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Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

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Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

In 19th century Paris a hedonistic woman marries an aristocrat but has trouble keeping faithful to him.

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

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Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

Sally Pinkus is an German-Jewish boy who takes a job as a shoe store clerk after being expelled from school for goofing around. Soon fired for trying to court the owner's daughter, Pinkus lands another job in a more 'upmarket' shoe salon, only to be fired again, before charming a rich benefactress to fund his ultimate dream: Pinkus' Shoe Palace.

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

An American heiress seeks the hand of an impoverished German prince.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Eyes of the Mummy perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

A teenaged tomboy, tired of being bossed around by her strict guardian, impersonates a man so she can have more fun, but discovers that being the opposite sex isn't as easy as she had hoped.

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

In Southern Bavaria, Xaver wants to marry Gretel, but her father Kohlhiesel insists his elder daughter Liesel marry first. Liesel is shunned as too brutal. Seppel suggests marrying Liesel first, ridding her, then wedding Gretel.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Shoe Palace Pinkus perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

Comical variation on the Shakespeare play, featuring two feuding farmers families.

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

A charismatic lieutenant newly assigned to a remote fort is captured by a group of mountain bandits, thus setting in motion a madcap farce that is Lubitsch at his most unrestrained.