Ernst Lubitsch
Known for: Directing
Born: January 28, 1892
Died: November 30, 1947
Place of birth: Berlin, Germany
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.
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Filmography
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4.5
100 Years of the UFA
2017
7.4
From Caligari to Hitler
2015
NR
Lubitsch, le patron
2010
6.7
To Be or Not to Be
1983
6.2
A Letter to Freddy Buache
1983
7.4
Hitler: A Career
1977
7.0
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
6.0
That Lady in Ermine
1948
7.2
Cluny Brown
1946
6.6
Dragonwyck
1946
6.9
A Royal Scandal
1945
6.9
Heaven Can Wait
1943
7.8
To Be or Not to Be
1942
6.6
That Uncertain Feeling
1941
4.7
The Eternal Jew
1940
8.1
The Shop Around the Corner
1940
7.5
Ninotchka
1939
7.1
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
1938
6.7
Angel
1937
7.0
Desire
1936
6.7
The Merry Widow
1934
7.1
Design for Living
1933
9.0
Mr. Broadway
1933
5.0
The Clerk
1933
6.5
If I Had a Million
1932
7.4
Trouble in Paradise
1932
6.4
One Hour with You
1932
7.4
Broken Lullaby
1932
6.8
The Smiling Lieutenant
1931
6.5
Monte Carlo
1930
5.9
Paramount on Parade
1930
5.9
The Vagabond King
1930
6.6
The Love Parade
1929
5.8
Eternal Love
1929
5.8
The Patriot
1928
7.2
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
1928
7.4
The Last Command
1928
NR
Life in Hollywood
1927
8.0
The Honeymoon Express
1926
6.4
So This Is Paris
1926
6.9
Lady Windermere's Fan
1925
7.0
Kiss Me Again
1925
4.2
Three Women
1924
6.3
The Marriage Circle
1924
5.6
Forbidden Paradise
1924
NR
Faust and Marguerite Test Footage
1923
6.6
Rosita
1923
6.6
Die Flamme
1923
6.5
The Loves of Pharaoh
1922
7.5
The Wildcat
1921
6.9
Anna Boleyn
1920
6.1
Sumurun
1920
6.3
Romeo and Juliet in the Snow
1920
6.0
Kohlhiesel's Daughters
1920NR
The Housing Shortage
1920
7.4
The Doll
1919
6.5
Madame DuBarry
1919
7.0
Intoxication
1919
6.8
The Oyster Princess
1919NR
Käsekönig Holländer
19197.0
The Swabian Maiden
1919
7.0
My Wife, the Movie Star
1919
6.5
Meyer from Berlin
1919
5.6
Carmen
1918
5.4
The Eyes of the Mummy
1918
6.4
I Don't Want to Be a Man
1918NR
The Rosentopf Case
1918NR
The Ballet Girl
1918
NR
The Toboggan Cavalier
1918
NR
Prinz Sami
1918NR
Fuhrmann Henschel
1918
6.4
The Merry Jail
1917NR
When Four Do the Same
1917
NR
Der Blusenkönig
1917
NR
Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
1917
NR
Ossis Tagebuch
1917NR
The Tenor, Inc.
19167.0
The New Nose
19169.0
The Most Beautiful Gift
1916NR
The Mixed Ladies Chorus
1916
5.7
Pinkus's Shoe Palace
19168.0
Doctor Satanson
1916
6.0
Where Is My Treasure?
1916NR
How I Was Murdered
1915NR
The Last Suit
1915NR
The Bodybuilder
19158.0
Robert and Bertram
1915NR
His Only Patient
1915
NR
Miss Soapsuds
1915
10.0
Miss Bellboy
1915
NR
Sugar and Cinnamon
1915NR
Blind Cow
191510.0
A Trip on the Ice
19158.0
Arme Maria
1915
6.5
The Pride of the Firm
1914
6.0
A Venetian Night
1914
NR
The Firm Gets Married
1914
5.0
The Ideal Wife
1913
7.0
The Miracle
1912NR
Das Mirakel
1912