Ernst Lubitsch

Ernst Lubitsch was a German American film director, producer, writer, and actor. His urbane comedies of manners gave him the reputation of being Hollywoods most elegant and sophisticated director as his prestige grew, his films were promoted as having the Lubitsch touch.

Ernst Lubitsch was born on January 29, 1892 in Berlin, Germany, the son of Anna and Simon Lubitsch , a tailor. His family was Ashkenazi Jewish, his father born in Grodno in the Russian Empire and his mother from Wriezen , outside Berlin. He turned his back on his fathers tailoring business to enter the theater, and by 1911, he was a member of Max Reinhardts Deutsches Theater.

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