift
1916
as Verehrer
- No poster
The Mixed Ladies Chorus
1916
as Dirigent
Pinkus's Shoe Palace
1916
as Sally Pinkus
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Doctor Satanson
1916
as Dr. Satansohn