Ernst Lubitsch’s Bel-Air estate, an Old Hollywood time capsule, asks $20 million

In Bel-Air, a trophy property constructed for famed director Ernst Lubitsch simply hit the marketplace for $20 million. It’s the primary time the house has surfaced on the market in 60 years.

The Spanish-style mansion was inbuilt 1934 for Lubitsch, who directed movies resembling “Hassle in Paradise,” “Ninotchka” and “To Be or To not Be.”

The glamorous Outdated Hollywood model nonetheless stays, because the 9,300-square-foot flooring plan showcases dramatic model, formal areas and a sequence of ornate fireplaces. Wealthy hardwood and Saltillo tile line the frequent rooms, which characteristic rustic beams and crystal chandeliers overhead.

Highlights embody a two-story entry, indoor-outdoor workplace, customized bar and whitewashed kitchen with a splash of Spanish tile. Downstairs, there’s a cantina for entertaining.

5 bedrooms and eight bogs full the two-story flooring plan, which opens to a number of loggias and a balcony overlooking the leafy grounds. Outdoors, the 1-acre property provides a stone patio, swimming pool and vegetable backyard.

Lubitsch, who was born in Berlin, directed 72 films over 4 a long time, together with silent movies within the 1910s and sound movies beginning within the Nineteen Twenties. Imbuing his initiatives with a signature model referred to as the Lubitsch Contact, he acquired three Academy Award nominations for finest director and acquired an honorary Academy Award in 1946.

Josh Flagg of Douglas Elliman holds the itemizing.