Ernst Lubitsch
Known For: Directing
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: January 28, 1892
Day of Death: November 30, 1947 (56 years old)
Place of Birth: Berlin, Germany
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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Actor Sally Meyer
Meyer from Berlin
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Käsekönig Holländer
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The Doll
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Madame DuBarry
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The Doll
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The Oyster Princess
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The Oyster Princess
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Meyer from Berlin
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My Wife, the Movie Star
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My Wife, the Movie Star
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The Swabian Maiden
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Intoxication
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Käsekönig Holländer
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Käsekönig Holländer
1918
Actor Sally
The Rosentopf Case
Actor Prinz Sami
Prinz Sami
Actor Sally Piner
The Toboggan Cavalier
Director
The Eyes of the Mummy
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I Don't Want to Be a Man
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I Don't Want to Be a Man
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Carmen
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The Rosentopf Case
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Prinz Sami
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Prinz Sami
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The Toboggan Cavalier
Director
The Ballet Girl
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Fuhrmann Henschel
Director
The Toboggan Cavalier
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The Rosentopf Case
1917
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Der Blusenkönig
Actor Bit Role
When Four Do the Same
Actor Der Teufel Satan
Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
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The Merry Jail
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When Four Do the Same
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Ossis Tagebuch
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Der Blusenkönig
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The Merry Jail
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Der Blusenkönig
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Ossis Tagebuch
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When Four Do the Same
1916
Actor Ernst
Where Is My Treasure?
Actor Sally Pinkus
Pinkus's Shoe Palace
Actor Dirigent
The Mixed Ladies Chorus
Actor Sally
The Tenor, Inc.
Actor Ernst
The New Nose
Actor Verehrer
The Most Beautiful Gift
Actor Dr. Satansohn
Doctor Satanson
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Where Is My Treasure?
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Where Is My Treasure?
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Pinkus's Shoe Palace
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The New Nose
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The New Nose
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The Tenor, Inc.
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The Most Beautiful Gift
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The Mixed Ladies Chorus
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The Most Beautiful Gift
1915
Actor Kommis Max Edelstein
Robert and Bertram
Actor Pinkeles
Miss Bellboy
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How I Was Murdered
Actor Ernst
A Trip on the Ice
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Miss Soapsuds
Actor Stubenhocker
The Bodybuilder
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Sugar and Cinnamon
Actor Verlobter
Blind Cow
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The Last Suit
Actor Doktor
His Only Patient
Actor Commissioner Moritz Rosenthal
Arme Maria
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The Bodybuilder
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Sugar and Cinnamon
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Miss Soapsuds
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Miss Soapsuds
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Sugar and Cinnamon
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Blind Cow
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Sugar and Cinnamon
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A Trip on the Ice
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A Trip on the Ice
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Blind Cow
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His Only Patient
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The Bodybuilder
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The Last Suit
