Ernst Lubitsch

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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Trouble in Paradise

(Producer)

To Be or Not to Be

(Director)

Trouble in Paradise

(Director)

To Be or Not to Be

(Producer)

Ninotchka

(Director)

The Shop Around the Corner

(Director)

To Be or Not to Be

(Story)

The Smiling Lieutenant

(Director)

The Smiling Lieutenant

(Producer)

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

(Director)

The Eyes of the Mummy

(Director)

One Hour with You

(Director)

One Hour with You

(Producer)

The Merry Widow

(Director)

That Uncertain Feeling

(Director)

The Merry Jail

(Director)

The Doll

(Writer)

Madame DuBarry

(Director)

The Doll

(Director)

I Don't Want to Be a Man

(Writer)

I Don't Want to Be a Man

(Director)

So This Is Paris

(Director)

The Oyster Princess

(Director)

The Oyster Princess

(Writer)

Heaven Can Wait

(Director)

Cluny Brown

(Director)

The Love Parade

(Director)

The Patriot

(Director)

Anna Boleyn

(Director)

The Wildcat

(Director)

Sumurun

(Director)

The Wildcat

(Writer)

The Loves of Pharaoh

(Director)

Broken Lullaby

(Director)

A Royal Scandal

(Producer)

Design for Living

(Director)

The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg

(Director)

The Marriage Circle

(Director)

Monte Carlo

(Director)

Monte Carlo

(Producer)

If I Had a Million

(Director)

Paramount on Parade

(Director)

Lady Windermere's Fan

(Director)

Eternal Love

(Director)

The Last Command

(Writer)

That Lady in Ermine

(Director)

Carmen

(Director)

Meyer from Berlin

(Director)

Kohlhiesel's Daughters

(Director)

Rosita

(Director)

Where Is My Treasure?

(Director)

Where Is My Treasure?

(Writer)

Romeo and Juliet in the Snow

(Director)

Romeo and Juliet in the Snow

(Writer)

Three Women

(Writer)

Three Women

(Director)

Forbidden Paradise

(Director)

Angel

(Director)

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

(Producer)

When Four Do the Same

(Director)

Die Flamme

(Director)

Desire

(Producer)

That Lady in Ermine

(Producer)

Lady Windermere's Fan

(Editor)

The Marriage Circle

(Producer)

Kiss Me Again

(Director)

Dragonwyck

(Producer)

Pinkus's Shoe Palace

(Director)

Ossis Tagebuch

(Director)

The Rosentopf Case

(Director)

Der Blusenkönig

(Director)

The Bodybuilder

(Writer)

Angel

(Producer)

Cluny Brown

(Producer)

The Merry Jail

(Writer)

Design for Living

(Producer)

The Merry Widow

(Producer)

Broken Lullaby

(Producer)

The Shop Around the Corner

(Producer)

The Patriot

(Producer)

The Patriot

(Editor)

The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg

(Producer)

Heaven Can Wait

(Producer)

A Royal Scandal

(Director)

Ninotchka

(Executive Producer)

Sugar and Cinnamon

(Director)

Miss Soapsuds

(Director)

Miss Soapsuds

(Writer)

Sugar and Cinnamon

(Producer)

Blind Cow

(Writer)

Sugar and Cinnamon

(Writer)

A Trip on the Ice

(Producer)

A Trip on the Ice

(Director)

Blind Cow

(Director)

The New Nose

(Director)

The New Nose

(Writer)

His Only Patient

(Director)

The Tenor, Inc.

(Director)

The Bodybuilder

(Director)

The Most Beautiful Gift

(Director)

The Last Suit

(Director)

The Mixed Ladies Chorus

(Director)

The Most Beautiful Gift

(Writer)

Prinz Sami

(Director)

Prinz Sami

(Writer)

The Toboggan Cavalier

(Writer)

My Wife, the Movie Star

(Director)

My Wife, the Movie Star

(Writer)

The Swabian Maiden

(Director)

Intoxication

(Director)

Käsekönig Holländer

(Director)

The Ballet Girl

(Director)

Fuhrmann Henschel

(Director)

The Toboggan Cavalier

(Director)

The Rosentopf Case

(Writer)

Käsekönig Holländer

(Writer)

The Housing Shortage

(Writer)

Kohlhiesel's Daughters

(Writer)

The Housing Shortage

(Director)

The Honeymoon Express

(Director)

Der Blusenkönig

(Writer)

Ossis Tagebuch

(Writer)

When Four Do the Same

(Writer)

Sumurun

(Writer)

The Clerk

(Director)

The Clerk

(Writer)

The Vagabond King

(Co-Director)

That Uncertain Feeling

(Producer)

The Smiling Lieutenant

(Writer)

If I Had a Million

(Writer)

If I Had a Million

(Production Supervisor)

Screen Tests for Faust

(Director)