Lubitsch

American  

[loo-bich] / ˈlu bɪtʃ /

noun

1. Ernst 1892–1947, German film director and producer, in the U.S. after 1922.

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Lubitsch British  

/ ˈluːbɪtʃ /

noun

1. Ernst. 1890–1947, US film director, born in Germany; best known for such sophisticated comedies as Forbidden Paradise (1924) and Ninotchka (1939)

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Lubitsch

By 1934, Lubitsch had left Paramount for MGM, where he directed one last musical with Chevalier and MacDonald, a loose but fizzy adaptation of Franz Lehár’s operetta “The Merry Widow.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026

The wryly funny “Seasons” is hardly a madcap romp in Nazi-occupied Warsaw, but it does have some kinship with “To Be or Not to Be,” the Ernst Lubitsch comedy of 1942.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026

"I think of what filmmaker Ernst Lubitsch said when he left Berlin for the U.S. in the run-up to fascism in Germany: 'Nothing good is going to happen here for a long time.'"

From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2025

But Mr. Rafelson found inspiration in his uncle, the screenwriter Samson Raphaelson, who worked with the director Ernst Lubitsch on many films, including “Trouble in Paradise” and “The Shop Around the Corner.”

From New York Times ● Jul. 24, 2022

In Bel-Air, a trophy estate built for famed director Ernst Lubitsch just hit the market for $20 million.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2022