To Be or Not to Be (1942), The Merry Widow (1934), The Shop Around the Corner (1940), Ninotchka (1939), The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927), Design for Living (1933), Cluny Brown (1946), The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Ernst Lubitsch movies.
Storyline: In occupied Poland during WWII, a troupe of ham stage actors (led by Joseph Tura and his wife Maria) match wits with the Nazis. A spy has information which would be very damaging to the Polish resistance and they must prevent it's being delivered to the Germans.
Plot Keywords: comedy, war, black comedy, satire, nazis, spy, theater ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A playboy prince (Maurice Chevalier) from a tiny kingdom is sent to woo a rich widow (Jeanette MacDonald) in Paris.
Plot Keywords: romance, comedy, musical, classic, song and dance, romantic, marriage ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In Budapest, Hungary, the Matuschek and Company store is owned by Mr. Hugo Matuschek and the bachelor Alfred Kralik is his best and most experienced salesman. When Klara Novak seeks a job position of saleswoman in the store, Matuschek hires her but Kralik and she do not get along. Meanwhile the lonely and dedicated Kralik has an unknown pen pal that he intends to propose very soon; however, he is fired without explanation by Matuschek on the night that he is going to meet his secret love. He goes to the bar where they have scheduled their meeting with his colleague Pirovitch and he surprisingly finds that Klara is his correspondent; however, ashamed After being let go he does not disclose his identity to her. When Matuschek discovers that he had misjudged Kralik and committed a mistake, he hires him again for the position of manager. But Klara is still fascinated with her correspondent and does not pay much attention to Alfred. Alfred works out a plan to reveal himself to Klara's who ...
Plot Keywords: romance, comedy, drama, classic, christmas, workplace, letters ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Only the royal suite at the grandest hotel in Paris has a safe large enough for the jewels of the Grand Duchess Swana. So the three Russians who have come to sell the jewels settle into the suite until a higher ranking official is dispatched to find out what is delaying the sale. She is Ninotchka, a no nonsense woman who fascinates Count Leon who had been the faithful retainer of the Grand Duchess. The Grand Duchess will give up all claim to the jewels if Ninotchka will fly away from the count.
Plot Keywords: romantic comedy, political satire, soviet union, paris, love story, cultural clash, capitalism ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Young Prince Karl Heinrich has spent his entire life behind the palace gates protected from the world. He has been raised in a melancholy atmosphere of strict discipline and duty, yet he often looks out at the frolics of youths and maidens who live beyond the walls. When he passes his exams, Karl is sent to Heidelberg to complete his studies. It is a heady new world of brew, song, and comradeship. Karl falls in love with Kathi, a pretty barmaid, and she reciprocates. But can the love survive their disparate backgrounds? Will Karl ever find happiness or will duty deny it to him?—Thomas McWilliams <tgm@netcom.com>
Plot Keywords: silent film, romance, drama, royalty, love, classic, germany ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Two Americans sharing a flat in Paris, playwright Tom Chambers and painter George Curtis, fall for free-spirited Gilda Farrell. When she can't make up her mind which one of them she prefers, she proposes a "gentleman's agreement": She will move in with them as a friend and critic of their work, but they will never have sex. But when Tom goes to London to supervise a production of one of his plays, leaving Gilda alone with George, how long will their gentleman's agreement last?—Capel Cleggs <capelcleggs@my-deja.com>
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, love triangle, classic, romantic comedy, golden age hollywood, noel coward ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Amateur plumber Cluny Brown gets sent off by her uncle to work as a servant at an English country estate. While there, she becomes friendly with Adam Belinski, a charming Czech refugee. She also becomes interested in a dull shopkeeper named Mr. Wilson. Belinski soon falls in love with Cluny and tries to keep her from marrying Wilson.—Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, drama, classic, black comedy, british film, 1940s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Lieutenant Niki of the Austrian royal guard has a new girlfriend, Franzi. He's crazy about her and is smiling at her while on duty in the street. King Adolf and his daughter Princess Anna from the neighboring kingdom of Flausenthurm drive by, and Anna intercepts a wink meant for Franzi. She falls for Niki, marries him (he has no choice in the matter), and whisks him off to Flausenthurm. Franzi follows and enjoys a brief affair with Niki before Anna finds out. Franzi, much more experienced in the ways of the world, gives Anna lessons on how to win the affections of her husband.—John Oswalt <jao@jao.com>
Plot Keywords: musical, comedy, romance, love, love triangle, royalty, 1930s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Professor Stock and his wife Mizzi are always bickering. Mizzi tries to seduce Dr. Franz Braun, the new husband of her good friend Charlotte. Dr. Braun's colleague, Dr. Mueller, who has had his eye on Charlotte, sees this as his opportunity, even though the Braun's are very happily married. Through a misunderstanding, Charlotte thinks that her husband is interested in Miss Hofer, and asks Mizzi to keep him occupied. Meanwhile Professor Stock becomes suspicious of his wife, and hires a detective to spy on her with the hope of obtaining a divorce.—Will Gilbert
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, silent film, marriage, misunderstanding, love triangle, satire ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Against her better judgement, happily married Jill Baker is persuaded to see a popular psychoanalyst about her psychosomatic hiccups. Soon, she's disillusioned about husband Larry; and one day in the doctor's waiting room she meets pianist Alexander Sebastian, who's even more confused than she is. Can this marriage be saved? Larry has a plan that is pure Lubitsch...—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, marriage, misunderstanding, psychological, high society, satire ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Rosita, a peasant singer in Seville, captures the attention of the King.
Plot Keywords: silent film, romance, musical, comedy, drama, american film, 1920s ...
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