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.
| Known For | Directing |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.1579 |
| Birthday | 1892-01-28 |
| Place of Birth | Berlin, Germany |
| Also Known As | Эрнст Любич, 에른스트 루비치, |
1914
The Pride of the Firm
6.5/3
Der Stolz der Firma, meaning The Pride of the Business, is a classic German silent film from 1914. The film tells the story of a shrewd apprentice and...
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The Pride of the Firm
2015
From Caligari to Hitler
7.4/27
Film journalist and critic Rüdiger Suchsland examines German cinema from 1919, when the Republic of Weimar is born, to 1933, when the Nazis come into...
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From Caligari to Hitler
1933
Mr. Broadway
9/1
Ed Sullivan shows night spots all over New York in this movie, joking and listening to stories the patrons tell.
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Mr. Broadway
1920
Sumurun
6.078/32
The favorite slave girl of a tyrannical sheik falls in love with a cloth merchant. Meanwhile, a hunchback clown suffers unrequited love for a travelin...
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Sumurun
1915
Robert and Bertram
8/0
Based on the 1856 Gustav Räder play Robert and Bertram about the adventures of two wandering vagrants, which has been turned into films on several occ...
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Robert and Bertram
1916
Where Is My Treasure?
6.023/22
Because Ernst feels oppressed by his wife and her mother, he fakes his suicide and hires in his own household disguised as a servant.
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Where Is My Treasure?
1912
The Miracle
7/3
When a wayward nun, Megildis, deserts her convent with a knight, a statue of the Virgin Mary comes to life and takes place of Megildis, who makes her...
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The Miracle
1915
Miss Bellboy
10/1
Miss Lo leaves finishing school and returns to her parents’ hotel “Zum Weißen Schwan”. One of the chambermaids eloped with the bellboy and now the dau...
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Miss Bellboy
1977
Hitler: A Career
7.426/88
A keen chronicle of the unlikely rise to power of Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) and a dissection of the Third Reich (1933-1945), but also an analysis of ma...
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Hitler: A Career
1914
The Firm Gets Married
0/0
Directed by Carl Wilhelm.
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The Firm Gets Married
1917
Der Blusenkönig
0/0
Sally Katz begins a new job as a supervisor in the workshop of a garment maker where the boss's nasty daughter makes him advances. But the girl's fath...
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Der Blusenkönig
1917
When Four Do the Same
0/0
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch. Lubitsch plays a book shop employee who falls in love with Jannings' daughter.
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When Four Do the Same
1916
Pinkus's Shoe Palace
5.7/17
Sally Pinkus is an German-Jewish boy who takes a job as a shoe store clerk after being expelled from school for goofing around. Soon fired for trying...
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Pinkus's Shoe Palace
1917
Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
0/0
A stylized fairy tale in which a farmer sells his soul to Satan in exchange for prosperity.
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Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
1918
The Rosentopf Case
0/0
In The the film, Ernst Lubitsch plays Sally, the clever assistant to the detective Ceeps, who only succeeds in solving the Rosentopf case after some e...
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The Rosentopf Case
1939
Ninotchka
7.523/447
A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.
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Ninotchka
1940
The Eternal Jew
4.7/54
A Nazi propaganda film made to promote anti-Semitism among the German people. Newly-shot footage of Jewish neighborhoods in recently-conquered Poland...
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The Eternal Jew
1914
A Venetian Night
6/2
The young Anselmus Aselmeyer fulfilled a long cherished dream: He travels to Venice, the city of his dreams. Once there, the porter Pipistrello direct...
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A Venetian Night
1915
How I Was Murdered
0/0
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How I Was Murdered
1915
A Trip on the Ice
10/1
The two best buddies Ernst and Albert are pursuing the same girl. The girl leads them onto the ice in the form of an ice rink, where the two act awkwa...
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A Trip on the Ice
1915
Miss Soapsuds
0/0
With the outbreak of World War I, all the men, including the barbers , are drafted. As a result, the women have to take over their work, and so mother...
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Miss Soapsuds
1916
The Mixed Ladies Chorus
0/0
The main character is appointed conductor of a mixed women's choir. However, it soon becomes apparent that the singers are no longer interested in sin...
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The Mixed Ladies Chorus
1915
The Bodybuilder
0/0
A skinny couch potato buys a tonic that gives him unexpected strength. Thanks to his new strength, he breaks open the floor of his room, falls to the...
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The Bodybuilder
1915
Sugar and Cinnamon
0/0
A resourceful landlady rents the same room to two men: the commercial clerk Zimt, who is at work during the day, and the conductor of a café orchestra...
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Sugar and Cinnamon
1915
Blind Cow
0/0
The mother wants to prevent her daughter from marrying a man she doesn't like at all costs, even becoming engaged to her daughter's boyfriend. However...
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Blind Cow
1915
The Last Suit
0/0
This time, Lubitsch plays a tailor's assistant who exploits his striking resemblance to a customer to appear as a gentleman for once. To do so, he nee...
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The Last Suit
1916
The Tenor, Inc.
0/0
Sally comes from a small town to Berlin, where he begins an apprenticeship with his uncle. He helps his uncle with the bread production and dreams of...
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The Tenor, Inc.
1915
His Only Patient
0/0
Dr. Schneider paces restlessly around his practice - hardly any patients come in. He is delighted when the letter carrier finally rings, but he is in...
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His Only Patient
1916
The New Nose
7/1
Ernst is on the prowl and therefore seeks advice from a matchmaker. As he likes the athlete Anna Muskel, but she only wants a man with a so-called "fo...
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The New Nose
1916
The Most Beautiful Gift
9/1
On the occasion of her birthday, a young woman sends out invitations to her many admirers: she wants to marry the one of them who gives her the best p...
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The Most Beautiful Gift
1918
Prinz Sami
0/0
Prince Sami comes from Nigeria and is an uncivilized "nature boy." He is sent to the highly civilized court of Duchess Maria of Arragon, where he init...
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Prinz Sami
1918
The Toboggan Cavalier
0/0
A young woman is forced by her father to marry a man she doesn't love and flees before the marriage takes place. In a small village she falls in love...
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The Toboggan Cavalier
1919
Meyer from Berlin
6.5/11
Sally Meyer, a young Berliner, persuades his Doctor to convince his wife that he is ill, so that he is able to take a holiday in the Austrian Alps.
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Meyer from Berlin
1919
Käsekönig Holländer
0/0
The burlesque is about a man who calls himself Käsekönig Holländer and rises to become cheese emperor in the course of the film. A lost film.
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Käsekönig Holländer
1913
The Ideal Wife
5/1
The bachelor Paul lives as the only man in a household with his mother, his aunts, sisters and cousins. They are annoyed by his teasing.
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The Ideal Wife
1916
Doctor Satanson
8/1
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Doctor Satanson
1915
Arme Maria
8/1
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Arme Maria
2017
100 Years of the UFA
4.5/2
The intricate history of UFA, a film production company founded in 1917 that has survived the Weimar Republic, the Nazi regime, the Adenauer era and t...
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100 Years of the UFA
1912
Das Mirakel
0/0
Film version of Max Reinhardt's play, presented in London in 1911. According to medieval legend, a nun leaves her convent to follow a knight. While sh...
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Das Mirakel
1919
The Doll
7.4/95
The misadventures of an effete young man who must get married in order to inherit a fortune. He opts to purchase a remarkably lifelike doll and marry...
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The Doll
2010
Lubitsch, le patron
0/0
A documentary about the life and career of film director Ernst Lubitsch
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Lubitsch, le patron
1927
Life in Hollywood
0/0
A 1927 silent-era series of Hollywood studio tours, these short subjects go behind the scenes at major studios and showcase famous stars, directors, a...
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