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2) Ninotchka
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Garbo plays a dour, severe Soviet official who comes to Paris on business involving the sale of some czarist jewels. But soon business turns to pleasure as she discovers the special magic of Paris and finds herself succumbing to the charms of a suave Frenchman named Leon D'Algout (Melvyn Douglas). The plot bubbles merrily as Ninotchka chooses between romance and duty--and must even confront a rival for Leon's affection in the exiled Grand Duchess...
Series
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
The doll: when an effete young man must marry to inherit a fortune, he purchases a lifelike doll to wed.
Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin: documents the life of the filmmaker from his birth in 1892 to his departure for Hollywood in 1923. Includes interviews and footage from his films.
Series
Criterion collection volume 291
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Newly deceased playboy Henry Van Cleve arrives at the outer offices of Hades where he asks a bemused Satan for permission to enter the gates of Hell. Though the Devil doubts he will qualify, Henry proceeds to recount a lifetime wooing and pursuing women.
6) Cluny Brown
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Set in England on the cusp of World War II, the final film by Ernst Lubitsch is a zany comedy of manners that sends up British class hierarchy with his famously light touch.
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
French violinist Paul Renard has returned from World War I triumphant but is haunted by the death of a German soldier at his hands. Determined to make amends, he travels to the dead man's hometown and meets his former fianceé Elsa, and his grieving father. Rather than reveal his true identity, Paul tells the two that he was a former friend of the deceased soldier. As Elsa and Paul draw closer and the family embraces him as one of their own, Paul's...
Series
Criterion collection volume 670
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
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
Criterion collection volume 670
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
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.