Portrait of Ernst Lubitsch

Directing

Ernst Lubitsch

Career

Active from 1912 to 1983, with a break from 1949 to 1982, busiest in 1915 with 10 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score70/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Shop Around the Corner
The Shop Around the Corner
GoodWatch score90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 35 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ernst Lubitsch Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.1, average 5.4
  • Violence
    1.8, average 4.1
  • Crime
    1.7, average 3.6
  • Adrenaline
    2.9, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Silent Film 7
  • Romantic Comedy 7
  • Witty Dialogue 6
  • Historical Drama 5
  • Historical Setting 5
  • Social Commentary 5
  • Sophisticated Humor 4
  • Classic Hollywood 4
  • Satirical 3
  • Classic Film 3
  • Forbidden Love 3
  • Pre-Code Hollywood 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

92
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1980s

2 titles · average score 64
To Be or Not to Be
To Be or Not to Be (1983)
GoodWatch score 64

Story

A Letter to Freddy Buache
A Letter to Freddy Buache (1983)
GoodWatch score 64

In Memory Of

1970s

1 title · average score 70
That's Entertainment, Part II
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
GoodWatch score 70

Thanks

1940s

8 titles · average score 70
That Lady in Ermine
That Lady in Ermine (1948)
GoodWatch score 52

Director, Producer

Cluny Brown
Cluny Brown (1946)
GoodWatch score 84

Producer, Director

Dragonwyck
Dragonwyck (1946)
GoodWatch score 67

Producer

A Royal Scandal
A Royal Scandal (1945)
GoodWatch score 44

Producer

Heaven Can Wait
Heaven Can Wait (1943)
GoodWatch score 80

Producer, Director

To Be or Not to Be
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
GoodWatch score 87

Producer, Director

That Uncertain Feeling
That Uncertain Feeling (1941)
GoodWatch score 59

Director, Producer

The Shop Around the Corner
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
GoodWatch score 90

Producer, Director

1930s

17 titles · average score 73
Ninotchka
Ninotchka (1939)
GoodWatch score 87

Executive Producer, Director

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)
GoodWatch score 57

Director, Producer

Angel
Angel (1937)
GoodWatch score 84

Producer, Director

The Merry Widow
The Merry Widow (1934)
GoodWatch score 80

Producer, Director

Design for Living
Design for Living (1933)
GoodWatch score 75

Producer, Director

Trouble in Paradise
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
GoodWatch score 85

Director, Producer

If I Had a Million
If I Had a Million (1932)
GoodWatch score 83

Production Supervisor, Director

One Hour with You
One Hour with You (1932)
GoodWatch score 78

Producer, Director

Broken Lullaby
Broken Lullaby (1932)
GoodWatch score 74

Director, Producer

The Smiling Lieutenant
The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)
GoodWatch score 78

Director, Producer

Monte Carlo
Monte Carlo (1930)
GoodWatch score 66

Director, Producer

Paramount on Parade
Paramount on Parade (1930)
GoodWatch score 45

Director

1920s

22 titles · average score 70
The Love Parade
The Love Parade (1929)
GoodWatch score 85

Director, Producer

Eternal Love
Eternal Love (1929)
GoodWatch score 62

Director

The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1928)
GoodWatch score 85

Director, Producer

The Last Command
The Last Command (1928)
GoodWatch score 76

Writer

The Patriot
The Patriot (1928)

Director, Editor

So This Is Paris
So This Is Paris (1926)
GoodWatch score 68

Director

Lady Windermere's Fan
Lady Windermere's Fan (1925)
GoodWatch score 86

Director, Editor

The Marriage Circle
The Marriage Circle (1924)
GoodWatch score 85

Director, Producer

The Loves of Pharaoh
The Loves of Pharaoh (1922)
GoodWatch score 66

Director

The Wildcat
The Wildcat (1921)
GoodWatch score 72

Writer, Director

Sumurun
Sumurun (1920)
GoodWatch score 53

as Yeggar - the Hunchback Beggar

Anna Boleyn
Anna Boleyn (1920)
GoodWatch score 67

Director

1910s

42 titles · average score 62
The Oyster Princess
The Oyster Princess (1919)
GoodWatch score 75

Director, Writer

The Doll
The Doll (1919)
GoodWatch score 73

as Director in Prologue (uncredited)

Madame DuBarry
Madame DuBarry (1919)
GoodWatch score 71

Director

Meyer from Berlin
Meyer from Berlin (1919)
GoodWatch score 62

as Sally Meyer

The Eyes of the Mummy
The Eyes of the Mummy (1918)
GoodWatch score 41

Director

I Don't Want to Be a Man
I Don't Want to Be a Man (1918)
GoodWatch score 65

Writer, Director

Carmen
Carmen (1918)
GoodWatch score 58

Director

The Merry Jail
The Merry Jail (1917)
GoodWatch score 62

Director, Writer

Der Blusenkönig
Der Blusenkönig (1917)

Writer, Director

Where Is My Treasure?
Where Is My Treasure? (1916)
GoodWatch score 59

as Ernst

Pinkus's Shoe Palace
Pinkus's Shoe Palace (1916)
GoodWatch score 56

as Sally Pinkus

The Pride of the Firm
The Pride of the Firm (1914)

as Siegmund Lachmann