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Known For

Directing

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1892-01-28

Deathday

1947-11-30 (55 years old)

Place of Birth

Berlin, Germany

Also Known As

Эрнст Любич
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Ernst Lubitsch

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.

Known For

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A Trip on the Ice

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Acting

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
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
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
1915		The Bodybuilder as Stubenhocker
1915		The Last Suit
1915		Robert and Bertram as Kommis Max Edelstein
1915		His Only Patient as Doktor
1915		Miss Soapsuds
1915		Miss Bellboy as Pinkeles
1915		Sugar and Cinnamon
1915		Blind Cow as Verlobter
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
1914		The Firm Gets Married

1913

The Ideal Wife

1912		The Miracle as Spielmann
1912		Das Mirakel

Crew

1983

A Letter to Freddy Buache as In Memory Of

Directing

1948

That Lady in Ermine as Director

1946

Cluny Brown as Director

1943

Heaven Can Wait as Director

1942

To Be or Not to Be as Director

1941

That Uncertain Feeling as Director

1940

The Shop Around the Corner as Director

1939

Ninotchka as Director

1938

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife as Director

1937

Angel as Director

1934

The Merry Widow as Director

1933		Design for Living as Director
1933		The Clerk as Director

1932		If I Had a Million as Director
1932		Trouble in Paradise as Director
1932		One Hour with You as Director
1932		Broken Lullaby as Director

1931

The Smiling Lieutenant as Director

1930		Monte Carlo as Director
1930		Paramount on Parade as Director
1930		The Vagabond King as Co-Director
1930		The Love Parade as Director

1929

Eternal Love as Director

1928		The Patriot as Director
1928		The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg as Director

1926		The Honeymoon Express as Director
1926		So This Is Paris as Director

1925		Lady Windermere's Fan as Director
1925		Kiss Me Again as Director

1924		Three Women as Director
1924		The Marriage Circle as Director
1924		Forbidden Paradise as Director

1923		Screen Tests for Faust as Director
1923		Rosita as Director
1923		Die Flamme as Director

1922

The Loves of Pharaoh as Director

1921

The Wildcat as Director

1920		Anna Boleyn as Director
1920		Sumurun as Director
1920		Romeo and Juliet in the Snow as Director
1920		Kohlhiesel's Daughters as Director
1920		The Housing Shortage as Director

1919		The Doll as Director
1919		Madame DuBarry as Director
1919		Intoxication as Director
1919		The Oyster Princess as Director
1919		Käsekönig Holländer as Director
1919		The Swabian Maiden as Director
1919		My Wife, the Movie Star as Director
1919		Meyer from Berlin as Director

1918		Carmen as Director
1918		The Eyes of the Mummy as Director
1918		I Don't Want to Be a Man as Director
1918		The Rosentopf Case as Director
1918		The Ballet Girl as Director
1918		The Toboggan Cavalier as Director
1918		Prinz Sami as Director
1918		Fuhrmann Henschel as Director

1917		The Merry Jail as Director
1917		When Four Do the Same as Director
1917		Der Blusenkönig as Director
1917		Ossis Tagebuch as Director

1916		The Tenor, Inc. as Director
1916		The New Nose as Director
1916		The Most Beautiful Gift as Director
1916		The Mixed Ladies Chorus as Director
1916		Pinkus's Shoe Palace as Director
1916		Where Is My Treasure? as Director

1915		The Bodybuilder as Director
1915		The Last Suit as Director
1915		His Only Patient as Director
1915		Miss Soapsuds as Director
1915		Sugar and Cinnamon as Director
1915		Blind Cow as Director
1915		A Trip on the Ice as Director

Editing

1928

The Patriot as Editor

1925

Lady Windermere's Fan as Editor

Production

1948

That Lady in Ermine as Producer

1946		Cluny Brown as Producer
1946		Dragonwyck as Producer

1945

A Royal Scandal as Producer

1943

Heaven Can Wait as Producer

1942

To Be or Not to Be as Producer

1941

That Uncertain Feeling as Producer

1940

The Shop Around the Corner as Producer

1939

Ninotchka as Executive Producer

1938

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife as Producer

1937

Angel as Producer

1936

Desire as Producer

1934

The Merry Widow as Producer

1933

Design for Living as Producer

1932		If I Had a Million as Production Supervisor
1932		Trouble in Paradise as Producer
1932		One Hour with You as Producer
1932		Broken Lullaby as Producer

1931

The Smiling Lieutenant as Producer

1930

Monte Carlo as Producer

1928		The Patriot as Producer
1928		The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg as Producer

1924

The Marriage Circle as Producer

1915		Sugar and Cinnamon as Producer
1915		A Trip on the Ice as Producer

Writing

1983

To Be or Not to Be as Story

1933

The Clerk as Writer

1932

If I Had a Million as Writer

1931

The Smiling Lieutenant as Writer

1928

The Last Command as Writer

1924

Three Women as Writer

1921

The Wildcat as Writer

1920		Sumurun as Writer
1920		Romeo and Juliet in the Snow as Writer
1920		Kohlhiesel's Daughters as Writer
1920		The Housing Shortage as Writer

1919		The Doll as Writer
1919		The Oyster Princess as Writer
1919		Käsekönig Holländer as Writer
1919		My Wife, the Movie Star as Writer

1918		I Don't Want to Be a Man as Writer
1918		The Rosentopf Case as Writer
1918		The Toboggan Cavalier as Writer
1918		Prinz Sami as Writer

1917		The Merry Jail as Writer
1917		When Four Do the Same as Writer
1917		Der Blusenkönig as Writer
1917		Ossis Tagebuch as Writer

1916		The New Nose as Writer
1916		The Most Beautiful Gift as Writer
1916		Where Is My Treasure? as Writer

1915		The Bodybuilder as Writer
1915		Miss Soapsuds as Writer
1915		Blind Cow as Writer
1915		Sugar and Cinnamon as Writer