Ernst Lubitsch
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
Credits
- 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 · Käsekönig Holländer as
- 1919 · Meyer from Berlin as Sally Meyer
- 1918 · The Rosentopf Case as Sally
- 1918 · The Toboggan Cavalier as Sally Piner
- 1918 · Prinz Sami as Prinz Sami
- 1917 · When Four Do the Same as Bit Role
- 1917 · Der Blusenkönig as
- 1917 · Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey as Der Teufel Satan
- 1916 · The Tenor, Inc. as Sally
- 1916 · The New Nose as Ernst
- 1916 · The Most Beautiful Gift as Verehrer
- 1916 · The Mixed Ladies Chorus as Dirigent
- 1916 · Pinkus's Shoe Palace as Sally Pinkus
- 1916 · Doctor Satanson as Dr. Satansohn
- 1916 · Where Is My Treasure? as Ernst
- 1915 · How I Was Murdered as
- 1915 · The Bodybuilder as Stubenhocker
- 1915 · The Last Suit as
- 1915 · Robert and Bertram as Kommis Max Edelstein
- 1915 · His Only Patient as Doktor
- 1915 · Miss Soapsuds as
- 1915 · Miss Bellboy as Pinkeles
- 1915 · Blind Cow as Verlobter
- 1915 · Sugar and Cinnamon as
- 1915 · A Trip on the Ice as Ernst
- 1915 · Arme Maria as Commissioner Moritz Rosenthal
- 1914 · The Pride of the Firm as Siegmund Lachmann
- 1914 · A Venetian Night as
- 1914 · The Firm Gets Married as
- 1913 · The Ideal Wife as
- 1912 · The Miracle as Spielmann