Heinrich Wilhelm “Heinz” Rühmann (March 7, 1902 – October 3, 1994) was a German film actor. He is one of the most popular and famous German actors of the 20th Century. He starred in famous films like Die Feuerzangenbowle (1944), Der Hauptmann von Koepenick (1956) and It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958).
Postwar career
Rühmann had a difficult time resuming his career 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 Koepenick (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 Koepenick. In the days of the German Empire, the army had an exalted status and Voigt embarrassed the army officers and civil servants who obeyed him without question. Rühmann was also the leading man in the 1960 film version of The Adventures of the Good Soldier Schweick, after the novel by Czech author JaroslavHasek. 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 Franck, 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 range of Rühmann’s popularity during the Nazi era is illustrated by the fact that he was also a favorite actor of Adolf Hitler and his propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels.
Rühmann died in 1994 and was buried in Berg-Aufkirchen, Bavaria.
Click on the following links see Heinz Ruehmann original movies (in German) recoded on YouTube:
Der Hauptmann von Koepenick
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