Born in Berlin in 1892 and died in 1947, Lubitsch began as an actor and director in Germany and then moved to Hollywood. His sophisticated comedies are famous for the Lubitsch touch, a way of hinting at things with wit and economy instead of saying them.
Filmography
- I Don't Want to Be a Man (1918)
- The Oyster Princess (1919)
- Madame DuBarry (1919)
- The Doll (1919) (1919)
- The Wildcat (1921)
- The Marriage Circle (1924)
- Lady Windermere's Fan (1925)
- The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927)
- The Love Parade (1929)
- Monte Carlo (1930)
- The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)
- Trouble in Paradise (1932)
- Broken Lullaby (1932)
- If I Had a Million (1932)
- One Hour with You (1932)
- Design for Living (1933)
- The Merry Widow (1934) (1934)
- Angel (1937) (1937)
- Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)
- Ninotchka (1939)
- The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
- That Uncertain Feeling (1941)
- To Be or Not to Be (1942)
- Heaven Can Wait (1943)
- Cluny Brown (1946)
- That Lady in Ermine (1948)
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