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Heinz Rühmann

Heinz Rühmann

Heinrich Wilhelm "Heinz" Rühmann (March 7, 1902 – October 3, 1994) was a popular German film actor.

Rühmann was born in Essen, Westphalia. His role in the 1930 movie The Three from the gas station (Those Three from the Gas Station) led him to film stardom. He remained highly popular as a comedic actor (and sometime singer) throughout the 1930s and early 1940s. He remained in Germany and continued to work during the Nazi period, as did his friend and colleague, Hans Albers.

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Movies Starring Heinz Rühmann (112)

Hitler's Hollywood (2017)

Film journalist and critic Rüdiger Suchsland examines German cinema from 1933, when the Nazis came into power, until 1945, when the Third Reich collapsed. (A sequel to From Caligari to Hitler, 2015. ...

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Kleiner Mann ganz groß (1994)

Documentary feature about German actor Heinz Rühmann made shortly before his death in 1994. ...

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Faraway, So Close! (1993)

Damiel is now married to Marion, runs the pizzeria "Da Angelo" and the two have a child. The solitarily remaining angel Cassiel is more and more dissatisfied with his destiny as a mere observer of human life and finally decides to take the great leap. As K ...

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Another Opera (1979)

In this hilarious opera parody, Loriot delivers a comedic take on the pretentiousness of the operatic world. The plot revolves around a fictional opera production that spirals into absurdity as egos clash, misunderstandings abound, and everything goes hila ...

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Not an Evening like any Other (1976)

Two competing antique dealers have their shops opposite each other in a small shopping street. The distinguished Roeder deals in valuable art objects, while the owner of Billy's Art Shop offers cheap imported goods from Hong Kong. ...

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Der Kapitän (1971)

Captain Ebbs is an older, experienced seaman who has, however, only sailed on freighters. While his current old barge, the Martin Luther, has to go into the shipyard for an overhaul, the shipping company gives him command of the elegant cruise ship Julia t ...

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Der Tod eines Handlungsreisenden (1968)

German televised version of the 1949 American play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller. ...

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Operation San Pietro (1967)

Small time crook Napoleone falls into an unlikely gang made up of a gangster, called The Baron, and his two cohorts, Agonia and The Captain, where Napoleone takes them to Rome where they shack up with a shady used car dealer caled Il Cajella to help financ ...

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Enter Inspector Maigret (1966)

After the theft of a priceless Van Gogh from a Parisian museum, Maigret follows his chief suspect to Lausanne where the suspect is found murdered. ...

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Once a Greek (1966)

An extravagant comedy with Heinz Rühmann. ...

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Your Money or Your Life (1966)

Pétepan learns that his money has been lost by Robinhoude brothers.He asks his assistants to withdraw his amount from the bank. ...

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Hocuspocus (1966)

Kurt Hoffmann's remake of his own 1953 movie based on the play by Curt Goetz. ...

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Das Liebeskarussell (1965)

An episodic film, telling four erotic tales: Angela isn't sexually satisfied by her husband, so she simulates sleep-walking to visit her neighbor across the street every night; when his bathtub runs over, shy Peter gets to meet his sensuous neighbor Lolita ...

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Ship of Fools (1965)

Passengers on a ship traveling from Mexico to Europe in the 1930s represent society at large in that era. The crew is German, including the ship's Dr. Schumann, who falls in love with one of the passengers, La Condesa. A young American woman, Jenny, is tra ...

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The House in Montevideo (1963)

A respectable professor inherits a house and money in Montevideo from his wild sister, on the condition that he himself behaves in a disreputable way. ...

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Er kanns nicht lassen (1962)

Father Brown is only too happy to interfere with the work of the police in solving tricky criminal cases, usually with resounding success. That's why the clergyman is transferred to a sleepy island called Abbott's Rock. At first, nothing happens there, but ...

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Max der Taschendieb (1962)

Max, a small time pick-pocket, has nothing to do with the 'big' crimes. But then he must find the murderer of Fred, his wife's brother. ...

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The Liar (1961)

When the wife of Sebastian Schumann left her family, he told his little daughter that her mother has died, because he thought that this was the easiest way for her to accept that her mother is now gone. But this was only the beginning of a lot of lies he t ...

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The Black Sheep (1960)

Father Brown starts solving crimes, much to the annoyance of his housekeeper, the police and especially his bishop, who is not amused by a priest playing detective. ...

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The Judge and the Sinner (1960)

A drama directed by Paul Verhoeven. ...

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A Man Goes Through the Wall (1959)

Mr. Buchsbaum, third class taxes employee, lives a peaceful life until the new chief immediately criticizes his work. His only confort is his stamps collection. Sadly, even this consolation and his peace are threatened by a new, charming, neighbour who tea ...

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Grand Hotel (1959)

Based on a book by Vicki Baum, all of the action takes place in one day in a luxury hotel in Berlin. Grusinkaya is a ballerina staying at the hotel, other guests include Baron von Gaigern a sophisticated thief, Otto Klingelein a dying man, Preysing a busin ...

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Der Mann, der nicht nein sagen konnte (1958)

A man takes in three a dog and three runaway girls. ...

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It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958)

The search for a child murderer drags a once-respected detective into an all-consuming obsession. ...

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Vater sein dagegen sehr (1957)

Margot is looking forward to moving into the old defense tower with her fiancé Lutz, a writer. Then the writer receives the news of his sister's death. Lutz is supposed to take in their children Traudl and Rudi and the dog Leo. Margot did not expect so mu ...

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The Captain from Kopenick (1956)

A young shoemaker is arrested for stealing a small amount of money, and is jailed for fifteen years. Upon his release, he wants to get a permit to get a job and start anew, but finds that without a job he can't get a permit, and without a permit he can't g ...

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Charley's Aunt (1956)

Otto Dernburg is forced by circumstances to dress up as a middle-aged woman. ...

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If the Father and the Son (1955)

After Clown Teddy lost his son, he lost his gift for laughter. He opened a joke shop and lives above the shop. His landlady has had a foster son since birth, and Teddy decides to raise the child, who always believed that Teddy was his father. When the moth ...

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Intermediate Landing in Paris (1955)

Michèle, an employee at the airport, is in love with American pilot Eddie Miller who regularly flies the route from New York to Paris, but problems arise when he is transferred to the Tokyo route. Meanwhile Michèle's uncle Albert who works in the freight ...

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On the Reeperbahn at Half Past Midnight (1954)

After many years on the oceans, sailor Hannes Wedderkamp has finally returned to Hamburg. On St. Pauli, Hannes sings songs from the sea in the hippodrome of his best friend Pitter Breuer on the Reeperbahn with the "Quetschkommode" songs and cares for the a ...

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Mailman Mueller (1953)

Postman Titus Müller returns from his daily rounds with a letter that will change the course of his modest provincial existence. ...

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That Can Happen to Anyone (1952)

Hugo Brinkmeyer, a tax consultant, takes his wife Gerda out to the cabaret one evening. There he encounters a potential client, the wealthy businessman Schwidders. A series of mix-ups lead to Hugo being suspected of both incompetence at his job and being u ...

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The Punch Bowl (1944)

Writer Johannes Pfeiffer who goes undercover as a student in a high school after his friends told him that he missed out on a great life experience since he was home schooled. ...

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Ich vertraue Dir meine Frau an (1943)

Peter, a bachelor, must Ellinor, the wife of his friend Robert, to watch, thus with his Secretary, travelling can. Because Ellinor has sworn her husband to cheat, he should go. From the take Care of is now a grotesque guarding, confusion and piquant situat ...

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12 Minuten UFA (1943)

An insight into the work at the UFA-Studios. ...

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Der Gasmann (1941)

A man comes into money unexpectatly. That's when the trouble starts. ...

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Request Concert (1940)

The young, attractive Inge Wagner becomes acquainted with Herbert Koch during the Berlin Olympics, his flight officer insignia having first caught her eye. Sparks fly immediately between the two and they soon decide to marry. But Herbert is called off on a ...

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Clothes Make the Man (1940)

The daydreaming tailor Wenzel is fired from his job, because the fancy frock he was supposed to cut for the mayor, he instead made for himself. He is allowed, however, to take the frock, which he appropriated for himself and he puts it on as he leaves the ...

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The Leghorn Hat (1939)

Der Florentiner Hut (The Leghorn Hat), a 1939 German film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner ...

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13 Chairs (1938)

A classical art junk dealer and an almost bankrupt hairdresser who unexpectedly makes an inheritance go hunting behind thirteen chairs from which of a 100,000 DM contains which the rich aunt has hidden there. ...

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Five Millions Seek an Heir (1938)

According to his last will, the rich American uncle of vacuum cleaner salesman Peter Pett only leaves his 5 million dollars to Peter if he is married happily. Otherwise the five million will fall to Peter's Scottish cousin Patrick. ...

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Die Umwege des schönen Karl (1938)

Karl Kramer is a waiter in a beach hotel on the Baltic Sea. But he has completely different plans in mind for the future. Before he marries Grete Wernicke, the daughter of the hotel manager, he wants to have enough money himself. ...

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Der Mustergatte (1937)

Heinz Rühmann plays the "model husband" who, when his bored wife threatens to leave him, embarks on an adventurous night. ...

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The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes (1937)

Two dubious characters disguise themselves as Holmes and Watson to gain attention and end up chasing counterfeiters and stolen stamps. ...

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The Man Who is Talked About (1937)

The Man Who is Talked About is the overly agreeable Toni Mathis (Heinz Ruhmann), a gent constitutionally incapable of saying the word "no" (or "nein," this being a German picture). Though he'd rather breeze through life without responsibilities or obligati ...

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Allotria (1936)

Best friends David and Philip have to end their love affair with their mistress Aimée which they - not knowing of each other - share, because they are going to marry their sweethearts Gaby and Viola. Of course Aimée will not accept her defeat. She interf ...

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Wer zuletzt küßt... (1936)

On the occasion of a charity ball in Vienna a kiss of a famous actress should be auctioned. Misunderstandings between the manager of the film star, a record producer and a student lead too all kinds of mistakes, during which a student is mistaken for a pri ...

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Eva, the Factory Girl (1935)

A famous racing driver must give up his sport and take over the management of the porcelain factory on incentive of the vigorous grandmother as the last shoot of an old businessman's family. Unrecognized he is regulated as a worker what a love story with a ...

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Heaven on Earth (1935)

A poor composer who should buy a property for his ambitious father-in-law finances with the money, nevertheless, an opera. Together with his friend who must play a husband to his strict rich aunt, he makes to himself a fun from the mistakes which cause her ...

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Heinz in the Moon (1934)

A young man of property is engaged to two women at once. ...

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A Waltz for You (1934)

Ruritanian power struggle with opera singing. ...

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Frasquita (1934)

Czechoslovakian opera star Jarmila Novotná plays the title role in the Austrian tunefest "Frasquita". Based on a Franz Lehár operetta, the story is the usual frothy nonsense. Dolly (Charlott Daudert) is engaged to marry Harald (Hans Heinz-Bollmann), but ...

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So ein Flegel (1934)

First adaptation of Heinrich Spoerl's novel. ...

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Three Bluejackets and a Blonde (1933)

While out dancing, two sailors fall for the same girl. ...

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Laughing Heirs (1933)

After the death of his uncle, the owner of the Rhine based Bockelmann Sparkling Wine, Peter turns up for the reading of the will. Justus Bockelmann, a producer of mineral water, is confident he will inherit the business, but 'for reasons of moral rectitude ...

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The Only Girl (1933)

A dashing marquis bends from his horse when he discovers a lost garter in the woods and falls. During his delirium he is serenaded by a little hairdresser. She is the person who lost the garter to begin with and has only come to get it back having borrowed ...

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Things Are Getting Better Already (1932)

The fast-driving daughter of a car manufacturer keeps Berlin's most pricey lawyer busy as she keeps getting into scrapes. ...

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The Pride of Company Three (1932)

The adventures of smart soldier Gustav Diestelbeck include managing his superior officer, competing for the canteneer's daughter, evading punishment for discipline faults and hosting Prinz Willibald during his visit to the regiment. ...

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We Need No Money (1931)

In this German comedy, an enterprising American uncle comes from Chicago goes to the tiny town of Groditzkirchen to make a fortune on credit even though he only has $10 to his name. To do so, he enlists the aide of a bank clerk and begins posing as a milli ...

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The Upright Sinner (1931)

Leopold Pichler is a very orderly and trustworthy chief cashier who is asked by his boss to get a large sum of money from the bank which the boss urgently needs on a trip to Vienna. Due to some circumstances, getting the money takes a little longer than ex ...

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My Wife, the Adventuress (1931)

A mousy bank clerk is married to an ambitious woman. ...

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Bombs Over Monte Carlo (1931)

The captain of a battleship of a small Balkan country is fed up with following strange orders from the country's queen. ...

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The Man in Search of His Murderer (1931)

A man in bad sorts hires a burglar to later kill him, then changes his mind when his fortunes turn and must find the contracted murderer before it is too late. ...

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Movies Made By Heinz Rühmann (16)

Mailman Mueller (1953)

Postman Titus Müller returns from his daily rounds with a letter that will change the course of his modest provincial existence. ...

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City of Violence (1951)

Amore e sangue (released in the U.S. as "City of Violence"), the 1951 Marino Girolami (billed as "John Wolff") West German/Italian romantic action adventure war thriller. ...

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Martina (1949)

A wayward young woman running from her past is reunited with her sister after they became separated during the war. While she worked on the streets, the sister established a professional career as a psychologist. ...

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The Berliner (1948)

Long before he played the corpulent Goldfinger, German actor Gert Froebe was a scarecrow-skinny comedian. In Berliner Ballade, Froebe makes his screen debut as Otto, a feckless Everyman who tries to adjust to the postwar travails of his defeated nation. St ...

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The Angel and the Lyre (1944)

Achim and Vera are friends and live an uncomplicated and happy life .... that is, until they get into their first serious argument on how they should spend New Year's Eve. Vera wants to celebrate with friends, while Achim wants to go off to a lonely mounta ...

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The Punch Bowl (1944)

Writer Johannes Pfeiffer who goes undercover as a student in a high school after his friends told him that he missed out on a great life experience since he was home schooled. ...

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Sophienlund (1943)

The successful writer Erich Eckberg lives with his wife Sigrid and their three children -- the twins, Knut and Michael and the daughter Gabriel -- on their estate "Sophienlund". On their sons' 21st birthday, Eckberg tells them the great family secret: Kn ...

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Clothes Make the Man (1940)

The daydreaming tailor Wenzel is fired from his job, because the fancy frock he was supposed to cut for the mayor, he instead made for himself. He is allowed, however, to take the frock, which he appropriated for himself and he puts it on as he leaves the ...

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The Leghorn Hat (1939)

Der Florentiner Hut (The Leghorn Hat), a 1939 German film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner ...

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Many Lies (1938)

The stories' setup: a bunch of passive weaklings being dominated by two strong and ambitious women who fight for the same man. ...

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Der Mustergatte (1937)

Heinz Rühmann plays the "model husband" who, when his bored wife threatens to leave him, embarks on an adventurous night. ...

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