Ernst Lubitsch
Birthday: 1892-01-28 | Place of Birth: Berlin, GermanyErnst 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
Acting
Role
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Yeggar - the Hunchback Beggar
as Director in Prologue (uncredited)
as Sally Meyer
as Prinz Sami
as Sally
as Sally Piner
as Bit Role
as Der Teufel Satan
as Dirigent
as Dr. Satansohn
as Ernst
as Ernst
as Verehrer
as Doktor
as Ernst
as Kommis Max Edelstein
as Pinkeles
as Stubenhocker
as Verlobter
as Moritz Abramowski / Siegmund Lachmann (Lehrling)
as Siegmund Lachmann
