Directing · b. 1892 · Berlin, Germany

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 sat...

Directed
That Lady in Ermine 1948 Cluny Brown 1946 Heaven Can Wait 1943 To Be or Not to Be 1942 That Uncertain Feeling 1941 The Shop Around the Corner 1940 Ninotchka 1939 Bluebeard's 8th Wife 1938 Angel 1937 The Merry Widow 1934 Design for Living 1933 The Clerk 1933 Trouble in Paradise 1932 One Hour with You 1932 Broken Lullaby 1932 If I Had a Million 1932 The Smiling Lieutenant 1931 The Love Parade 1930 Monte Carlo 1930 Paramount on Parade 1930 Eternal Love 1929 The Patriot 1928 The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg 1928 So This Is Paris 1926 The Honeymoon Express 1926 Lady Windermere's Fan 1925 Kiss Me Again 1925 The Marriage Circle 1924 Three Women 1924 Forbidden Paradise 1924 Rosita 1923 Die Flamme 1923 Screen Tests for Faust 1923 The Loves of Pharaoh 1922 The Wildcat 1921 Anna Boleyn 1920 Sumurun 1920 Kohlhiesel's Daughters 1920 Romeo and Juliet in the Snow 1920 The Housing Shortage 1920 Madame DuBarry 1919 The Doll 1919 The Oyster Princess 1919 Meyer from Berlin 1919 My Wife, the Movie Star 1919 The Swabian Maiden 1919 Intoxication 1919 Käsekönig Holländer 1919 The Eyes of the Mummy 1918 I Don't Want to Be a Man 1918 Carmen 1918 The Rosentopf Case 1918 Prinz Sami 1918 The Ballet Girl 1918 Fuhrmann Henschel 1918 The Toboggan Cavalier 1918 The Merry Jail 1917 When Four Do the Same 1917 Ossis Tagebuch 1917 Der Blusenkönig 1917 Where Is My Treasure? 1916 Pinkus's Shoe Palace 1916 The New Nose 1916 The Tenor, Inc. 1916 The Most Beautiful Gift 1916 The Mixed Ladies Chorus 1916 Sugar and Cinnamon 1915 Miss Soapsuds 1915 A Trip on the Ice 1915 Blind Cow 1915 His Only Patient 1915 The Bodybuilder 1915 The Last Suit 1915
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