Ernst Lubitsch
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 28, 1892
- Died
- November 30, 1947 (aged 55)
- Birthplace
- Berlin, Germany
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.
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Filmography
That Lady in Ermine
Movie · Director
Cluny Brown
Movie · Director
Heaven Can Wait
Movie · Director
To Be or Not to Be
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That Uncertain Feeling
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The Shop Around the Corner
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Ninotchka
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Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
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Angel
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La Veuve joyeuse
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The Merry Widow
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Design for Living
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The Clerk
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Trouble in Paradise
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One Hour with You
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Broken Lullaby
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If I Had a Million
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The Smiling Lieutenant
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Monte Carlo
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Paramount on Parade
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The Vagabond King
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The Love Parade
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Eternal Love
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The Patriot
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The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
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So This Is Paris
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The Honeymoon Express
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Lady Windermere's Fan
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Kiss Me Again
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The Marriage Circle
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Three Women
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Forbidden Paradise
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Rosita
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Die Flamme
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Faust and Marguerite Test Footage
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The Loves of Pharaoh
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The Wildcat
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Anna Boleyn
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Sumurun
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Kohlhiesel's Daughters
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Romeo and Juliet in the Snow
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The Housing Shortage
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Madame DuBarry
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The Doll
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The Oyster Princess
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Meyer from Berlin
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The Swabian Maiden
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Käsekönig Holländer
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Intoxication
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My Wife, the Movie Star
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The Eyes of the Mummy
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I Don't Want to Be a Man
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Carmen
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The Rosentopf Case
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Prinz Sami
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The Ballet Girl
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Fuhrmann Henschel
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The Toboggan Cavalier
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The Merry Jail
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When Four Do the Same
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Der Blusenkönig
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Ossis Tagebuch
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Where Is My Treasure?
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Pinkus's Shoe Palace
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The New Nose
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The Most Beautiful Gift
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The Mixed Ladies Chorus
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The Tenor, Inc.
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A Trip on the Ice
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Blind Cow
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Miss Soapsuds
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The Last Suit
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The Bodybuilder
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Sugar and Cinnamon
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His Only Patient
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