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.
Ninotchka
as Himself - Director in Trailer (uncredited)A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who...
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Hitler: A Career
as Self (archive footage)A keen chronicle of the unlikely rise to power of Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) and a dissection of...
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The Eternal Jew
as Self (archive footage)A Nazi propaganda film made to promote anti-Semitism among the German people. Newly-shot footage...
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Where Is My Treasure?
as ErnstBecause Ernst feels oppressed by his wife and her mother, he fakes his suicide and hires in his...
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Meyer from Berlin
as Sally MeyerSally Meyer, a young Berliner, persuades his Doctor to convince his wife that he is ill, so that...
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From Caligari to Hitler
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)Film journalist and critic Rüdiger Suchsland examines German cinema from 1919, when the Republic...
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The Miracle
as SpielmannWhen a wayward nun, Megildis, deserts her convent with a knight, a statue of the Virgin Mary...
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The Ideal Wife
as uncreditedThe bachelor Paul lives as the only man in a household with his mother, his aunts, sisters and...
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Sumurun
as Yeggar - the Hunchback BeggarThe favorite slave girl of a tyrannical sheik falls in love with a cloth merchant. Meanwhile, a...
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100 Years of the UFA
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)The intricate history of UFA, a film production company founded in 1917 that has survived the...
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Pinkus's Shoe Palace
as Sally PinkusSally Pinkus is an German-Jewish boy who takes a job as a shoe store clerk after being expelled...
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The Pride of the Firm
as Siegmund LachmannDer Stolz der Firma, meaning The Pride of the Business, is a classic German silent film from...
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Mr. Broadway
as Ernst LubitschEd Sullivan shows night spots all over New York in this movie, joking and listening to stories...
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A Venetian Night
as uncreditedThe young Anselmus Aselmeyer fulfilled a long cherished dream: He travels to Venice, the city of...
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Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
as Der Teufel SatanA stylized fairy tale in which a farmer sells his soul to Satan in exchange for prosperity.
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Miss Bellboy
as PinkelesMiss Lo leaves finishing school and returns to her parents’ hotel “Zum Weißen Schwan”. One of...
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The Toboggan Cavalier
as Sally PinerA young woman is forced by her father to marry a man she doesn't love and flees before the...
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Der Blusenkönig
as uncreditedSally Katz begins a new job as a supervisor in the workshop of a garment maker where the boss's...
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Miss Soapsuds
as uncreditedFräulein Seifenschaum is a German silent film by Ernst Lubitsch from 1915. It is considered...
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