Ernst Lubitsch
Hailed by the likes of Alfred Hitchcock, Francois Truffaut and Orson Welles as a giant among filmmakers, Ernst Lubitsch was a preeminent figure in the history of cinema who directed some of Hollywood's most sophisticated and enduring comedies. More than a great director of actors and action, he added his own personal signature - known as the "Lubitsch touch" - to all his work, a sense of style and grace that was rarely duplicated on the screen. After making a name as a director in his native Germany, Lubitsch was brought over at the behest of star Mary Pickford to direct her in "Rosita" (1923). From there, he made comedies like "The Marriage Circle" (1924) and "Kiss Me Again" (1925), as well as dramas like "The Patriot" (1925). But with the advent of sound, the cigar-chomping director's career took off atop fascination with a new genre, the musical comedy, and he began displaying his famed Lubitsch touch with classics like "Monte Carlo" (1930) and "One Hour with You" (1932). He directed his first bona fide masterpiece, "Trouble in Paradise" (1932), and later hit his stride full force with "Bluebeard's Eighth Wife" (1938), "Ninotchka" (1939) and "The Shop Around the Corner" (1940). Lubitsch reached great artistic heights with "To Be or Not to Be" (1942) and "Heaven Can Wait" (1943) before dying mid-career in 1947, leaving behind a legacy virtually unmatched by a filmmaker before or since.
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Ernst Lubitsch
Filmography
Movies
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Lubitsch Musicals | Director | - | 2008 |
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That Lady in Ermine |
Director, Producer |
- | 1948 |
94% |
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Cluny Brown | Director | - | 1946 |
33% |
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A Royal Scandal | Producer | - | 1945 |
89% |
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Heaven Can Wait |
Director, Producer |
- | 1943 |
96% |
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To Be or Not to Be |
Director, Writer, Producer |
- | 1942 |
57% |
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That Uncertain Feeling |
Director, Producer |
- | 1941 |
99% |
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The Shop Around the Corner |
Director, Producer |
- | 1940 |
95% |
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Ninotchka |
Director, Producer |
- | 1939 |
45% |
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Bluebeard's Eighth Wife |
Director, Producer |
- | 1938 |
100% |
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Angel |
Director, Producer |
- | 1937 |
100% |
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Desire | Producer | - | 1936 |
90% |
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The Merry Widow |
Director, Writer |
- | 1934 |
76% |
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Design for Living |
Director, Producer |
- | 1933 |
100% |
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Broken Lullaby |
Director, Producer |
- | 1932 |
100% |
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If I Had a Million | Director | - | 1932 |
90% |
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Trouble in Paradise |
Director, Producer |
- | 1932 |
86% |
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One Hour With You |
Director, Producer |
- | 1932 |
88% |
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The Smiling Lieutenant |
Director, Producer |
- | 1931 |
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Monte Carlo |
Director, Producer |
- | 1930 |
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Paramount on Parade | Director | - | 1930 |
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Eternal Love | Director | - | 1929 |
100% |
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The Love Parade |
Director, Producer |
- | 1929 |
100% |
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The Patriot | Director | - | 1928 |
100% |
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The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg |
Director, Producer |
- | 1927 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | So This Is Paris | Director | - | 1926 |
100% |
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Lady Windermere's Fan | Director | - | 1925 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Forbidden Paradise | Director | - | 1924 |
100% |
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The Marriage Circle | Director | - | 1924 |
89% | No Score Yet | Three Women | Director | - | 1924 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rosita | Director | - | 1923 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Flame | Director | - | 1923 |
67% | No Score Yet | Loves of Pharaoh | Director | - | 1922 |
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The Wildcat |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1921 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gypsy Blood | Director | - | 1921 |
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Sumurun |
Yeggar - the Hunchback (Character), Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1920 |
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Anna Boleyn | Director | - | 1920 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kohlhiesel's Daughters |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1920 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Romeo and Juliet in the Snow |
Director, Writer |
- | 1920 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Meyer From Berlin | Director | - | 1919 |
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Passion | Director | - | 1919 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Doll |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1919 |
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The Oyster Princess | Director | - | 1919 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Die Austernprinzessin | Director | - | 1919 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Carmen | Director | - | 1918 |
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I Don't Want to Be a Man |
Director, Writer |
- | 1918 |
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The Eyes of the Mummy | Director | - | 1918 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Merry Jail |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1917 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | When I Was Dead |
Der Gatte (Character), Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1916 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shoe Salon Pinkus |
Sally Pinkus (Character), Director |
- | 1916 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pinkus's Shoe Emporium |
Unknown (Character), Director |
- | 1916 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Pride of the Firm | Siegmund Lachmann (Character) | - | 1914 |