Ernst Lubitsch

8.6	Listal rating

Stats

Born: 28 January 1892 Died: 30 November 1947

Country of origin: Germany

Height: 5' 7"

Ethnicity: White / Caucasian

Lists

24 votes

Entertainment Weekly's 50 Greatest Directors (50 items)
list by coroner

Published 4 years, 7 months ago

11 votes

Garbo Intrigues! - Greta Garbo Stories (10 items)
list by Quote Unquote Sir

Published 4 months, 2 weeks ago

3 comments

10 votes

Garbo Likes! - Greta Garbo Favourites (10 items)
list by Quote Unquote Sir

Published 2 months, 1 week ago

3 comments

9 votes

Favorite Filmmakers (53 items)
list by Mr. Saturn

Published 10 months, 4 weeks ago

2 comments

8 votes

Best Film Direction (1900-1929) (20 items)
list by Stehako

Published 3 years, 6 months ago

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Photos

1 vote

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Died Aged 55 (2), Heart Attack (1), Died 1947 (1), Born 1892 (1), Deceased (1), German (1), Production Supervisor (1), Editor (1), Producer (1), Writer (1), Actor (1), Director (1), American (1), German-born (1)

Movies directed by

1. To Be or Not to Be (1942)

Rating:

8.2

189 Watched

2. The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

Rating:

7.6

187 Watched

3. Ninotchka (1939)

Rating:

7.9

168 Watched

4. Trouble in Paradise (1932)

Rating:

7.9

101 Watched

5. Heaven Can Wait (1943)

Rating:

7.1

73 Watched

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Movies

1. The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

Rating:

7.6

187 Watched

2. Ninotchka (1939)

Rating:

7.9

168 Watched

3. The Merry Widow (1934)

Rating:

7.7

27 Watched

4. The Doll (1919)

Rating:

7.4

24 Watched

5. The Eternal Jew (1940)

Rating:

4.5

12 Watched

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Movies written by

1. To Be or Not to Be (1942)

Rating:

8.2

189 Watched

2. To Be or Not to Be (1983)

Rating:

7.2

52 Watched

3. The Merry Widow (1934)

Rating:

7.7

27 Watched

4. The Doll (1919)

Rating:

7.4

24 Watched

5. The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)

Rating:

7.5

15 Watched

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TV

1. Billy Wilder Speaks (2006)

Rating:

7.5

6 Watched

2. The Third Reich in Color (1998)

Rating:

3.7

2 want to see

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100 Greatest Movie Directors by Digitaldreamdoor (100 person items)

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Garbo Likes! - Greta Garbo Favourites (10 person items)

" Greta Garbo called Ernst Lubitsch her favourite director and the only great one she ever had, even though they only made one movie together."

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Best Movie Directors (45 person items)

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Sidney Lumet's Favorite Directors (35 person items)

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Silent Film Directors (146 person items)

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Garbo Intrigues! - Greta Garbo Stories (10 person items)

" Ernst Lubitsch: "Having worked with many women stars, I have found that one of the difficulties with them is their slavish devotion to the mirror." "Some of them take a terribly long time to powder and make up between scenes. They are so much concerned about their looks that they exhaust their vitality." "In the eight weeks during which I worked with Greta Garbo, she never looked into the mirror once unless I told her to do so". "She was so excited. When people started to laugh, it was the"

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Favourite Directors (10 person items)

" "He was the only great director out there. "Ninotchka" was the only time I had a great director in Hollywood." - Greta Garbo Personal favourites: "Trouble in Paradise", "Ninotchka", "That Uncertain Feeling", "Cluny Brown", "To Be Or Not To Be", "The Shop Around the Corner"."

Mr. Saturn added this to a list 4 months, 4 weeks ago

Favorite Filmmakers (53 person items)

"I sometimes make pictures which are not up to my standard, but then it can only be said of a mediocrity that all his work is up to his standard. I let the audience use their imaginations. Can I help it if they misconstrue my suggestions? - Ernst Lubitsch Lubitsch could do more with a closed door than another director could do with an open fly. - Billy Wilder"

Mr. Saturn added this to a list 7 months ago