Ernst Lubitsch
Director
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
as Himself - Director in Trailer (uncredited) 1939
The Doll
as Director in Prologue (uncredited) 1919
Hitler: A Career
as Self (archive footage) 1977
The Eternal Jew
as Self (archive footage) 1940
Sumurun
as Yeggar - the Hunchback Beggar 1920
From Caligari to Hitler
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) 2015
Where Is My Treasure?
as Ernst 1916
Pinkus's Shoe Palace
as Sally Pinkus 1916
Meyer from Berlin
as Sally Meyer 1919
The Pride of the Firm
as Siegmund Lachmann 1914
The Miracle
as Spielmann 1912
A Venetian Night
1914
100 Years of the UFA
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) 2017
A Trip on the Ice
as Ernst 1915
The Ideal Wife
as Krispin 1913
Mr. Broadway
as Ernst Lubitsch 1933
Robert and Bertram
as Kommis Max Edelstein 1915