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Ernst Lubitsch (1892–1947)


From Ernst Lubitsch's experiences in Sophien Gymnasium (high school) theater, he decided to leave school at the age of 16 and pursue a career on the stage. He had to compromise with his father and keep the account books for the family tailor business while he acted in cabarets and music halls at night. In 1911 he joined the Deutsches Theater of ... See full bio »

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Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 4 nominations. See more awards »

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Ser ou Não Ser Director
(1942)
(1940)
Ninotchka Director
(1939)
O Patriota Director
(1928)

Filmography

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 1945 Os Amores de Catarina da Rússia (uncredited)
 1939 Ninotchka
 1937 O Anjo
 1932 Se Eu Tivesse Um Milhão (segment "The Clerk", uncredited)
 1930 Monte Carlo
 1930 Paramount em Gala (sequence director)
 1930 O Rei Vagabundo (uncredited)
 1929 Eternal Love
 1928 O Patriota
 1926 The Honeymoon Express (uncredited)
 1923 Die Flamme (Short)
 1921 Die Bergkatze
 1920 Ana Bolena
 1920 Sumurun
 1919 Die Puppe
 1919 Rausch
 1919 Käsekönig Holländer (Short)
 1918 Carmen
 1917 Prinz Sami (Short)
 1917 Der Blusenkönig (Short)
 1917 Wenn vier dasselbe tun (Short)
 1917 Der erste Patient (Short)
 1916 Die neue Nase (Short)
 1916 Wo ist mein Schatz? (Short)
 1915 Der Kraftmeier (Short)
 1915 Blindekuh
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(8/14/45) Radio: Appeared on "Command Performance" (CBS/AFRS). See more »

Publicity Listings:

4 Biographical Movies | 9 Print Biographies | 40 Articles | See more »

Height:

5' 7" (1.7 m)
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Personal Quote:

[on his personal work ethic] I think I am possessed only of a fascination for the work I have chosen to do. I am so engrossed by the production of a film that I literally think of nothing else. See more »

Trivia:

He directed a "mummy" film, the silent German production Os Olhos da Múmia (1918). See more »

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

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