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Below is the article summary. For the full article, see Ernst Lubitsch . Ernst Lubitsch, (born Jan. 29, 1892, Berlin, Ger.—died Nov. 30, 1947, Hollywood, Calif., U.S.), German-U.S. film director. He acted with Max Reinhardt ’s German stage company (1911–14) and in short film comedies, then turned to directing costume dramas that were the ...
Nov 29, 2021 · Born in Berlin in 1892, Lubitsch began his career as an actor and director in the silent era, having trained for the stage under the great impresario Max Reinhardt. He’s best remembered today for the dazzlingly elegant serio-comedies he made in Hollywood in the 1930s and 40s, films that ran rings around the censors with their adventurously ...
Ernst Lubitsch’s Heaven Can Wait, nominated for Academy Awards for best picture and director, is an enduring classic that showcases the filmmaker’s trademark blend of wit, urbanity, and grace. Deceased playboy Henry Van Cleve (Don Ameche) presents himself to the outer offices of Hades, where he asks a bemused Satan for permission to enter ...
Ernst Lubitsch - Comedy, Musical, Romance: Perhaps fearful that its star producer-director would permanently jump to MGM, Paramount formalized Lubitsch’s title as head of production in 1935, an unprecedented position of power for a director. That arrangement lasted only about one year, however, and Lubitsch returned to focusing on his own work. He made Angel with Marshall, Marlene Dietrich ...
Ernst Lubitsch ( 28. ledna 1892 – 30. listopadu 1947) byl německý židovský filmový režisér. Díky jeho zdvořilým způsobům si získal pověst hollywoodsky nejvíce vkusného a sofistikovaného režiséra. Jeho sláva rostla rychle a filmy pod jeho režií se označovaly jako "Lubitschův dotyk".
Jul 24, 2018 · Rounding up the pre- and post-Code films of early Hollywood comedy director Ernst Lubitsch, including Trouble in Paradise, Design for Living, and Heaven Can Wait. Looking at the pre- and post-Code ...
Herman Weinberg. "Ernst Lubitsch's American Comedy". William Paul. "Passions and Deceptions: The Early Films of Ernst Lubitsch". Sabine Hake. Hailed by the likes of Alfred Hitchcock, Francois Truffaut and Orson Welles as a giant among filmmakers, Ernst Lubitsch was a preeminent figure in the history of cinema who directed some of Hollywood's ...
