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.

Directed

1. The Shop Around the Corner (1940) — Director
2. To Be or Not to Be (1942) — Director
3. Ninotchka (1939) — Director
4. Trouble in Paradise (1932) — Director
5. Heaven Can Wait (1943) — Director
6. Design for Living (1933) — Director
7. Bluebeard's 8th Wife (1938) — Director
8. Cluny Brown (1946) — Director
9. The Doll (1919) — Director
10. One Hour with You (1932) — Director
11. Angel (1937) — Director
12. The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) — Director
13. The Merry Widow (1934) — Director
14. The Oyster Princess (1919) — Director
15. I Don't Want to Be a Man (1918) — Director
16. That Uncertain Feeling (1941) — Director
17. If I Had a Million (1932) — Director
18. The Love Parade (1929) — Director
19. The Wildcat (1921) — Director
20. Lady Windermere's Fan (1925) — Director
21. Broken Lullaby (1932) — Director
22. The Marriage Circle (1924) — Director
23. The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1928) — Director
24. Sumurun (1920) — Director
25. Madame DuBarry (1919) — Director
26. Anna Boleyn (1920) — Director
27. So This Is Paris (1926) — Director
28. The Eyes of the Mummy (1918) — Director
29. Where Is My Treasure? (1916) — Director
30. Monte Carlo (1930) — Director
31. That Lady in Ermine (1948) — Director
32. Kohlhiesel's Daughters (1920) — Director
33. Carmen (1918) — Director
34. Pinkus's Shoe Palace (1916) — Director
35. Eternal Love (1929) — Director
36. The Merry Jail (1917) — Director
37. The Loves of Pharaoh (1922) — Director
38. Meyer from Berlin (1919) — Director
39. Rosita (1923) — Director
40. Romeo and Juliet in the Snow (1920) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Ninotchka (1939) — Himself - Director in Trailer (uncredited)
2. The Doll (1919) — Director in Prologue (uncredited)
3. Hitler: A Career (1977) — Self (archive footage)
4. The Eternal Jew (1940) — Self (archive footage)
5. Sumurun (1920) — Yeggar - the Hunchback Beggar
6. From Caligari to Hitler (2015) — Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
7. Where Is My Treasure? (1916) — Ernst
8. Pinkus's Shoe Palace (1916) — Sally Pinkus
9. Meyer from Berlin (1919) — Sally Meyer
10. The Pride of the Firm (1914) — Siegmund Lachmann
11. The Miracle (1912) — Spielmann
12. A Venetian Night (1914)
13. 100 Years of the UFA (2017) — Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
14. Mr. Broadway (1933) — Ernst Lubitsch
15. Miss Bellboy (1915) — Pinkeles
16. The New Nose (1916) — Ernst
17. A Trip on the Ice (1915) — Ernst
18. The Most Beautiful Gift (1916) — Verehrer
19. The Ideal Wife (1913) — Krispin
20. Doctor Satanson (1916) — Dr. Satansohn
21. Arme Maria (1915) — Commissioner Moritz Rosenthal
22. Robert and Bertram (1915) — Kommis Max Edelstein
23. The Firm Gets Married (1914) — Moritz Abramowski / Siegmund Lachmann (Lehrling)
24. Der Blusenkönig (1917)
25. When Four Do the Same (1917) — Bit Role
26. Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey (1917) — Der Teufel Satan
27. The Rosentopf Case (1918) — Sally
28. How I Was Murdered (1915)
29. Sugar and Cinnamon (1915)
30. Blind Cow (1915) — Verlobter
31. The Last Suit (1915)
32. The Bodybuilder (1915) — Stubenhocker
33. The Mixed Ladies Chorus (1916) — Dirigent
34. His Only Patient (1915) — Doktor
35. The Tenor, Inc. (1916) — Sally
36. Miss Soapsuds (1915)
37. Prinz Sami (1918) — Prinz Sami
38. The Toboggan Cavalier (1918) — Sally Piner
39. Käsekönig Holländer (1919)
40. Das Mirakel (1912)