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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.
As director
That Lady in Ermine
Cluny Brown
Heaven Can Wait
To Be or Not to Be
That Uncertain Feeling
The Shop Around the Corner
Ninotchka
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
Angel
The Merry Widow
Design for Living
The Clerk
Trouble in Paradise
One Hour with You
Broken Lullaby
If I Had a Million
The Smiling Lieutenant
Monte Carlo
Paramount on Parade
The Love Parade
Eternal Love
The Patriot
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
So This Is Paris
The Honeymoon Express
Lady Windermere's Fan
Kiss Me Again
The Marriage Circle
Three Women
Forbidden Paradise
As actor
100 Years of the UFA
From Caligari to Hitler
Lubitsch, le patron
Hitler: A Career
The Eternal Jew
Ninotchka
Mr. Broadway
Sumurun
Meyer from Berlin
Käsekönig Holländer
The Doll
The Rosentopf Case
Prinz Sami
The Toboggan Cavalier
Der Blusenkönig
When Four Do the Same
Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
Where Is My Treasure?
Pinkus's Shoe Palace
The Mixed Ladies Chorus
The Tenor, Inc.
The New Nose
The Most Beautiful Gift
Doctor Satanson
Robert and Bertram
Miss Bellboy
How I Was Murdered
Miss Soapsuds
Sugar and Cinnamon
A Trip on the Ice