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.
Acting
Movie
Ninotchka
as Himself - Director in Trailer (uncredited)
1939
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The Doll
as Director in Prologue (uncredited)
1919
Movie
Hitler: A Career
as Self (archive footage)
1977
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The Eternal Jew
as Self (archive footage)
1940
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Sumurun
as Yeggar - the Hunchback Beggar
1920
Movie
From Caligari to Hitler
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2015
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Where Is My Treasure?
as Ernst
1916
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Pinkus's Shoe Palace
as Sally Pinkus
1916
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Meyer from Berlin
as Sally Meyer
1919
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The Pride of the Firm
as Siegmund Lachmann
1914
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The Miracle
as Spielmann
1912
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A Venetian Night
1914
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100 Years of the UFA
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2017
Movie
Mr. Broadway
as Ernst Lubitsch
1933
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Miss Bellboy
as Pinkeles
1915
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A Trip on the Ice
as Ernst
1915
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The New Nose
as Ernst
1916
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The Most Beautiful Gift
as Verehrer
1916
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The Ideal Wife
as Krispin
1913
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Doctor Satanson
as Dr. Satansohn
1916
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Arme Maria
as Commissioner Moritz Rosenthal
1915
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Robert and Bertram
as Kommis Max Edelstein
1915
Movie
The Firm Gets Married
as Moritz Abramowski / Siegmund Lachmann (Lehrling)
1914
Movie
Der Blusenkönig
1917
Crew
Movie
The Shop Around the Corner
Director
1940
Movie
To Be or Not to Be
Director
1942
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Ninotchka
Director
1939
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Trouble in Paradise
Director
1932
Movie
Heaven Can Wait
Director
1943
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To Be or Not to Be
Story
1983
Movie
Design for Living
Director
1933
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Dragonwyck
Producer
1946
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Bluebeard's 8th Wife
Director
1938
Movie
Cluny Brown
Director
1946
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The Doll
Director
1919
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The Last Command
Writer
1928