Ernst Lubitsch
Known for: Directing
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
Film
Ninotchka
Himself - Director in Trailer (uncredited)
1939
Film
Der Blusenkönig
1917
Film
Hitler: A Career
Self (archive footage)
1977
Doctor Satanson
Dr. Satansohn
1916
Film
The Miracle
Spielmann
1912
Das Mirakel
1912
Film
Miss Soapsuds
1915
Film
The Eternal Jew
Self (archive footage)
1940
Film
Miss Bellboy
Pinkeles
1915
The Bodybuilder
Stubenhocker
1915
His Only Patient
Doktor
1915
Käsekönig Holländer
1919
Blind Cow
Verlobter
1915
Film
The Doll
Director in Prologue (uncredited)
1919
Film
100 Years of the UFA
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2017
Film
Life in Hollywood
Self
1927
Film
Lubitsch, le patron
Self (Archival footage)
2010
Film
Sugar and Cinnamon
1915
Film
From Caligari to Hitler
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2015
Film
Sumurun
Yeggar - the Hunchback Beggar
1920
The Rosentopf Case
Sally
1918
The Last Suit
1915
The Mixed Ladies Chorus
Dirigent
1916
The Most Beautiful Gift
Verehrer
1916
Film
Pinkus's Shoe Palace
Sally Pinkus
1916
How I Was Murdered
1915
Film
Mr. Broadway
Ernst Lubitsch
1933
Film
Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
Der Teufel Satan
1917
Film
The Pride of the Firm
Siegmund Lachmann
1914
Film
Where Is My Treasure?
Ernst
1916
Film
Prinz Sami
Prinz Sami
1918
Film
The Toboggan Cavalier
Sally Piner
1918
Film
Meyer from Berlin
Sally Meyer
1919
When Four Do the Same
Bit Role
1917
Film
The Firm Gets Married
Moritz Abramowski / Siegmund Lachmann (Lehrling)
1914
Film
A Venetian Night
1914
Film
The Ideal Wife
Krispin
1913
Arme Maria
Commissioner Moritz Rosenthal
1915
Robert and Bertram
Kommis Max Edelstein
1915
The Tenor, Inc.
Sally
1916
A Trip on the Ice
Ernst
1915
The New Nose
Ernst
1916