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.
Cast
The Pride of the Firm
Siegmund Lachmann
From Caligari to Hitler
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Mr. Broadway
Ernst Lubitsch
Sumurun
Yeggar - the Hunchback Beggar
Robert and Bertram
Kommis Max Edelstein
Where Is My Treasure?
Ernst
The Miracle
Spielmann
Miss Bellboy
Pinkeles
Hitler: A Career
Self (archive footage)
The Firm Gets Married
Moritz Abramowski / Siegmund Lachmann (Lehrling)
Der Blusenkönig
Unknown
When Four Do the Same
Bit Role
Pinkus's Shoe Palace
Sally Pinkus
Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
Der Teufel Satan
The Rosentopf Case
Sally
Ninotchka
Himself - Director in Trailer (uncredited)
The Eternal Jew
Self (archive footage)
A Venetian Night
Unknown
How I Was Murdered
Unknown
Sugar and Cinnamon
Unknown
Blind Cow
Verlobter
The New Nose
Ernst
A Trip on the Ice
Ernst
The Last Suit
Unknown
The Bodybuilder
Stubenhocker
The Mixed Ladies Chorus
Dirigent
His Only Patient
Doktor
The Tenor, Inc.
Sally
Miss Soapsuds
Unknown
The Most Beautiful Gift
Verehrer
Prinz Sami
Prinz Sami
The Toboggan Cavalier
Sally Piner
Meyer from Berlin
Sally Meyer
Käsekönig Holländer
Unknown
The Ideal Wife
Krispin
Doctor Satanson
Dr. Satansohn
Arme Maria
Commissioner Moritz Rosenthal
100 Years of the UFA
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Das Mirakel
Unknown
The Doll
Director in Prologue (uncredited)
Crew
Trouble in Paradise
Director, Producer
To Be or Not to Be
Director, Producer
Ninotchka
Director, Executive Producer
The Shop Around the Corner
Director, Producer
To Be or Not to Be
Story
The Smiling Lieutenant
Director, Producer, Writer
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
Director, Producer
The Eyes of the Mummy
Director
One Hour with You
Director, Producer
The Merry Widow
Director, Producer
That Uncertain Feeling
Director, Producer
Madame DuBarry
Director
I Don't Want to Be a Man
Writer, Director
The Merry Jail
Director, Writer
The Doll
Director, Writer
So This Is Paris
Director
The Oyster Princess
Writer, Director
Heaven Can Wait
Director, Producer
Cluny Brown
Director, Producer
The Love Parade
Director
The Patriot
Director, Editor, Producer
Anna Boleyn
Director
The Wildcat
Writer, Director
Sumurun
Director, Writer
The Loves of Pharaoh
Director
Broken Lullaby
Director, Producer
A Royal Scandal
Producer
Design for Living
Director, Producer
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
Director, Producer
The Marriage Circle
Director, Producer
Monte Carlo
Producer, Director
If I Had a Million
Director, Writer, Production Supervisor
Lady Windermere's Fan
Director, Editor
Paramount on Parade
Director
Eternal Love
Director
The Last Command
Writer
That Lady in Ermine
Director, Producer
Carmen
Director
Meyer from Berlin
Director
Kohlhiesel's Daughters
Director, Writer
Rosita
Director
Where Is My Treasure?
Director, Writer
Romeo and Juliet in the Snow
Director, Writer
Three Women
Director, Writer
Forbidden Paradise
Director
Angel
Director, Producer
When Four Do the Same
Director, Writer
Die Flamme
Director
Desire
Producer
Kiss Me Again
Director
Dragonwyck
Producer
Pinkus's Shoe Palace
Director
Der Blusenkönig
Director, Writer
Ossis Tagebuch
Director, Writer
The Rosentopf Case
Director, Writer
The Bodybuilder
Writer, Director
Miss Soapsuds
Writer, Director
A Trip on the Ice
Director, Producer
The New Nose
Director, Writer
Blind Cow
Writer, Director
Sugar and Cinnamon
Producer, Writer, Director
The Last Suit
Director
The Most Beautiful Gift
Director, Writer
The Mixed Ladies Chorus
Director
The Tenor, Inc.
Director
His Only Patient
Director
Prinz Sami
Director, Writer
The Swabian Maiden
Director
The Ballet Girl
Director
Käsekönig Holländer
Director, Writer
Fuhrmann Henschel
Director
The Toboggan Cavalier
Writer, Director
Intoxication
Director
My Wife, the Movie Star
Director, Writer
The Honeymoon Express
Director
The Housing Shortage
Director, Writer
The Clerk
Writer, Director
The Vagabond King
Co-Director
Screen Tests for Faust
Director
A Letter to Freddy Buache
In Memory Of