EL
Ernst Lubitsch
Director, Producer, Actor, Writer, Editor, Additional Credits
Born January 28, 1892Died November 30, 1947 (55 years)
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.
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
Ernst Lubitsch Filmography
| 1948 | |
| 1946 | |
| 1945 | |
| 1943 | |
| 1942 | |
| 1941 | |
| 1940 | |
| 1939 | |
| 1938 | |
| 1937 | |
| 1935 | |
| 1934 | |
| 1933 | |
| 1932 | |
| 1932 | |
| 1932 | |
| 1932 | |
| 1931 | |
| 1930 | |
| 1930 | |
| 1929 | |
| 1929 | |
| 1928 | |
| 1927 | |
| 1926 | |
| 1925 | |
| 1925 | |
| 1924 | |
| 1924 | |
| 1924 | |
| 1923 | |
| 1922 | |
| 1921 | |
| 1920 | |
| 1920 | |
| 1920 | |
| 1920 | |
| 1919 | |
| 1919 | |
| 1919 | |
| 1919 | |
| 1918 | |
| 1918 | |
| 1918 | |
| 1917 | |
| 1917 | |
| 1916 | |
| 1916 | |
| 1915 |
| 1948 | |
| 1946 | |
| 1946 | |
| 1945 | |
| 1943 | |
| 1942 | |
| 1941 | |
| 1940 | |
| 1939 | Ninotchka · as Executive Producer |
| 1938 | |
| 1937 | |
| 1936 | |
| 1934 | |
| 1933 | |
| 1932 | |
| 1932 | |
| 1932 | |
| 1931 | |
| 1930 | |
| 1928 | |
| 1927 | |
| 1925 | |
| 1924 | |
| 1915 |
| 1940 | The Shop Around the Corner · as Director - In Trailer |
| 1920 | One Arabian Night · as Yeggar - The Hunchback Beggar |
| 1919 | The Doll · as Director In Prologue (uncredited) |
| 1919 | Meyer from Berlin · as Sally Meyer |
| 1917 | The Merry Jail · as Cast |
| 1917 | Hans Trutz im Schlaraffenland · as Der Teufel Satan |
| 1917 | When Four Do the Same · as Bit Role |
| 1916 | Shoe Palace Pinkus · as Sally Pinkus |
| 1916 | Where is My Treasure? · as Ernst |
| 1915 | |
| 1914 | The Pride of the Firm · as Siegmund Lachmann |
| 2014 | From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses · as Self - Filmmaker (archive Footage) |
| 2009 | |
| 2006 | |
| 2006 | Billy Wilder Speaks · as Self |
| 2005 | Filmmakers in Action · as Self |
| 2005 | Garbo · as Self |
| 2003 | Der Fall Metropolis · as Self |
| 1998 | The Third Reich, in Color · as Self |
| 1995 | Hitler: A Profile (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1977 | Hitler: A Career · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1940 | The Eternal Jew · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1939 | Ninotchka · as Himself - Director In Trailer (uncredited) |
| 1934 | The Merry Widow · as Self - Director In Trailer |
| 1934 | The Merry Widow · as Contributing Writer |
| 1932 | |
| 1931 | |
| 1928 | |
| 1924 | |
| 1921 | |
| 1920 | |
| 1920 | |
| 1920 | |
| 1919 | |
| 1919 | |
| 1918 | |
| 1917 | |
| 1917 | |
| 1916 | |
| 1915 |
| 1928 | |
| 1925 |
| 2016 | |
| 1983 | To Be or Not to Be · as Story |
| 1945 | Here Is Germany · as Original Project |
| 1945 | Here Is Germany · as Story Preparation |
| 1942 | To Be or Not to Be · as Original Story |
| 1932 | If I Had a Million · as Production Supervisor |
| 1930 | The Vagabond King · as Co-Director |