Ernst Lubitsch
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1892-01-28
Day of Death
1947-11-30 (55 years old)
Place of Birth
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 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.
Known For
Acting
(2017)
100 Years of the UFA
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
(2015)
From Caligari to Hitler
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
(1977)
Hitler: A Career
as Self (archive footage)
(1940)
The Eternal Jew
as Self (archive footage)
(1939)
Ninotchka
as Himself - Director in Trailer (uncredited)
(1933)
Mr. Broadway
as Ernst Lubitsch
(1920)
Sumurun
as Yeggar - the Hunchback Beggar
(1919)
Meyer from Berlin
as Sally Meyer
(1919)
(1918)
The Rosentopf Case
as Sally
(1918)
Prinz Sami
as Prinz Sami
(1918)
The Toboggan Cavalier
as Sally Piner
(1917)
(1917)
When Four Do the Same
as Bit Role
(1917)
Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
as Der Teufel Satan
(1916)
Where Is My Treasure?
as Ernst
(1916)
Pinkus's Shoe Palace
as Sally Pinkus
(1916)
The Mixed Ladies Chorus
as Dirigent
(1916)
The Tenor, Inc.
as Sally
(1916)
The New Nose
as Ernst
(1916)
The Most Beautiful Gift
as Verehrer
(1916)
Doctor Satanson
as Dr. Satansohn
(1915)
Robert and Bertram
as Kommis Max Edelstein
(1915)
Miss Bellboy
as Pinkeles
(1915)
(1915)
(1915)
(1915)
A Trip on the Ice
as Ernst
(1915)
Blind Cow
as Verlobter
(1915)
(1915)
The Bodybuilder
as Stubenhocker
(1915)
His Only Patient
as Doktor
(1915)
Arme Maria
as Commissioner Moritz Rosenthal
(1914)
The Pride of the Firm
as Siegmund Lachmann
(1914)
(1914)
(1913)
(1912)
The Miracle
as Spielmann
(1912)
Crew
(1983)
To Be or Not to Be
Story
(1983)
A Letter to Freddy Buache
In Memory Of
(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, Executive Producer
(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)
Trouble in Paradise
Director, Producer
(1932)
One Hour with You
Director, Producer
(1932)
Broken Lullaby
Director, Producer
(1932)
If I Had a Million
Director, Writer, Production Supervisor
(1931)
The Smiling Lieutenant
Director, Producer, Writer
(1930)
The Love Parade
Director
(1930)
Monte Carlo
Director, Producer
(1930)
Paramount on Parade
Director
(1930)
The Vagabond King
Co-Director
(1929)
Eternal Love
Director
(1928)
The Patriot
Director, Producer, Editor
(1928)
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
Director, Producer
(1928)
The Last Command
Writer
(1926)
So This Is Paris
Director
(1926)
The Honeymoon Express
Director
(1925)
Lady Windermere's Fan
Director, Editor
(1925)
Kiss Me Again
Director
(1924)
The Marriage Circle
Director, Producer
(1924)
Three Women
Director, Writer
(1924)
Forbidden Paradise
Director
(1923)
Rosita
Director
(1923)
Die Flamme
Director
(1923)
Screen Tests for Faust
Director
(1922)
The Loves of Pharaoh
Director
(1921)
The Wildcat
Director, Writer
(1920)
Anna Boleyn
Director
(1920)
Sumurun
Director, Writer
(1920)
Kohlhiesel's Daughters
Director, Writer
(1920)
Romeo and Juliet in the Snow
Director, Writer
(1920)
The Housing Shortage
Director, Writer
(1919)
Madame DuBarry
Director
(1919)
The Doll
Director, Writer
(1919)
The Oyster Princess
Director, Writer
(1919)
Meyer from Berlin
Director
(1919)
My Wife, the Movie Star
Director, Writer
(1919)
The Swabian Maiden
Director
(1919)
Käsekönig Holländer
Director, Writer
(1919)
Intoxication
Director
(1918)
The Eyes of the Mummy
Director
(1918)
I Don't Want to Be a Man
Director, Writer
(1918)
Carmen
Director
(1918)
The Rosentopf Case
Director, Writer
(1918)
Prinz Sami
Director, Writer
(1918)
The Toboggan Cavalier
Director, Writer
(1918)
The Ballet Girl
Director
(1918)
Fuhrmann Henschel
Director
(1917)
The Merry Jail
Director, Writer
(1917)
When Four Do the Same
Director, Writer
(1917)
Ossis Tagebuch
Director, Writer
(1917)
Der Blusenkönig
Director, Writer
(1916)
Where Is My Treasure?
Director, Writer
(1916)
Pinkus's Shoe Palace
Director
(1916)
The Mixed Ladies Chorus
Director
(1916)
The Tenor, Inc.
Director
(1916)
The New Nose
Director, Writer
(1916)
The Most Beautiful Gift
Director, Writer
(1915)
The Bodybuilder
Writer, Director
(1915)
Miss Soapsuds
Director, Writer
(1915)
Sugar and Cinnamon
Director, Writer, Producer
(1915)
A Trip on the Ice
Director, Producer
(1915)
Blind Cow
Director, Writer
(1915)
The Last Suit
Director
(1915)
His Only Patient
Director