Ernst Lubitsch
Born
January 28, 1892
Died
November 30, 1947 (55 years old)
Known For
Directing
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.
100 Years of the UFA
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2017
From Caligari to Hitler
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2015
Hitler: A Career
Self (archive footage)
1977
The Eternal Jew
Self (archive footage)
1940
Ninotchka
Himself - Director in Trailer (uncredited)
1939
Mr. Broadway
Ernst Lubitsch
1933
Sumurun
Yeggar - the Hunchback Beggar
1920
Käsekönig Holländer
1919
Meyer from Berlin
Sally Meyer
1919
The Rosentopf Case
Sally
1918
The Toboggan Cavalier
Sally Piner
1918
Prinz Sami
Prinz Sami
1918
When Four Do the Same
Bit Role
1917
Der Blusenkönig
1917
Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
Der Teufel Satan
1917
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
1916
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
1915
The Pride of the Firm
Siegmund Lachmann
1914
A Venetian Night
1914
The Firm Gets Married
1914
The Ideal Wife
1913
The Miracle
Spielmann
1912
Das Mirakel
1912