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Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin - Von der Schönhauser Allee nach Hollywood

Name: Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin - Von der Schönhauser Allee nach Hollywood
Director: Robert Fischer
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2006-09-22T00:00:00.000000Z
Duration: 110 min
Rating: 8
Cast: Nicola Lubitsch, Michael Hanisch, Hans Helmut Prinzler, Enno Patalas, Jan-Christopher Horak

20061h 50m

Documentary

Overview

Featuring interviews with daughter Nicola Lubitsch, film historians Enno Patalas and Jan-Christopher Horak and filmmaker Tom Tykwer (among others), Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin documents the life of the legendary filmmaker from his birth in 1892 to his departure for Hollywood in 1923. The documentary is sprinkled with excerpts from Lubitsch's rarely-seen early work (both as actor and director) and offers fascinating insights into the German film industry in the silent era.