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

Life and work

Rühmann was born in Essen, Rhineland.
   Rühmann's role in the 1930 movie Die Drei von der Tankstelle led to him immediate stardom. He remained highly popular as a comedic actor (and sometimes singer) throughout the 1930s and early 1940s. Although he never supported the Nazi regime, his career after 1933 must at least be described as opportunistic, similar to that of his friend and colleague Hans Albers. In 1944, he starred in a nostalgic comedy of mistaken identities, Die Feuerzangenbowle, which must now be called the most popular film of his career, especially as a cult movie for students at university. Rühmann's career had a tough start after the war, but by the mid-1950s the former comedian had established himself again as a star, only this time as Germany's leading character actor.
   In 1956, Rühmann starred in the title role of the internationally acclaimed picture Der Hauptmann von Köpenick (The Captain of Köpenick), the true story of a Prussian cobbler, Wilhelm Voigt, who dressed up as an army officer and took over the town hall in Köpenick. In the days of the German Empire, the army had an almost sacred status, and this cobbler embarrassed army officers and civil servants, who obeyed him without questioning. Rühmann was also the leading man in the 1960 film version of The Adventures of the Good Soldier Schweik, set during the First World War, after the novels of Czech author Jaroslav Hašek. In 1965, Rühmann was brought to Hollywood by producer Stanley Kramer for a supporting role in his all-star movie Ship of Fools.
   Rühmann was a favorite actor of Holocaust diarist, Anne Frank, who pasted his picture on the wall of her room in her family's hiding place during the war, where it can still be seen today. The enormous ambivalence of Rühmann's early career is illustrated by the fact that he was also a favorite actor of Adolf Hitler and his propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels.
   Rühmann died in Aufkirchen, Bavaria, in 1994.

Selected filmography

Das deutsche Mutterherz, 1926, with Margarethe Kupfer
Das Mädchen mit den fünf Nullen, 1927, with Adele Sandrock
Einbrecher, 1930, with Ralph Arthur Roberts, Lilian Harvey, Willy Fritsch, Oskar Sima
Die drei von der Tankstelle, 1930, with Lilian Harvey, Willy Fritsch, Oskar Karlweis und den Comedian Harmonists
Bomben auf Monte Carlo, 1931, with Hans Albers
Meine Frau, die Hochstaplerin, 1931, with Käthe von Nagy, Fritz Grünbaum, Theo Lingen, Fritz Alberti
Man braucht kein Geld, 1931, with Hans Moser, Hedy Lamarr
Der brave Sünder, 1931, Director: Fritz Kortner
Der Stolz der 3. Kompanie, 1932, with Rudolf Platte
Es wird schon wieder besser, 1932, with Fritz Grünbaum
Lachende Erben, 1933, Director: Max Ophüls, with Max Adalbert
Heimkehr ins Glück, 1933, with Paul Hörbiger
Die Finanzen des Großherzogs, 1934, with Fritz Alberti, Theo Lingen
So ein Flegel, 1934, with Inge Konradi
Frasquita, 1934, with Hans Moser
Ein Walzer für dich, 1934, with Adele Sandrock, Theo Lingen
Heinz im Mond, 1934, with Annemarie Sörensen, Rudolf Platte, Oskar Sima, Inge Konradi
Himmel auf Erden, 1935, with Adele Sandrock, Hermann Thimig, Hans Moser, Rudolf Carl, Theo Lingen, Lizzi Holzschuh
Eva, 1935, with Hans Moser, Adele Sandrock, Magda Schneider
Allotria, 1936, Director: Willi Forst
Ungeküsst soll man nicht schlafen gehn, 1936, with Liane Haid, Theo Lingen, Hans Moser
Lumpacivagabundus, 1936, with Hans Holt, Paul Hörbiger, Fritz Imhoff
Der Mann, von dem man spricht, 1937, with Hans Moser, Theo Lingen, Gusti Huber
Der Mann, der Sherlock Holmes war, 1937, with Hans Albers
Der Mustergatte, 1937, with Leny Marenbach
5 Millionen suchen einen Erben, 1938, with Leny Marenbach, Vera von Langen, Oskar Sima
Nanu, Sie kennen Korff noch nicht?, 1938, with Victor Janson
13 Stühle, 1938, with Hans Moser
Kleider machen Leute, 1940, Director: Helmut Käutner, Book: Helmut Käutner nach einer Novelle von Gottfried Keller, with Hertha Feiler, Erich Ponto
Quax, der Bruchpilot, 1941
Hauptsache glücklich!, 1941, Director: Theo Lingen
Die Feuerzangenbowle, 1944, with Karin Himboldt (Eva Knauer), Hilde Sessak (Marion), Erich Ponto (Professor Crey, Schnauz), Paul Henckels (Professor Bömmel), Hans Leibelt (Direktor Knauer, Zeus)
Quax in Afrika, 1945/53 Director: Helmut Weiss, Book: Hermann Grote, with Bruni Löbel, Beppo Brem
Sag' die Wahrheit, 1946, with Georg Thomalla, Susanne von Almassy
Das kann jedem passieren, 1952, Director: Paul Verhoeven, with Gisela Schmidting, Liesl Karlstadt
Schäm' dich, Brigitte!, 1952, with Hans Moser, Margarete Slezak, Theo Lingen, Nadja Tiller, Hilde Berndt
Keine Angst vor großen Tieren, 1953
Briefträger Müller, 1953, Director: Heinz Rühmann, with Heli Finkenzeller
Auf der Reeperbahn nachts um halb eins, 1954, with Hans Albers
Zwischenlandung in Paris (Escale à Orly), 1955, with Claus Biederstaedt
Wenn der Vater with dem Sohne, 1955, with Oliver Grimm, Waltraut Haas
Charleys Tante, 1956, with Hertha Feiler, Claus Biederstaedt, Walter Giller
Das Sonntagskind, 1956, Director: Kurt Meisel, with Walter Giller, Siegfried Lowitz (Kriminalinspektor)
Der Hauptmann von Köpenick, 1956
Vater sein dagegen sehr, 1957, Director: Kurt Meisel, with Marianne Koch
Es geschah am hellichten Tag, 1958, with Sigfrit Steiner, Siegfried Lowitz (Inspektor Henzi), Gert Fröbe, Ewald Balser
Eisene Gustav., 1958, Director: Georg Hurdalek, with Lucie Mannheim, Ernst Schröder, Karin Baal, Ingrid van Bergen
Der Pauker, 1958, Director: Axel von Ambesser, with Wera Frydtberg, Gert Fröbe, Klaus Löwitsch, Peter Kraus
Menschen im Hotel, 1959, with O. W. Fischer, Gert Fröbe
Ein Mann geht durch die Wand, 1959
Mein Schulfreund, 1960, with Loni von Friedl, Ernst Schröder, Mario Adorf
Der brave Soldat Schwejk, 1960, Director: Axel von Ambesser, with Ernst Stankovski, Franz Muxeneder, Ursula von Borsody, Senta Berger, Jane Tilden, Fritz Eckhardt, Fritz Muliar
Das schwarze Schaf, 1960, with Karl Schönböck, Maria Sebaldt, Siegfried Lowitz (Pater-Brown-Film)
Er kanns nicht lassen, 1962, Director: Axel von Ambesser, with Rudolf Forster, Grit Böttcher, Ruth Maria Kubitschek, Horst Tappert (Pater-Brown-Film)
Max, der Taschendieb, 1962, with Elfie Pertramer, Hans Clarin und Ruth Stephan
Meine Tochter und ich, 1963, with Gertraud Jesserer, Gustav Knuth, Agnes Windeck, Herta Staal
Das Haus in Montevideo, 1963, Book: Curt Goetz
Das Narrenschiff, Ship of Fools, 1965, with Vivien Leigh, Simone Signoret, Oskar Werner, Lee Marvin
Das Liebeskarussell, 1965, with Curd Jürgens, Nadja Tiller, Ivan Desny, Gert Fröbe, Catherine Deneuve, Friedrich von Thun, Ingeborg Wall, Johanna von Koczian, Anita Ekberg, Peter Alexander, Axel von Ambesser
Dr. med. Hiob Prätorius, 1965, Book: Curt Goetz, with Liselotte Pulver
, 1966, Book: Curt Goetz, with Liselotte Pulver
Geld oder Leben, La Bourse et la vie, 1966, with Fernandel
Maigret und sein größter Fall, 1966, with Günter Strack (Kommissar Delvigne), Eddi Arent
Die Abenteuer des Kardinal Brown, 1967 (Pater-Brown-Film)
Der Tod des Handlungsreisenden, TV, 1968
Die Ente klingelt um 1/2 8, 1968
Mein Freund Harvey, 1970, TV, with Susi Nicoletti
Der Kapitän, 1971, with Johanna Matz, Horst Tappert, Ernst Stankovski, Horst Janson, Günter Pfitzmann; Musik: James Last
Oh Jonathan, oh Jonathan!, 1973, with Peter Fricke
Gefundenes Fressen, 1977, with Mario Adorf, Elisabeth Volkmann, Joachim Fuchsberger
Das Chinesische Wunder, 1977, with Senta Berger, Peter Pasetti
Noch 'ne Oper, 1979, TV, Director: Heinz Erhardt, with Grit Böttcher, Heinz Erhardt, Gert Fröbe, Rudolf Schock, Margit Schramm, Vicco von Bülow
Balthasar im Stau, 1979, TV, with Cornelia Froboess, Louise Martini
Ein Zug nach Manhattan, 1981, TV, Director: Rolf von Sydow, with Ulrike Bliefert, Charles Brauer, Hans Hessling, Bruni Löbel
Es gibt noch Haselnuß-Sträucher, 1983, TV, Director: Vojtech Jasny, with Katharina Böhm, Marion Kracht, Luitgard Im, Anneliese Uhlig, Sigmar Solbach
In weiter Ferne, so nah!, 1993, Director: Wim Wenders, with Otto Sander, Bruno Ganz, Nastassja Kinski, Martin Olbertz, Aline Krajewski, Peter Falk

Autobiography

Das war's. Erinnerungen. Ullstein, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-548-20521-6
Literature

Franz J. Görtz, Hans Sarkowicz: Heinz Rühmann 1902 - 1994. Der Schauspieler und sein Jahrhundert. Beck, München 2001, ISBN 3-406-48163-9
Torsten Körner: Ein guter Freund: Heinz Rühmann. Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-7466-1925-4
Hans-Ulrich Prost: Das war Heinz Rühmann. Bastei, Bergisch Gladbach 1994, ISBN 3-404-61329-5
Fred Sellin: Ich brech die Herzen..., das Leben des Heinz Rühmann. Rowohlt, Reinbek 2001, ISBN 3-498-06349-9
Gregor Ball, Eberhard Spiess, Joe Hembus (Hrsg.): Heinz Rühmann und seine Filme. Goldmann, München 1985, 3-442-10213-8
Hans Hellmut Kirst, Mathias Forster, et al.: Das große Heinz Rühmann Buch. Naumann & Göbel / VEMAG, Köln o.J., ISBN 3-625-10529-2Further Information
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