Ernst Lubitsch

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German-American person actor film director film producer screenwriter

Ernst Lubitsch was a German-born American film director famed for his sophisticated romantic comedies and the distinctive "Lubitsch Touch" in Hollywood’s Golden Age.

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Ernst Lubitsch canonical 25

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German-American person ⓘ
actor ⓘ
film director ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
activeIn Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
awardReceived Honorary Academy Award ⓘ
surface form: Academy Honorary Award
birthName Ernst Lubitsch self-link ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
citizenship Germany ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
countryOfBirth German Empire ⓘ
countryOfDeath United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateOfBirth 1892-01-29 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1947-11-30 ⓘ
directed Angel ⓘ
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife ⓘ
Design for Living (stage) ⓘ
surface form: Design for Living

Heaven Can Wait ⓘ
Ninotchka ⓘ
One Hour with You ⓘ
That Uncertain Feeling ⓘ
The Love Parade ⓘ
The Merry Widow (1934) ⓘ
surface form: The Merry Widow

The Shop Around the Corner ⓘ
The Smiling Lieutenant ⓘ
To Be or Not to Be ⓘ
Trouble in Paradise ⓘ
employer 20th Century Fox ⓘ
Paramount Pictures ⓘ
UFA ⓘ
Warner Bros. Entertainment ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros.
ethnicGroup Jews ⓘ
surface form: Jewish people
genre musical comedy ⓘ
romantic comedy ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasInfluenced Billy Wilder ⓘ
Preston Sturges ⓘ
Woody Allen ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
German ⓘ
movement Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
surface form: Classical Hollywood cinema
name Ernst Lubitsch self-link ⓘ
notableFor sophisticated romantic comedies ⓘ
the "Lubitsch Touch" ⓘ
notableWorkCharacteristic elliptical storytelling ⓘ
light touch in handling serious themes ⓘ
sophisticated sexual innuendo ⓘ
witty dialogue ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
film director ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Berlin ⓘ
placeOfDeath California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Los Angeles ⓘ
spouse Helene Kraus ⓘ
Vivian Gaye ⓘ
yearOfAward 1947 ⓘ

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Silk Stockings → NinotchkaDirector → Ernst Lubitsch ⓘ
Ernst → hasNotableBearer → Ernst Lubitsch ⓘ
Shanghai Express → producer → Ernst Lubitsch ⓘ
Love Me Tonight → producer → Ernst Lubitsch ⓘ
Ninotchka → director → Ernst Lubitsch ⓘ
Ninotchka → producer → Ernst Lubitsch ⓘ
Herbert Marshall → workedWith → Ernst Lubitsch ⓘ
USC School of Cinematic Arts → foundedBy → Ernst Lubitsch ⓘ
The Shop Around the Corner → director → Ernst Lubitsch ⓘ
Glen MacWilliams → collaboratedWith → Ernst Lubitsch ⓘ
Weimar culture → notableFigure → Ernst Lubitsch ⓘ
Ernst Lubitsch → name → Ernst Lubitsch self-link ⓘ
Ernst Lubitsch → birthName → Ernst Lubitsch self-link ⓘ
Heaven Can Wait → director → Ernst Lubitsch ⓘ
Heaven Can Wait → producer → Ernst Lubitsch ⓘ
Maurice Chevalier → workedWith → Ernst Lubitsch ⓘ
To Be or Not to Be → director → Ernst Lubitsch ⓘ
To Be or Not to Be → producer → Ernst Lubitsch ⓘ
To Be or Not to Be → storyBy → Ernst Lubitsch ⓘ
To Be or Not to Be → notableWorkOf → Ernst Lubitsch ⓘ
William H. Daniels → workedWith → Ernst Lubitsch ⓘ
The Merry Widow (1934) → director → Ernst Lubitsch ⓘ
The Merry Widow (1934) → adaptedBy → Ernst Lubitsch ⓘ
The Merry Widow (1934) → notableWorkOf → Ernst Lubitsch ⓘ
UFA → workedWithDirector → Ernst Lubitsch ⓘ