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Ernst Lubitsch
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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 …
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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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BODY OF WORK
Ernst Lubitsch's Filmography
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100 Years of the UFA
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
From Caligari to Hitler
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Lubitsch, le patron
as Self (Archival footage)
Hitler: A Career
as Self (archive footage)
The Eternal Jew
as Self (archive footage)
Ninotchka
as Himself - Director in Trailer (uncredited)
Mr. Broadway
as Ernst Lubitsch
Life in Hollywood
as Self
Sumurun
as Yeggar - the Hunchback Beggar
The Doll
as Director in Prologue (uncredited)
No Poster
Käsekönig Holländer
Meyer from Berlin
as Sally Meyer
No Poster
The Rosentopf Case
as Sally
The Toboggan Cavalier
as Sally Piner
Prinz Sami
as Prinz Sami
No Poster
When Four Do the Same
as Bit Role
Der Blusenkönig
Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
as Der Teufel Satan
No Poster
The Tenor, Inc.
as Sally
No Poster
The New Nose
as Ernst
No Poster
The Most Beautiful Gift
as Verehrer
No Poster
The Mixed Ladies Chorus
as Dirigent
Pinkus's Shoe Palace
as Sally Pinkus
No Poster
Doctor Satanson
as Dr. Satansohn
Where Is My Treasure?
as Ernst
No Poster
How I Was Murdered
No Poster
The Bodybuilder
as Stubenhocker
No Poster
The Last Suit
Robert and Bertram
as Kommis Max Edelstein
No Poster
His Only Patient
as Doktor
Miss Soapsuds
Miss Bellboy
as Pinkeles
Sugar and Cinnamon
No Poster
Blind Cow
as Verlobter
No Poster
A Trip on the Ice
as Ernst
No Poster
Arme Maria
as Commissioner Moritz Rosenthal
The Pride of the Firm
as Siegmund Lachmann
A Venetian Night
The Firm Gets Married
as Moritz Abramowski / Siegmund Lachmann (Lehrling)
The Ideal Wife
as Krispin
No Poster