Directing · Berlin, Germany · Born January 28, 1892
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.
Movie100 Years of the UFA
2017
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
MovieFrom Caligari to Hitler
2015
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
MovieLubitsch, le patron
2010
as Self (Archival footage)
MovieHitler: A Career
1977
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Eternal Jew
1940
as Self (archive footage)
MovieNinotchka
1939
as Himself - Director in Trailer (uncredited)
MovieMr. Broadway
1933
as Ernst Lubitsch
MovieLife in Hollywood
1927
as Self
MovieSumurun
1920
as Yeggar - the Hunchback Beggar
MovieThe Doll
1919
as Director in Prologue (uncredited)
Käsekönig Holländer
1919
MovieMeyer from Berlin
1919
as Sally Meyer
The Rosentopf Case
1918
as Sally
MovieThe Toboggan Cavalier
1918
as Sally Piner
MoviePrinz Sami
1918
as Prinz Sami
When Four Do the Same
1917
as Bit Role
MovieDer Blusenkönig
1917
MovieHans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
1917
as Der Teufel Satan
The Tenor, Inc.
1916
as Sally
The New Nose
1916
as Ernst
The Most Beautiful Gift
1916
as Verehrer
The Mixed Ladies Chorus
1916
as Dirigent
MoviePinkus's Shoe Palace
1916
as Sally Pinkus
Doctor Satanson
1916
as Dr. Satansohn
MovieWhere Is My Treasure?
1916
as Ernst
How I Was Murdered
1915
The Last Suit
1915
The Bodybuilder
1915
as Stubenhocker
Robert and Bertram
1915
as Kommis Max Edelstein
His Only Patient
1915
as Doktor
MovieMiss Soapsuds
1915
MovieMiss Bellboy
1915
as Pinkeles
MovieSugar and Cinnamon
1915
Blind Cow
1915
as Verlobter
A Trip on the Ice
1915
as Ernst
Arme Maria
1915
as Commissioner Moritz Rosenthal
MovieThe Pride of the Firm
1914
as Siegmund Lachmann
MovieA Venetian Night
1914
MovieThe Firm Gets Married
1914
as Moritz Abramowski / Siegmund Lachmann (Lehrling)
MovieThe Ideal Wife
1913
as Krispin
MovieThe Miracle
1912
as Spielmann
Das Mirakel
1912
