Ernst Lubitsch filmography

This is a list of films directed by Ernst Lubitsch. He made a total of 72 films (44 feature films and 28 short films) in a career that spanned 4 decades.

Director

Silent films

Year	Title	Studio	Genre	Cast	Notes	Other Roles
1910s
1914	Fräulein Seifenschaum Miss Soapsuds			Ernst Lubitsch	Short Film / Lost film	Writer, Actor
1915	Aufs Eis geführt A Trip on the Ice	MaLu-Film [1]		Ernst Lubitsch, Albert Paulig	Short film	Actor
1915	Fräulein Piccolo Miss Piccolo	Luna Film[2]	Comedy	Dorrit Weixler, Franz Schwaiger, Alice Hechy, Ernst Lubitsch	Short film	Actor
1915	Ein verliebter Racker An Amorous Varmint	Luna Film[3]		Dorrit Weixler, Ernst Lubitsch	Short film	Actor
1915	Blindekuh Blind Man's Bluff		Comedy	Ernst Lubitsch, Ressel Orla	Short film / Lost film	Writer, Actor
1915	Zucker und Zimt Sugar & Spice	MaLu-Film	Comedy	Ernst Lubitsch, Ernst Matray, Helene Voss	Short film / Lost film	Producer, Writer, Actor
1915	Der erste Patient His Only Patient	PAGU [4]		Ernst Lubitsch, Johanna Ewald	Short film / Lost film	Actor
1915	Der letzte Anzug The Last Suit	PAGU		Ernst Lubitsch	Short Film / Lost film	Actor
1915	Der Kraftmeier The Bully	PAGU		Ernst Lubitsch	Short Film / Lost film	Actor
1916	Wo ist mein Schatz? Where is My Treasure?	Union Film	Comedy	Ernst Lubitsch, Louise Schenrich, Lanchen Voss	Short Film	Writer, Actor
1916	Als ich tot war Do the Dead Exist?	PAGU		Ernst Lubitsch	[5]	Actor
1916	Shoe Palace Pinkus Schuhpalast Pinkus	PAGU	Comedy	Ernst Lubitsch, Guido Herzfeld, Else Kentner		Actor
1916	Der gemischte Frauenchor The Mixed Ladies Chorus	PAGU	Comedy	Ernst Lubitsch	Short film / Lost film	Actor
1916	Das schönste Geschenk The Most Beautiful Gift	PAGU		Ernst Lubitsch	Short film	Actor
1916	Der G.m.b.H. Tenor The Tenor, Inc.	PAGU	Comedy	Ernst Lubitsch, Ossi Oswalda, Victor Janson	Short Film / Lost film	Actor
1916	Leutnant auf Befehl Lieutenant by Command	PAGU		Ernst Lubitsch	Short Film	Actor
1917	Seine neue Nase His New Nose	PAGU		Ernst Lubitsch	Short Film / Lost film	Actor
1917	Ossis Tagebuch Ossi's Diary	PAGU	Comedy	Ossi Oswalda, Hermann Thimig	Short Film	Writer
1917	Der Blusenkönig The Blouse King	PAGU Messter Film		Ernst Lubitsch, Käthe Dorsch, Max Zilzer	Short Film / Lost film	Writer, Actor
1917	When Four Do the Same Wenn vier dasselbe tun	PAGU	Comedy	Emil Jannings, Ossi Oswalda, Margarete Kupfer		Writer, Actor
1917	Das fidele Gefängnis The Merry Jail	PAGU	Comedy	Harry Liedtke, Kitty Dewall	Short Film	Writer, Actor
1917	Käsekönig Holländer Hollander, King of Cheese	PAGU	Comedy	Ernst Lubitsch	Short Film	Writer, Actor
1918	Prinz Sami Prince Sami	PAGU	Comedy	Ernst Lubitsch, Ossi Oswalda	Short Film / Lost film	Writer, Actor
1918	Der Rodelkavalier The Toboggan Cavalier	PAGU	Comedy	Ernst Lubitsch, Ossi Oswalda, Ferry Sikla	Short Film / Lost film	Writer, Actor
1918	Der Fall Rosentopf The Rosentopf Case	PAGU		Ernst Lubitsch, Trude Hesterberg	Short Film / Lost film	Writer, Actor
1918	Die Augen der Mumie Ma The Eyes of the Mummy Ma	PAGU	Horror	Emil Jannings, Pola Negri
1918	Ich möchte kein Mann sein I Don't Want to Be a Man	PAGU / UFA [6]	Comedy	Ossi Oswalda, Curt Goetz, Ferry Silka	Short Film	Writer
1918	Das Mädel vom Ballett The Ballet Girl	PAGU	Comedy	Ossi Oswalda, Ferry Silka	Short Film / Lost film
1918	Carmen Gypsy Blood	PAGU / UFA	Drama	Pola Negri, Harry Liedtke
1919	Intoxication Rausch	PAGU	Drama	Pola Negri, Asta Nielsen	Lost film
1919	Die Puppe The Doll	PAGU	Comedy	Ossi Oswalda		Writer
1919	Meyer from Berlin Meyer aus Berlin	PAGU	Comedy	Ernst Lubitsch, Ethel Orff		Actor
1919	My Wife, the Movie Star Meine Frau, die Filmschauspielerin	PAGU	Comedy	Ossi Oswalda	Lost film	Writer
1919	Das Schwabenmädel The Swabian Maiden	PAGU		Ossi Oswalda, Carl Auen	Short Film
1919	Die Austernprinzessin The Oyster Princess	PAGU	Comedy	Victor Janson, Ossi Oswalda		Writer
1919	Madame DuBarry Passion	PAGU	Drama	Pola Negri, Emil Jannings
1920s
1920	Kohlhiesel's Daughters Kohlhiesels Töchter	Messter-Film	Romance	Emil Jannings, Henny Porten	Short film	Writer
1920	Romeo und Julia im Schnee Romeo & Juliet in the Snow	Maxim-Film	Comedy	Jacob Tiedke, Marga Köhler, Lotte Neumann	Short film	Writer
1920	Sumurun One Arabian Night	PAGU	Drama	Ernst Lubitsch, Pola Negri, Paul Wegener		Writer, Actor
1920	Anna Boleyn Deception	Messter-Film Union-Film / UFA	Drama	Emil Jannings, Henny Porten
1921	Die Bergkatze The Wild Cat	PAGU	Comedy	Pola Negri, Victor Janson		Writer, Actor
1922	Das Weib des Pharao The Wife of the Pharaoh	Ernst-Lubitsch Film EFA [7]	Drama	Emil Jannings, Harry Liedtke
1923	The Flame Die Flamme	Ernst-Lubitsch Film EFA	Drama	Pola Negri, Hermann Thimig	[8]
1923	Rosita	Mary Pickford Co.	Romance	Mary Pickford, Holbrook Blinn	[9]
1924	The Marriage Circle	Warner Bros.	Comedy	Adolphe Menjou, Marie Prevost		Producer
1924	Three Women	Warner Bros.	Drama	May McAvoy, Marie Prevost, Pierre Gendron		Writer
1924	Forbidden Paradise	Famous Players-Lasky	Comedy	Pola Negri, Adolphe Menjou
1925	Kiss Me Again	Warner Bros.	Comedy	Marie Prevost, Monte Blue, Clara Bow	Lost film
1925	Lady Windermere's Fan	Warner Bros.	Romance	May McAvoy, Ronald Colman		Producer, Editor
1926	So This is Paris	Warner Bros.	Comedy	Monte Blue, Patsy Ruth Miller
1927	The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg	MGM	Romance	Ramón Novarro, Norma Shearer		Producer

Sound films

Year	Title	Studio	Genre	Cast	Notes	Other Roles
1920's
1928	The Patriot	Paramount	Drama	Emil Jannings, Florence Vidor	Lost film[10]	Editor
1929	Eternal Love	Schenck Productions [11]	Romance	John Barrymore, Camilla Horn	[12]
1929	The Love Parade	Paramount	Musical	Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald		Producer
1930s
1930	Paramount on Parade	Paramount	Musical	Paramount all-star revue	[13]	Co-director
1930	Monte Carlo	Paramount	Musical	Jack Buchanan, Jeanette MacDonald		Producer
1931	The Smiling Lieutenant	Paramount	Musical	Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert, Miriam Hopkins		Producer
1932	Broken Lullaby (aka The Man I Killed)	Paramount	Drama	Lionel Barrymore
1932	One Hour with You	Paramount	Musical	Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald		Producer
1932	Une heure près de toi	Paramount	Musical	Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald	[14]	Co-director
1932	Trouble in Paradise	Paramount	Comedy	Herbert Marshall, Miriam Hopkins		Producer
1932	If I Had a Million (segment "The Clerk")	Paramount	Comedy	Richard Bennett	[15]
1933	Design for Living	Paramount	Romance	Gary Cooper, Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins		Producer
1934	The Merry Widow	Metro Goldwyn Mayer	Musical	Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald		Producer
1934	La Veuve Joyeuse	Metro Goldwyn Mayer	Musical	Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald	[16]
1937	Angel	Paramount	Romance	Marlene Dietrich, Herbert Marshall, Melvyn Douglas		Producer
1938	Bluebeard's Eighth Wife	Paramount	Comedy	Claudette Colbert, Gary Cooper		Producer
1939	Ninotchka	Metro Goldwyn Mayer	Comedy	Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas		Producer
1940s
1940	The Shop Around the Corner	Metro Goldwyn Mayer	Comedy	James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan		Producer
1941	That Uncertain Feeling	Lubitsch Prod. Sol Lesser Productions	Comedy	Merle Oberon, Melvyn Douglas		Producer
1942	To Be or Not to Be	Romaine Film Corp.[17]	Comedy	Carole Lombard, Jack Benny		Producer
1943	Heaven Can Wait	Twentieth Century Fox	Romance	Gene Tierney, Don Ameche	First Technicolor film	Producer
1945	A Royal Scandal	Twentieth Century Fox	Comedy	Tallulah Bankhead	[18]	Producer, Co-director
1946	Cluny Brown	Twentieth Century Fox	Romance	Charles Boyer, Jennifer Jones		Producer
1948	That Lady in Ermine	Twentieth Century Fox	Musical	Betty Grable, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Cesar Romero	[19] Technicolor film	Producer, Co-director

Actor

• The Firm Gets Married (1914)
• Robert and Bertram (1915)
• Doktor Satansohn (1916)
• Der schwarze Moritz (1916)
• When Four Do the Same (1917)
• Meyer from Berlin (1919)

Notes

1. Matray Lubitsch Film
2. Stummfilm Konzerte
3. Film Zeit
4. Projektions-AG Union
5. Lubitsch's first feature film
6. Universum Film
7. Europäische Film-Allianz
8. Lubitsch's last German film
9. Lubitsch's first Hollywood film
10. Essentially a Silent film which included some talking sequences
11. Joseph M. Schenck Productions
12. Essentially a silent film with sound effects
13. This film was a musical revue using 11 directors and starring various Paramount stars
14. French version of One Hour With You
15. Short section of a larger "omnibus" film
16. French version of The Merry Widow co-directed with George Cukor
17. Alexander Korda production company
18. Otto Preminger took over after Lubitsch fell ill before production began
19. Otto Preminger took over when Lubitsch died before completion