Ernst Lubitsch
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 28, 1892, Berlin, Germany
- Died
- November 30, 1947
- Movies
- 118
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2017 | 100 Years of the UFA | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) |
| 2015 | From Caligari to Hitler | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) |
| 2010 | Lubitsch, le patron | Self (Archival 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 |
| 1927 | Life in Hollywood | Self |
| 1920 | Sumurun | Yeggar - the Hunchback Beggar |
| 1919 | The Doll | Director in Prologue (uncredited) |
| 1919 | Käsekönig Holländer | |
| 1919 | Meyer from Berlin | Sally Meyer |
| 1918 | The Rosentopf Case | Sally |
| 1918 | The Toboggan Cavalier | Sally Piner |
| 1918 | Prinz Sami | Prinz Sami |
| 1917 | When Four Do the Same | Bit Role |
| 1917 | Der Blusenkönig | |
| 1917 | Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey | Der Teufel Satan |
| 1916 | The Tenor, Inc. | Sally |
| 1916 | The New Nose | Ernst |
| 1916 | The Most Beautiful Gift | Verehrer |
| 1916 | The Mixed Ladies Chorus | Dirigent |
| 1916 | Pinkus's Shoe Palace | Sally Pinkus |
| 1916 | Doctor Satanson | Dr. Satansohn |
| 1916 | Where Is My Treasure? | Ernst |
| 1915 | How I Was Murdered | |
| 1915 | The Last Suit | |
| 1915 | The Bodybuilder | Stubenhocker |
| 1915 | Robert and Bertram | Kommis Max Edelstein |
| 1915 | His Only Patient | Doktor |
| 1915 | Miss Soapsuds | |
| 1915 | Miss Bellboy | Pinkeles |
| 1915 | Sugar and Cinnamon | |
| 1915 | Blind Cow | Verlobter |
| 1915 | A Trip on the Ice | Ernst |
| 1915 | Arme Maria | Commissioner Moritz Rosenthal |
| 1914 | The Pride of the Firm | Siegmund Lachmann |
| 1914 | A Venetian Night | |
| 1914 | The Firm Gets Married | Moritz Abramowski / Siegmund Lachmann (Lehrling) |
| 1913 | The Ideal Wife | Krispin |
| 1912 | The Miracle |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1948 | That Lady in Ermine | Director, Producer |
| 1946 | Cluny Brown | Director, Producer |
| 1946 | Dragonwyck | Producer |
| 1945 | A Royal Scandal | Producer |
| 1943 | Heaven Can Wait | Director, Producer |
| 1942 | To Be or Not to Be | Director, Producer |
| 1941 | That Uncertain Feeling | Director, Producer |
| 1940 | The Shop Around the Corner | Director, Producer |
| 1939 | Ninotchka | Director |
| 1938 | Bluebeard's Eighth Wife | Director, Producer |
| 1937 | Angel | Director, Producer |
| 1936 | Desire | Producer |
| 1934 | The Merry Widow | Director, Producer |
| 1933 | Design for Living | Director, Producer |
| 1933 | The Clerk | Director, Writer |
| 1932 | If I Had a Million | Director, Writer |
| 1932 | Trouble in Paradise | Director, Producer |
| 1932 | One Hour with You | Director, Producer |
| 1932 | Broken Lullaby | Director, Producer |
| 1931 | The Smiling Lieutenant | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 1930 | Monte Carlo | Director, Producer |
| 1930 | Paramount on Parade | Director |
| 1929 | The Love Parade | Director, Producer |
| 1929 | Eternal Love | Director |
| 1928 | The Patriot | Director, Producer |
| 1928 | The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg | Director, Producer |
| 1928 | The Last Command | Writer |
| 1926 | The Honeymoon Express | Director |
| 1926 | So This Is Paris | Director |
| 1925 | Lady Windermere's Fan | Director |
| 1925 | Kiss Me Again | Director |
| 1924 | Three Women | Director, Writer |
| 1924 | The Marriage Circle | Director, Producer |
| 1924 | Forbidden Paradise | Director |
| 1923 | Faust and Marguerite Test Footage | Director |
| 1923 | Rosita | Director |
| 1923 | Die Flamme | Director |
| 1922 | The Loves of Pharaoh | Director |
| 1921 | The Wildcat | Director, Writer |
| 1920 | Anna Boleyn | Director |
| 1920 | Sumurun | Director, Writer |
| 1920 | Romeo and Juliet in the Snow | Director, Writer |
| 1920 | Kohlhiesel's Daughters | Director, Writer |
| 1920 | The Housing Shortage | Director, Writer |
| 1919 | The Doll | Director, Writer |
| 1919 | Madame DuBarry | Director |
| 1919 | Intoxication | Director |
| 1919 | The Oyster Princess | Director, Writer |
| 1919 | Käsekönig Holländer | Director, Writer |
| 1919 | The Swabian Maiden | Director |
| 1919 | My Wife, the Movie Star | Director, Writer |
| 1919 | Meyer from Berlin | Director |
| 1918 | Carmen | Director |
| 1918 | The Eyes of the Mummy | Director |
| 1918 | I Don't Want to Be a Man | Director, Writer |
| 1918 | The Rosentopf Case | Director, Writer |
| 1918 | The Ballet Girl | Director |
| 1918 | The Toboggan Cavalier | Director, Writer |
| 1918 | Prinz Sami | Director, Writer |
| 1918 | Fuhrmann Henschel | Director |
| 1917 | The Merry Jail | Director, Writer |
| 1917 | When Four Do the Same | Director, Writer |
| 1917 | Der Blusenkönig | Director, Writer |
| 1917 | Ossis Tagebuch | Director, Writer |
| 1916 | The Tenor, Inc. | Director |
| 1916 | The New Nose | Director, Writer |
| 1916 | The Most Beautiful Gift | Director, Writer |
| 1916 | The Mixed Ladies Chorus | Director |
| 1916 | Pinkus's Shoe Palace | Director |
| 1916 | Where Is My Treasure? | Director, Writer |
| 1915 | The Bodybuilder | Writer, Director |
| 1915 | The Last Suit | Director |
| 1915 | His Only Patient | Director |
| 1915 | Miss Soapsuds | Director, Writer |
| 1915 | Sugar and Cinnamon | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1915 | Blind Cow | Director, Writer |
| 1915 | A Trip on the Ice | Director, Producer |
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