Ernst Lubitsch
Directing
Born January 28, 1892 · 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.
Directed (73)
That Lady in Ermine
1948
Cluny Brown
1946
Heaven Can Wait
1943
To Be or Not to Be
1942
That Uncertain Feeling
1941
The Shop Around the Corner
1940
Ninotchka
1939
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
1938
Angel
1937
The Merry Widow
1934
Design for Living
1933
The Clerk
1933
If I Had a Million
1932
Trouble in Paradise
1932
One Hour with You
1932
Broken Lullaby
1932
The Smiling Lieutenant
1931
Monte Carlo
1930
Paramount on Parade
1930
The Love Parade
1930
Eternal Love
1929
The Patriot
1928
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
1928
The Honeymoon Express
1926
So This Is Paris
1926
Lady Windermere's Fan
1925
Kiss Me Again
1925
Three Women
1924
The Marriage Circle
1924
Forbidden Paradise
1924
Screen Tests for Faust
1923
Rosita
1923
Die Flamme
1923
The Loves of Pharaoh
1922
The Wildcat
1921
Anna Boleyn
1920
Sumurun
1920
Romeo and Juliet in the Snow
1920
Kohlhiesel's Daughters
1920
The Housing Shortage
1920
The Doll
1919
Madame DuBarry
1919
Intoxication
1919
The Oyster Princess
1919
Käsekönig Holländer
1919
The Swabian Maiden
1919
My Wife, the Movie Star
1919
Meyer from Berlin
1919
Carmen
1918
The Eyes of the Mummy
1918
I Don't Want to Be a Man
1918
The Rosentopf Case
1918
The Ballet Girl
1918
The Toboggan Cavalier
1918
Prinz Sami
1918
Fuhrmann Henschel
1918
The Merry Jail
1917
When Four Do the Same
1917
Der Blusenkönig
1917
Ossis Tagebuch
1917
The Tenor, Inc.
1916
The New Nose
1916
The Most Beautiful Gift
1916
The Mixed Ladies Chorus
1916
Pinkus's Shoe Palace
1916
Where Is My Treasure?
1916
The Last Suit
1915
The Bodybuilder
1915
His Only Patient
1915
Miss Soapsuds
1915
Blind Cow
1915
Sugar and Cinnamon
1915
A Trip on the Ice
1915
Acting (40)
100 Years of the UFA
2017
From Caligari to Hitler
2015
Hitler: A Career
1977
The Eternal Jew
1940
Ninotchka
1939
Mr. Broadway
1933
Sumurun
1920
The Doll
1919
Käsekönig Holländer
1919
Meyer from Berlin
1919
The Rosentopf Case
1918
The Toboggan Cavalier
1918
Prinz Sami
1918
When Four Do the Same
1917
Der Blusenkönig
1917
Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
1917
The Tenor, Inc.
1916
The New Nose
1916
The Most Beautiful Gift
1916
The Mixed Ladies Chorus
1916
Pinkus's Shoe Palace
1916
Doctor Satanson
1916
Where Is My Treasure?
1916
How I Was Murdered
1915
The Last Suit
1915
The Bodybuilder
1915
Robert and Bertram
1915
His Only Patient
1915
Miss Soapsuds
1915
Miss Bellboy
1915
Sugar and Cinnamon
1915
Blind Cow
1915
A Trip on the Ice
1915
Arme Maria
1915
