Ernst Lubitsch

    Ernst Lubitsch

    Directing

    January 28, 1892
    Died November 30, 1947 (55 years old)
    Berlin, Germany

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    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...

    Known For

    Filmography

    100 Years of the UFA

    100 Years of the UFA

    2017

    as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

    4.5
    From Caligari to Hitler

    From Caligari to Hitler

    2015

    as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

    7.4
    Lubitsch, le patron

    Lubitsch, le patron

    2010

    as Self (Archival footage)

    Hitler: A Career

    Hitler: A Career

    1977

    as Self (archive footage)

    7.4
    The Eternal Jew

    The Eternal Jew

    1940

    as Self (archive footage)

    4.7
    Ninotchka

    Ninotchka

    1939

    as Himself - Director in Trailer (uncredited)

    7.5
    Mr. Broadway

    Mr. Broadway

    1933

    as Ernst Lubitsch

    9
    Life in Hollywood

    Life in Hollywood

    1927

    as Self

    Sumurun

    Sumurun

    1920

    as Yeggar - the Hunchback Beggar

    6.1
    Meyer from Berlin

    Meyer from Berlin

    1919

    as Sally Meyer

    6.5

    Käsekönig Holländer

    1919

    The Doll

    The Doll

    1919

    as Director in Prologue (uncredited)

    7.4

    The Rosentopf Case

    1918

    as Sally

    Prinz Sami

    Prinz Sami

    1918

    as Prinz Sami

    The Toboggan Cavalier

    The Toboggan Cavalier

    1918

    as Sally Piner

    Der Blusenkönig

    Der Blusenkönig

    1917

    When Four Do the Same

    1917

    as Bit Role

    Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey

    Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey

    1917

    as Der Teufel Satan

    Where Is My Treasure?

    Where Is My Treasure?

    1916

    as Ernst

    6
    Pinkus's Shoe Palace

    Pinkus's Shoe Palace

    1916

    as Sally Pinkus

    5.7

    The New Nose

    1916

    as Ernst

    7

    The Mixed Ladies Chorus

    1916

    as Dirigent

    The Tenor, Inc.

    1916

    as Sally

    The Most Beautiful Gift

    1916

    as Verehrer

    9

    Doctor Satanson

    1916

    as Dr. Satansohn

    8
    Robert and Bertram

    Robert and Bertram

    1915

    as Kommis Max Edelstein

    8
    Miss Bellboy

    Miss Bellboy

    1915

    as Pinkeles

    10

    How I Was Murdered

    1915

    Sugar and Cinnamon

    Sugar and Cinnamon

    1915

    Blind Cow

    1915

    as Verlobter

    A Trip on the Ice

    1915

    as Ernst

    10

    The Last Suit

    1915

    The Bodybuilder

    1915

    as Stubenhocker

    His Only Patient

    1915

    as Doktor

    Miss Soapsuds

    Miss Soapsuds

    1915

    Arme Maria

    1915

    as Commissioner Moritz Rosenthal

    8
    The Pride of the Firm

    The Pride of the Firm

    1914

    as Siegmund Lachmann

    6.5
    The Firm Gets Married

    The Firm Gets Married

    1914

    as Moritz Abramowski / Siegmund Lachmann (Lehrling)

    A Venetian Night

    A Venetian Night

    1914

    6
    The Ideal Wife

    The Ideal Wife

    1913

    as Krispin

    5
    The Miracle

    The Miracle

    1912

    as Spielmann

    7

    Das Mirakel

    1912