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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To Be or Not to Be (1942)
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The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
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Ninotchka (1939)
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Heaven Can Wait (1943)
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The Merry Widow (1934)
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If I Had a Million (1932)
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Bluebeard's 8th Wife (1938)
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Lady Windermere's Fan (1925)
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Trouble in Paradise (1932)
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That Lady in Ermine (1948)
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One Hour with You (1932)
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Angel (1937)
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Design for Living (1933)
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The Eyes of the Mummy (1918)
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Faust and Marguerite Test Footage (1923)
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The Bodybuilder (1915)
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That Uncertain Feeling (1941)
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Cluny Brown (1946)
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The Patriot (1928)
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The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1928)
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So This Is Paris (1926)
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Der Blusenkönig (1917)
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The Love Parade (1929)
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Käsekönig Holländer (1919)
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I Don't Want to Be a Man (1918)
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The Loves of Pharaoh (1922)
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Carmen (1918)
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Paramount on Parade (1930)
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The Marriage Circle (1924)
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The Merry Jail (1917)
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Sumurun (1920)
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Forbidden Paradise (1924)
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Broken Lullaby (1932)
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The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)
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Blind Cow (1915)
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Miss Soapsuds (1915)
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Romeo and Juliet in the Snow (1920)
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The Oyster Princess (1919)
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When Four Do the Same (1917)
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The Doll (1919)
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Madame DuBarry (1919)
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Sugar and Cinnamon (1915)
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Anna Boleyn (1920)
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The Wildcat (1921)
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The Clerk (1933)
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Eternal Love (1929)
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Monte Carlo (1930)
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Where Is My Treasure? (1916)
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The Honeymoon Express (1926)
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Meyer from Berlin (1919)
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The Ballet Girl (1918)
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The Rosentopf Case (1918)
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Pinkus's Shoe Palace (1916)
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Kiss Me Again (1925)
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Fuhrmann Henschel (1918)
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Three Women (1924)
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My Wife, the Movie Star (1919)
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Die Flamme (1923)
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The Last Suit (1915)
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The Tenor, Inc. (1916)
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Rosita (1923)
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His Only Patient (1915)
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Intoxication (1919)
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Ossis Tagebuch (1917)
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The New Nose (1916)
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Kohlhiesel's Daughters (1920)
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The Swabian Maiden (1919)
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The Mixed Ladies Chorus (1916)
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The Housing Shortage (1920)
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The Most Beautiful Gift (1916)
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The Toboggan Cavalier (1918)
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A Trip on the Ice (1915)
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Prinz Sami (1918)
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