Ernst Lubitsch
4) Ninotchka
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
A solemn, severe Soviet official comes to Paris on official Communist Party business, but soon finds herself falling for a charming, witty Frenchman.
Series
Criterion collection volume 170
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
"When thief Gaston Monescu meets his true love in pickpocket Lily, they embark on a scam to rob lovely perfume company executive Mariette Colet. But when Gaston becomes romantically entangled with Mme. Colet, their larcenous ruse is jeopardized and Gaston is forced to choose between two beautiful women"--Container.
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
The world is on the brink of war-- but the show must go on. So Joseph Tura, the Polish actor who put the ham in Hamlet, stares beyond the footlights and says, "To be or not to be... " Thus does a Warsaw theatrical troupe outwit Nazi occupiers by playing the roles of their lives.
Series
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
A Christmas carol: Miser Ebenezer Scrooge has a change of heart after spirits whisk him into the past, present and future.
Christmas in Connecticut: A magazine columnist totally devoid of the homemaking skills espoused in her column needs to get some fast, as her boss has invited himself and a recently returned war hero to her home for Christmas.
It happened on 5th Avenue: GI families hit by the post-World War II housing crunch take over an abandoned...
Series
Criterion collection volume 592
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A trio of Americans in Paris who enter into a very adult 'gentleman's' agreement, in this continental pre-Code comedy freely adapted by Ben Hecht (Notorious) from a play. A risque relationship comedy and a witty take on creative pursuits, it concerns a commercial artist unable, or unwilling, to choose between the equally dashing painter and playwright she meets on a train en route to the City of Light.
Series
Criterion collection volume 670
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"As nervy as it is hilarious, a masterpiece from Ernst Lubitsch, To Be Or Not To Be; is a Hollywood film of the boldest black humor, which went into production soon after the U.S. entered World War II. Lubitsch manages to brilliantly balance political satire, romance, slapstick, and urgent wartime suspense in a comic high-wire act that has never been equaled."--Container.
During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in...
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Three-cornered moon : Various members of a Brooklyn family begin looking for employment after Mom loses a fortune on the stock market.
Maid of Salem: An independent young woman is accused of casting evil spells by the Puritan townsfolk.
I met him in Paris: A successful designer must choose between three suitors: a creative playwright, a dashing playboy and a hometown boy.
Bluebeard's eighth wife: Mademoiselle Nicole is the lovely daughter of a...