Ernst Lubitsch
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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.
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Ninotchka (1939)
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Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)
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The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
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To Be or Not to Be (1942)
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Lady Windermere's Fan (1925)
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Heaven Can Wait (1943)
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Trouble in Paradise (1932)
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That Uncertain Feeling (1941)
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The Merry Widow (1934)
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Design for Living (1933)
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One Hour with You (1932)
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The Patriot (1928)
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The Loves of Pharaoh (1922)
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The Eyes of the Mummy (1918)
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Angel (1937)
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The Oyster Princess (1919)
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Faust and Marguerite Test Footage (1923)
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Cluny Brown (1946)
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If I Had a Million (1932)
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The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1928)
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Broken Lullaby (1932)
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The Wildcat (1921)
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Anna Boleyn (1920)
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Madame DuBarry (1919)
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Der Blusenkönig (1917)
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The Love Parade (1929)
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So This Is Paris (1926)
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That Lady in Ermine (1948)
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The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)
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I Don't Want to Be a Man (1918)
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Kiss Me Again (1925)
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The Doll (1919)
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Sumurun (1920)
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The Clerk (1933)
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Carmen (1918)
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The Marriage Circle (1924)
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The Bodybuilder (1915)
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The Merry Jail (1917)
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The Honeymoon Express (1926)
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Romeo and Juliet in the Snow (1920)
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Paramount on Parade (1930)
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Forbidden Paradise (1924)
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Eternal Love (1929)
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Three Women (1924)
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The Ballet Girl (1918)
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Miss Soapsuds (1915)
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Sugar and Cinnamon (1915)
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Käsekönig Holländer (1919)
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Kohlhiesel's Daughters (1920)
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Rosita (1923)
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When Four Do the Same (1917)
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Where Is My Treasure? (1916)
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Monte Carlo (1930)
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The Rosentopf Case (1918)
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Pinkus's Shoe Palace (1916)
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Blind Cow (1915)
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My Wife, the Movie Star (1919)
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Fuhrmann Henschel (1918)
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The Housing Shortage (1920)
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The Swabian Maiden (1919)
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Meyer from Berlin (1919)
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The Most Beautiful Gift (1916)
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The Tenor, Inc. (1916)
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Intoxication (1919)
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His Only Patient (1915)
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The Last Suit (1915)
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Prinz Sami (1918)
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The New Nose (1916)
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The Mixed Ladies Chorus (1916)
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Die Flamme (1923)
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A Trip on the Ice (1915)
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The Toboggan Cavalier (1918)
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Ossis Tagebuch (1917)
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