Ernst Lubitsch — Director (28)
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Carmen (1918)
Carmen
Ernst Lubitsch actor: Pola Negri / Harry Liedtke …
In Abwandlung von George Bizets populärer Oper erzählt Lubitschs Stummfilm die tragische Geschichte von Don José, einem spanischen Kavalleristen. Er gerät in den Bann einer Angehörigen der Sinti und Roma, Carmen, die ihn mit Liebe und Verachtung zugleich behandelt.
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So This Is Paris (1926)
So This Is Paris
Ernst Lubitsch actor: Monte Blue / Patsy Ruth Miller …
other title: La vita è un charleston / Les Surprises de la TSF …
Paul 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.
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The Patriot (1928)
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Ernst Lubitsch actor: Emil Jannings / Florence Vidor …
other title: Lo zar folle / Le Patriote …
In 18th-Century Russia, the Czar, Paul, is surrounded by murderous plots and trusts only Count Pahlen. Pahlen wishes to protect his friend, the mad king, but because of the horror of the king's acts, he feels that he must remove him from the throne.
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The Eyes of the Mummy (1918)
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Ernst Lubitsch actor: Pola Negri / Emil Jannings …
other title: Gli occhi della mummia / Die Augen der Mumie Ma …
Egyptians 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.
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The Wildcat (1921)
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Ernst Lubitsch actor: Pola Negri / Victor Janson …
other title: Lo scoiattolo / Die Bergkatze …
A 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.
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That Lady in Ermine (1948)
That Lady in Ermine
Ernst Lubitsch actor: Betty Grable / Douglas Fairbanks Jr. …
other title: La signora in ermellino / Die Frau im Hermelin …
Circa 1861, Angelina, ruling countess of an Italian principality, is at a loss when invaded by a Hungarian army. Her lookalike ancestress Francesca, who saved a similar situation 300 years before, comes to life from a portrait to help her descendant. Complicating factor: the newlywed countess feels strangely drawn to the handsome invader...
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The Oyster Princess (1919)
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Ernst Lubitsch actor: Victor Janson / Ossi Oswalda …
other title: La principessa delle ostriche / Die Austernprinzessin …
A 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.
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The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)
The Smiling Lieutenant
Ernst Lubitsch actor: Maurice Chevalier / Claudette Colbert …
other title: L'allegro tenente / Der lächelnde Leutnant …
An amorous lieutenant is forced to marry a socially awkward princess, though he tries to keep his violin-playing girlfriend on the side.