Ernst Lubitsch – MRQE

Trouble in Paradise

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide to combine their criminal talents to rob their employer. Under the alias of Monsieur Laval, Gaston uses his position as Mariette’s personal secretary to become closer to her. However, he takes things too far when he actually falls in love with Mariette, and has to choose between her and Lily.

Carmen

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The tragic story of Don Jose, a Spanish cavalryman, who falls under the spell of a gypsy girl, Carmen, who treats him with both love and contempt and leads him into temptation and thus damnation.

Rosita

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The King tosses Rosita in jail and when Don Diego, who Rosita loves, tries to defend her, he too is thrown in jail. While Don Diego is sentenced to be executed, the King lusts after Rosita and decides to put her up in a luxurious villa. To give her a title, he marries her to a masked nobleman, who turns out to be Don Diego.

Angel

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A woman and her husband take separate vacations, and she falls in love with another man.

Monte Carlo

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A countess fleeing her husband mistakes a count for her hairdresser at a Monte Carlo casino.

Kiss Me Again

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Gaston Fleury’s wife, Loulou, takes a perfunctory interest in music but a deeper one in a musician named Maurice.

The Patriot

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In 18th-Century Russia, the Czar, Paul, is surrounded by murderous plots and trusts only Count Pahlen. Pahlen wishes to protect his friend, the mad king, but because of the horror of the king’s acts, he feels that he must remove him from the throne.

Forbidden Paradise

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Film based on the Lajos Biró play, directed by Ernst Lubitsch.

Broken Lullaby

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A young French soldier in World War I is overcome with guilt when he kills a German soldier who, like himself, is a musically gifted conscript, each having attended the same musical conservatory in France. The fact that the incident occurred in war does not assuage his guilt. He travels to Germany to meet the man’s family.

Heaven Can Wait

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Spoiled playboy Henry van Cleve dies and arrives at the entrance to Hell, a final destination he is sure he deserves after living a life of profligacy. The devil, however, isn’t so sure Henry meets Hell’s standards. Convinced he is where he belongs, Henry recounts his life’s deeds, both good and bad, including an act of indiscretion during his 25-year marriage to his wife, Martha, with the hope that “His Excellency” will arrive at the proper judgment.