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Ernst Lubitsch Filmography

Complete filmography of Ernst Lubitsch: 37 films in the TMDB catalog, sorted by year.

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That Lady in Ermine1,948Comedy, Romance, Fantasy, Music5.918EnglishCirca 1861, Angelina, ruling countess of an Italian principality, is at a loss when invaded by a Hungarian army. Her lookalike ancestress Francesca...
Cluny Brown1,946Romance, Comedy7.299EnglishAmateur plumber Cluny Brown gets sent off by her uncle to work as a servant at an English country estate.
Heaven Can Wait1,943Comedy, Romance, Fantasy, Drama6.9242EnglishSpoiled playboy Henry van Cleve dies and arrives at the entrance to Hell, a final destination he is sure he deserves after living a life of profligacy. The devil, however, isn't so sure Henry meets Hell's standards. Convinced he is where he belongs, Henry recounts his life's deeds, both good and bad, including an act of indiscretion during his 25-year marriage to his wife, Martha, with the hope that "His Excellency" will arrive at the proper judgment.
To Be or Not to Be1,942Comedy, War, Romance7.8809EnglishDuring the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.
That Uncertain Feeling1,941Comedy, Romance6.552EnglishA happily married woman sees a psychoanalyst and develops doubts about her husband.
The Shop Around the Corner1,940Comedy, Drama, Romance8.1815EnglishTwo employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realising that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.
Ninotchka1,939Comedy, Romance7.5421EnglishA stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.
Bluebeard's 8th Wife1,938Comedy, Romance7.196EnglishAmerican multi-millionaire Michael Brandon marries his eighth wife, Nicole, the daughter of a broke French Marquis. But she doesn't want to be only a number in the line of his ex-wives and undertakes her own strategy to tame him.
Angel1,937Romance, Drama, Comedy6.775EnglishWhile vacationing without her busy British diplomat husband, a married woman falls for another man.
The Merry Widow1,934Comedy, Music, Romance6.865EnglishA prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.
Design for Living1,933Comedy, Romance7.1204EnglishAn independent woman can't choose between the two men she loves.
Trouble in Paradise1,932Comedy, Crime, Romance7.4301EnglishThief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide to combine their criminal talents to rob their employer. Under the alias of Monsieur Laval, Gaston uses his position as Mariette's personal secretary to become closer to her. However, he takes things too far when he actually falls in love with Mariette, and has to choose between her and Lily.
One Hour with You1,932Comedy, Romance6.581EnglishAndre and Colette Bertier are happily married. When Colette introduces her husband to her flirtatious best friend, Mitzi, he does his best to resist her advances. But she is persistent, and very cute, and he succumbs. Mitzi's husband wants to divorce her, and has been having her tailed. Andre gets caught, and must confess to his wife. But Colette has had problems resisting the attentions of another man herself, and they forgive each other.
Broken Lullaby1,932Drama7.541EnglishA young French soldier in World War I is overcome with guilt when he kills a German soldier who, like himself, is a musically gifted conscript, each having attended the same musical conservatory in France. The fact that the incident occurred in war does not assuage his guilt. He travels to Germany to meet the man's family.
The Smiling Lieutenant1,931Comedy, Romance6.866EnglishAn amorous lieutenant is forced to marry a socially awkward princess, though he tries to keep his violin-playing girlfriend on the side.
The Love Parade1,930Comedy, Romance6.644EnglishThe queen of mythical Sylvania marries a courtier, who finds his new life unsatisfying.
Monte Carlo1,930Comedy, Music, Romance6.520EnglishA countess fleeing her husband mistakes a count for her hairdresser at a Monte Carlo casino.
Eternal Love1,929Drama, Romance5.512EnglishIn the Swiss Alps of the early 19th century, a couple forced into loveless marriages struggle to find happiness with one another.
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg1,928Drama, Romance7.331EnglishA young prince falls in love with a beautiful barmaid while at university in old Heidelberg.
So This Is Paris1,926Comedy6.122EnglishPaul and Suzanne Giraud are happily married and living in a quiet neighborhood. When Suzanne notices that their new neighbors are expressive dancers in revealing outfits, she demands Paul speak to them about their lack of morality. Paul discovers that the woman is Georgette Lalle, an old flame.
Lady Windermere's Fan1,925Comedy, Drama6.841EnglishA society woman believes her husband is having an affair, a misconception which may have dire personal consequences for all involved.
The Marriage Circle1,924Comedy, Romance6.340EnglishAn unhappily married couple moves to Vienna, where the wife’s married best friend lives, and soon, sparks fly between the wife and the best friend’s husband.
Rosita1,923Romance, Comedy, History6.510EnglishThe King tosses Rosita in jail and when Don Diego, who Rosita loves, tries to defend her, he too is thrown in jail. While Don Diego is sentenced to be executed, the King lusts after Rosita and decides to put her up in a luxurious villa. To give her a title, he marries her to a masked nobleman, who turns out to be Don Diego.
The Loves of Pharaoh1,922History, Drama, Romance6.513GermanThe Ethiopian King offers his daughter to a powerful Pharaoh to secure peace between the two countries.
The Wildcat1,921Comedy, Drama, Romance7.546GermanA charismatic lieutenant newly assigned to a remote fort is captured by a group of mountain bandits, thus setting in motion a madcap farce that is Lubitsch at his most unrestrained. A wonderfully anarchic and playfully subversive satire of military life from one of the great comedy filmmakers.
Sumurun1,920Adventure, Drama, Romance629GermanThe favorite slave girl of a tyrannical sheik falls in love with a cloth merchant. Meanwhile, a hunchback clown suffers unrequited love for a traveling dancer who wants to join the harem.
Anna Boleyn1,920History, Drama6.726GermanThe story of the ill-fated second wife of the English king Henry VIII, whose marriage to the Henry led to momentous political and religious turmoil in England.
Kohlhiesel's Daughters1,920Comedy, Romance5.916GermanSomewhere in Southern Bavaria Xaver wants to marry Gretel, but her father Kohlhiesel wants his elder daughter Liesel to marry first. The problem is...
The Doll1,919Comedy, Fantasy, Romance7.488GermanThe misadventures of an effete young man who must get married in order to inherit a fortune. He opts to purchase a remarkably lifelike doll and marry it instead, not realizing that the doll is actually the dollmaker’s flesh-and-blood daughter in disguise.
The Oyster Princess1,919Comedy6.863GermanA pampered American oyster tycoon decides to buy a husband for his daughter, but things don’t go quite as planned. Along the way there are mishaps, misunderstandings and a foxtrot sequence that must be seen to be believed.
Madame DuBarry1,919Drama, History6.428GermanThe story of Madame DuBarry, the mistress of Louis XV of France, and her loves in the time of the French revolution.
I Don't Want to Be a Man1,918Comedy6.359GermanA teenage tomboy, tired of being bossed around by her strict guardian, impersonates a man so she can have more fun. She quickly discovers that being the opposite sex isn’t as easy as she had hoped for. What ensues is a gender-bending comedy decades ahead of its time.
The Eyes of the Mummy1,918Drama, Horror, Adventure5.424GermanEgyptians Radu and Ma milk British tourists out of their money by offering phony tours of a mummy's tomb-- Radu has the girl lend her eyes to the "mummy" from inside an empty sarcophagus. When adventurer Wendland comes to visit the tomb, Ma is rescued and falls in love with him, leaving Radu in the dust. Needless to say, her former employer / captor follows them abroad in order to exact his revenge.
Carmen1,918Drama5.617GermanThe tragic story of Don Jose, a Spanish cavalryman, who falls under the spell of a gypsy girl, Carmen, who treats him with both love and contempt and leads him into temptation and thus damnation.
The Merry Jail1,917Comedy6.412GermanA neglected wife disguises herself in order to lure her wastrel husband into a compromising position.
Where Is My Treasure?1,916Comedy6.121GermanBecause Ernst feels oppressed by his wife and her mother, he fakes his suicide and hires in his own household disguised as a servant.
Pinkus's Shoe Palace1,916Comedy5.717GermanSally Pinkus is an German-Jewish boy who takes a job as a shoe store clerk after being expelled from school for goofing around. Soon fired for trying to court the owner's daughter, Pinkus lands another job in a more 'upmarket' shoe salon, only to be fired again, before charming a rich benefactress to fund his ultimate dream: Pinkus' Shoe Palace.
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