Ernst Lubitsch

Submitted by kaplan on Sun, 03/29/2009 - 03:07
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  1. Must-see

  2. Highly recommended

  3. Ninotchka (1939)
  4. La veuve joyeuse (The Merry Widow) (1934)
  5. A Royal Scandal (1945) (co-directed with Otto Preminger)

  6. Recommended

  7. To Be or Not to Be (1942)
  8. Romeo und Julia im Schnee (Romeo and Juliet in the Snow) (1919)
  9. Trouble in Paradise (1932)
  10. The Shop around the Corner (1940)
  11. The Love Parade (1929)
  12. Die Puppe (The Doll) (1919)

  13. Worth a look

  14. The Marriage Circle (1924)
  15. That Uncertain Feeling (1941)
  16. Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)
  17. Eternal Love (1929)
  18. Broken Lullaby (1932)

  19. Not bad but why don't you read a good book instead

  20. Die Austernprinzessin (The Oyster Princess) (1919)
  21. Die Augen der Mumie Mâ (The Eyes of Mummy Mâ) (1918)

  22. Patience is running out

  23. Ein fideles Gefängnis (The Merry Jail) (1917)
  24. Three Women (1924)
  25. Ich möchte kein Mann sein (I Don't Want to Be a Man) (1918)
  26. Schuhpalast Pinkus (Shoe Salon Pinkus) (1916)

  27. Never mind

  28. Avoid

Author Comments: 

Films by Ernst Lubitsch in order of preference

To be seen: 20
- Carmen (1918)
- Meyer aus Berlin (Meyer from Berlin) (1919)
- Madamme DuBarry (1919)
- Kohlhiesels Töchter (Köhlhiesel's Daughters) (1920)
- Sumurun (One Arabian Night) (1920)
- Anna Boleyn (1920)
- Die Bergkatze (The Wildcat) (1921)
- Das Weib des Pharao (Pharoah's Wife) (1922)
- Rosita (1923)
- So This Is Paris (1926)
- The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927)
- Monte Carlo (1930)
- The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)
- One Hour with You (1932) (co-directed with George Cukor)
- Une heure près de toi [= French version of One Hour with You] (1932) (co-directed with George Cukor)
- Design for Living (1933)
- Angel (1937)
- Heaven Can Wait (1943)
- Cluny Brown (1946)
- That Lady in Ermine (1948)

[I am not listing the lost films]

Need to see again:
- Forbidden Paradise (1924)
- Lady Windermere's Fan (1925)
- The Merry Widow (1934)