FILM DIRECTOR

Ernst Lubitsch

1892 - 1947

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Ernst Lubitsch (; January 29, 1892 – November 30, 1947) was a German-born American film director, producer, writer, and actor. His urbane comedies of manners gave him the reputation of being Hollywood's most elegant and sophisticated director; as his prestige grew, his films were promoted as having "the Lubitsch touch". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernst Lubitsch has received more than 920,053 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Ernst Lubitsch is the 73rd most popular film director (up from 78th in 2019), the 459th most popular biography from Germany (up from 472nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular German Film Director.

Lubitsch is most famous for his comedies, such as "The Shop Around the Corner" and "Ninotchka."

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  • 920k

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  • 66.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 49

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Ernst Lubitsch ranks 73 out of 2,041. Before him are David Cronenberg, Chuck Jones, Theo Angelopoulos, Dziga Vertov, Frank Capra, and Christopher Nolan. After him are Jean-Jacques Annaud, Alain Resnais, Sydney Pollack, William Wyler, Elia Kazan, and Terry Gilliam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Ernst Lubitsch ranks 27. Before him are Arthur Honegger, J. Paul Getty, Mátyás Rákosi, Stefan Banach, Gregor Strasser, and George Paget Thomson. After him are William P. Murphy, Shirō Ishii, Erwin Panofsky, Amanullah Khan, Erhard Milch, and Arthur Compton. Among people deceased in 1947, Ernst Lubitsch ranks 20. Before him are Raoul Wallenberg, Alfred North Whitehead, Ettore Bugatti, Halford Mackinder, Anton Denikin, and Aung San. After him are Han van Meegeren, G. H. Hardy, Karl Mannheim, Frederick Gowland Hopkins, Pierre Bonnard, and Nicholas Roerich.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ernst Lubitsch ranks 459 out of 7,253. Before him are Ananda Mahidol (1925), Maria Josepha of Bavaria (1739), Roland Freisler (1893), Adam of Bremen (1100), Rudolf Mössbauer (1929), and George Paget Thomson (1892). After him are Julius Lothar Meyer (1830), Rudolf Dassler (1898), Friedrich Fromm (1888), Maria Anna of Neuburg (1667), Anselm Kiefer (1945), and Pyotr Stolypin (1862).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Germany

Among film directors born in Germany, Ernst Lubitsch ranks 6. Before him are Leni Riefenstahl (1902), Wim Wenders (1945), Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1945), Michael Haneke (1942), and Werner Herzog (1942). After him are F. W. Murnau (1888), Wolfgang Petersen (1941), Volker Schlöndorff (1939), Roland Emmerich (1955), Max Ophüls (1902), and Margarethe von Trotta (1942).

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Filmography

The Shop Around the Corner
Director
Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realising that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.
Jan 12th 19408.149 / 10
To Be or Not to Be
Director
During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.
Mar 5th 19427.823 / 10
Ninotchka
Director
A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.
Nov 23rd 19397.491 / 10