Ernst Lubitsch
Known for Directing
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.
Filmography
Ninotchka
1939
as Himself - Director in Trailer (uncredited)
The Eternal Jew
1940
as Self (archive footage)
Hitler: A Career
1977
as Self (archive footage)
The Doll
1919
as Director in Prologue (uncredited)
The Rosentopf Case
1918
as Sally
Der Blusenkönig
1917
100 Years of the UFA
2017
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Mr. Broadway
1933
as Ernst Lubitsch
Where Is My Treasure?
1916
as Ernst
From Caligari to Hitler
2015
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Doctor Satanson
1916
as Dr. Satansohn
A Venetian Night
1914
Sumurun
1920
as Yeggar - the Hunchback Beggar
The Miracle
1912
as Spielmann
The Firm Gets Married
1914
as Moritz Abramowski / Siegmund Lachmann (Lehrling)
Blind Cow
1915
as Verlobter
Prinz Sami
1918
as Prinz Sami
The Pride of the Firm
1914
as Siegmund Lachmann
His Only Patient
1915
as Doktor
The Mixed Ladies Chorus
1916
as Dirigent