Filmography
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Known For
To Be or Not to Be Director (1942) -
The Shop Around the Corner Director (1940) -
Ninotchka Director (1939) -
Known For
The Patriot Director (1928) -
Director
That Lady in Ermine (1948) -
Cluny Brown (1946) -
A Royal Scandal (1945) -
Heaven Can Wait (1943) -
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
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That Uncertain Feeling (1941) -
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
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Ninotchka (1939)
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Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938) -
Angel (1937) -
![The Merry Widow]( "The Merry Widow")
The Merry Widow (1935) -
![The Merry Widow]( "The Merry Widow")
The Merry Widow (1934) -
![Design for Living]( "Design for Living")
Design for Living (1933) -
![If I Had a Million]( "If I Had a Million")
If I Had a Million (1932) -
![Trouble in Paradise]( "Trouble in Paradise")
Trouble in Paradise (1932) -
![One Hour with You]( "One Hour with You")
One Hour with You (1932) -
![Broken Lullaby]( "Broken Lullaby")
Broken Lullaby (1932) -
![The Smiling Lieutenant]( "The Smiling Lieutenant")
The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) -
![Monte Carlo]( "Monte Carlo")
Monte Carlo (1930) -
![Paramount on Parade]( "Paramount on Parade")
Paramount on Parade (1930) -
![The Vagabond King]( "The Vagabond King")
The Vagabond King (1930) -
![The Love Parade]( "The Love Parade")
The Love Parade (1929) -
![Eternal Love]( "Eternal Love")
Eternal Love (1929) -
![The Patriot]( "The Patriot")
The Patriot (1928) -
![The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg]( "The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg")
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![The Honeymoon Express]( "The Honeymoon Express")
The Honeymoon Express (1926) -
![So This Is Paris]( "So This Is Paris")
So This Is Paris (1926) -
![Lady Windermere's Fan]( "Lady Windermere's Fan")
Lady Windermere's Fan (1925) -
![Kiss Me Again]( "Kiss Me Again")
Kiss Me Again (1925) -
![Forbidden Paradise]( "Forbidden Paradise")
Forbidden Paradise (1924) -
![Three Women]( "Three Women")
Three Women (1924) -
![The Marriage Circle]( "The Marriage Circle")
The Marriage Circle (1924) -
![Rosita]( "Rosita")
Rosita (1923) -
![The Flame]( "The Flame")
The Flame (1923) -
![The Loves of Pharaoh]( "The Loves of Pharaoh")
The Loves of Pharaoh (1922) -
![The Wildcat]( "The Wildcat")
The Wildcat (1921) -
![Deception]( "Deception")
Deception (1920) -
![Sumurun]( "Sumurun")
Sumurun (1920) -
![Romeo and Juliet in the Snow]( "Romeo and Juliet in the Snow")
Romeo and Juliet in the Snow (1920) -
![Kohlhiesel's Daughters]( "Kohlhiesel's Daughters")
Kohlhiesel's Daughters (1920) -
The Housing Shortage (1920)
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![The Doll]( "The Doll")
The Doll (1919) -
![Intoxication]( "Intoxication")
Intoxication (1919) -
![Passion]( "Passion")
Passion (1919) -
![The Oyster Princess]( "The Oyster Princess")
The Oyster Princess (1919) -
Hollander, King of Cheese (1919)
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The Swabian Maiden (1919)
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![Meyer from Berlin]( "Meyer from Berlin")
Meyer from Berlin (1919) -
Fuhrmann Henschel (1918)
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![Carmen]( "Carmen")
Carmen (1918) -
My Wife, the Movie Star (1918)
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![The Eyes of the Mummy]( "The Eyes of the Mummy")
The Eyes of the Mummy (1918) -
![I Don't Want to Be a Man]( "I Don't Want to Be a Man")
I Don't Want to Be a Man (1918) -
![The Ballet Girl]( "The Ballet Girl")
The Ballet Girl (1918) -
![The Rosentopf Case]( "The Rosentopf Case")
The Rosentopf Case (1918) -
The Toboggan Cavalier (1918)
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![Prince Sami]( "Prince Sami")
Prince Sami (1917) -
![The Merry Jail]( "The Merry Jail")
The Merry Jail (1917) -
![The Blouse King]( "The Blouse King")
The Blouse King (1917) -
When Four Do the Same (1917)
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![Ossi's Diary]( "Ossi's Diary")
Ossi's Diary (1917) -
Der erste Patient (1917)
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Die neue Nase (1916)
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The Most Beautiful Gift (1916)
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The Tenor, Inc. (1916)
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The Mixed Ladies Chorus (1916)
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![Shoe Palace Pinkus]( "Shoe Palace Pinkus")
Shoe Palace Pinkus (1916) -
![Where is My Treasure?]( "Where is My Treasure?")
Where is My Treasure? (1916) -
The Last Suit (1915)
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The Bully (1915)
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Sugar and Spice (1915)
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Blind Man's Bluff (1915)
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A Trip on the Ice (1915)
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DirectorMiss Soapsuds (1914)
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Actor
![The Shop Around the Corner]( "The Shop Around the Corner")
The Shop Around the Corner Director - in Trailer (1940) -
![Mr. Broadway]( "Mr. Broadway")
Mr. Broadway Ernst Lubitsch (1933) -
![Sumurun]( "Sumurun")
Sumurun Yeggar - the Hunchback (1920) -
![The Doll]( "The Doll")
The Doll Director in Prologue (1919) -
Hollander, King of Cheese (1919)
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![Meyer from Berlin]( "Meyer from Berlin")
Meyer from Berlin Sally Meyer (1919) -
![The Rosentopf Case]( "The Rosentopf Case")
The Rosentopf Case Sally, junger Mann des Detektiv Ceeps (1918) -
The Toboggan Cavalier Sally Piner (1918)
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![Prince Sami]( "Prince Sami")
Prince Sami Prinz Sami (1917) -
![The Merry Jail]( "The Merry Jail")
The Merry Jail (1917) -
![Hans Trutz im Schlaraffenland]( "Hans Trutz im Schlaraffenland")
Hans Trutz im Schlaraffenland Der Teufel Satan (1917) -
![The Blouse King]( "The Blouse King")
The Blouse King Sally Katz (1917) -
When Four Do the Same Bit Role (1917)
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![Ossi's Diary]( "Ossi's Diary")
Ossi's Diary (1917) -
Der erste Patient Doktor (1917)
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Die neue Nase (1916)
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The Most Beautiful Gift Verehrer (1916)
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The Tenor, Inc. Sally (1916)
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Leutnant auf Befehl (1916)
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The Mixed Ladies Chorus (1916)
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Der schwarze Moritz Moritz Apfelreis (1916)
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![Shoe Palace Pinkus]( "Shoe Palace Pinkus")
Shoe Palace Pinkus Sally Pinkus (1916) -
Doctor Satanson Dr. Satansohn (1916)
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![Where is My Treasure?]( "Where is My Treasure?")
Where is My Treasure? Der Gatte (1916) -
Wie ich ermordet wurde (1915)
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Ein verliebter Racker (1915)
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The Last Suit (1915)
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The Bully (1915)
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Robert and Beltran Kommis Max Edelstein (1915)
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Sugar and Spice (1915)
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Blind Man's Bluff (1915)
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A Trip on the Ice (1915)
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Poor Mary Moritz Rosenthal (Kommis) (1915)
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Miss Piccolo Pinkeles (1915)
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Meyer Als Soldat (1914)
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Miss Soapsuds (1914)
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![The Pride of the Firm]( "The Pride of the Firm")
The Pride of the Firm Siegmund Lachmann (1914) -
![A Venetian Night]( "A Venetian Night")
A Venetian Night (1914) -
Bedingung - Kein Anhang! Ehemann (1914)
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![The Perfect Thirty-Six]( "The Perfect Thirty-Six")
The Perfect Thirty-Six Moritz Abramowski / Siegmund Lachmann (Lehrling) (1914) -
Meyer in the Alps (1913)
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The Ideal Wife Heiratsvermittler Krispin (1913)
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Actor
![The Miracle]( "The Miracle")
The Miracle Spielmann (1912) -
Writer
![Frantz]( "Frantz")
Frantz (2016) -
![To Be or Not to Be]( "To Be or Not to Be")
To Be or Not to Be (1983) -
![Here Is Germany]( "Here Is Germany")
Here Is Germany (1945) -
![To Be or Not to Be]( "To Be or Not to Be")
To Be or Not to Be (1942) -
![The Merry Widow]( "The Merry Widow")
The Merry Widow (1934) -
![If I Had a Million]( "If I Had a Million")
If I Had a Million (1932) -
![The Smiling Lieutenant]( "The Smiling Lieutenant")
The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) -
![Three Women]( "Three Women")
Three Women (1924) -
![The Wildcat]( "The Wildcat")
The Wildcat (1921) -
![Sumurun]( "Sumurun")
Sumurun (1920) -
![Romeo and Juliet in the Snow]( "Romeo and Juliet in the Snow")
Romeo and Juliet in the Snow (1920) -
![Kohlhiesel's Daughters]( "Kohlhiesel's Daughters")
Kohlhiesel's Daughters (1920) -
The Housing Shortage (1920)
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![The Doll]( "The Doll")
The Doll (1919) -
Der lustige Ehemann (1919)
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![The Oyster Princess]( "The Oyster Princess")
The Oyster Princess (1919) -
Hollander, King of Cheese (1919)
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My Wife, the Movie Star (1918)
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![I Don't Want to Be a Man]( "I Don't Want to Be a Man")
I Don't Want to Be a Man (1918) -
![The Rosentopf Case]( "The Rosentopf Case")
The Rosentopf Case (1918) -
The Toboggan Cavalier (1918)
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![Prince Sami]( "Prince Sami")
Prince Sami (1917) -
![The Merry Jail]( "The Merry Jail")
The Merry Jail (1917) -
![The Blouse King]( "The Blouse King")
The Blouse King (1917) -
When Four Do the Same (1917)
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![Ossi's Diary]( "Ossi's Diary")
Ossi's Diary (1917) -
![Where is My Treasure?]( "Where is My Treasure?")
Where is My Treasure? (1916) -
The Bully (1915)
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Sugar and Spice (1915)
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Blind Man's Bluff (1915)
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WriterMiss Soapsuds (1914)
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Producer
![That Lady in Ermine]( "That Lady in Ermine")
That Lady in Ermine (1948) -
![Cluny Brown]( "Cluny Brown")
Cluny Brown (1946) -
![Dragonwyck]( "Dragonwyck")
Dragonwyck (1946) -
![Here Is Germany]( "Here Is Germany")
Here Is Germany (1945) -
![A Royal Scandal]( "A Royal Scandal")
A Royal Scandal (1945) -
![Heaven Can Wait]( "Heaven Can Wait")
Heaven Can Wait (1943) -
![To Be or Not to Be]( "To Be or Not to Be")
To Be or Not to Be (1942) -
![That Uncertain Feeling]( "That Uncertain Feeling")
That Uncertain Feeling (1941) -
![The Shop Around the Corner]( "The Shop Around the Corner")
The Shop Around the Corner (1940) -
![Ninotchka]( "Ninotchka")
Ninotchka (1939) -
![Bluebeard's Eighth Wife]( "Bluebeard's Eighth Wife")
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938) -
![Angel]( "Angel")
Angel (1937) -
![Desire]( "Desire")
Desire (1936) -
![The Merry Widow]( "The Merry Widow")
The Merry Widow (1934) -
![Design for Living]( "Design for Living")
Design for Living (1933) -
![Trouble in Paradise]( "Trouble in Paradise")
Trouble in Paradise (1932) -
![One Hour with You]( "One Hour with You")
One Hour with You (1932) -
![Broken Lullaby]( "Broken Lullaby")
Broken Lullaby (1932) -
![The Smiling Lieutenant]( "The Smiling Lieutenant")
The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) -
![Monte Carlo]( "Monte Carlo")
Monte Carlo (1930) -
![The Patriot]( "The Patriot")
The Patriot (1928) -
![The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg]( "The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg")
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![Lady Windermere's Fan]( "Lady Windermere's Fan")
Lady Windermere's Fan (1925) -
![The Marriage Circle]( "The Marriage Circle")
The Marriage Circle (1924) -
ProducerSugar and Spice (1915)
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Archive footage
![From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses]( "From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses")
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![Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood]( "Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood")
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![Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin: From Schönhauser Allee to Hollywood]( "Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin: From Schönhauser Allee to Hollywood")
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![Billy Wilder Speaks]( "Billy Wilder Speaks")
Billy Wilder Speaks (2006) -
![Life Is a Dream in Cinema: Pola Negri]( "Life Is a Dream in Cinema: Pola Negri")
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![Filmmakers in Action]( "Filmmakers in Action")
Filmmakers in Action (2005) -
Garbo (2005)
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Der Fall Metropolis (2003)
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![The Third Reich, in Color]( "The Third Reich, in Color")
The Third Reich, in Color (1998) -
![Hitler: A Profile]( "Hitler: A Profile")
Hitler: A Profile (1995) -
![Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood]( "Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood")
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Die UFA (1992)
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Archive footage
![Hitler: A career]( "Hitler: A career")
Hitler: A career (1977) -
![The Eternal Jew]( "The Eternal Jew")
The Eternal Jew (1940) -
Editor
![The Patriot]( "The Patriot")
The Patriot (1928) -
Editor
![Lady Windermere's Fan]( "Lady Windermere's Fan")
Lady Windermere's Fan (1925) -
Miscellaneous Crew
![Desire]( "Desire")
Desire (1936) -
Production Manager
![If I Had a Million]( "If I Had a Million")
If I Had a Million (1932)
All Filmography
Did You Know
Trivia
Brought together Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald, one of Hollywood's greatest screen pairings. Off screen, the pair loathed each other.
Quotes
There are a thousand ways to point a camera, but really only one.
Trademark
In most of his comedies, he took up serious subjects and spiced them with elegance, sophistication, cynicism and witty lines - It became known as "the Lubitsch Touch."
Nickname
Lu
Star Sign
Aquarius
Personal Details
Born
Berlin, Germany
Died
(age 55)
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Height:
5' 7" (1.7 m)
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