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Heinz Rühmann

Heinz Rühmann

Actor · Died October 3, 1994, aged 92 · Essen, Germany

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 Die Drei von der Tankstelle (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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Heinz Rühmann, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Born
March 7, 1902
Died
October 3, 1994 (aged 92)
From
Essen, Germany
Works as
Actor
Titles
13 on MovieCove · 121 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 49% in 30 days

What are Heinz Rühmann's films like?

Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Comedy8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 45th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 73rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
32%
Morality
25%
Power
17%
Self
11%
Society
6%
Ideas
5%
Survival
3%
Friendship3 titles, browse their movies with this themeParenthood3 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice2 titles, browse their movies with this themeGreed2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 11 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 7 · Serious 3 · Dark 1

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 7 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 2

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 6 · Charged 4 · Intense 1

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 8 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 5

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 8 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 10 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

11 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 8 of 11 analyzed roles.

Hero
8 of 11
Ally
2 of 11
Mentor
1 of 11
Show the 11 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Warm
7
Absurd
5
Joyful
3
Tense
2
Melancholic
2
Other
5

How their films linger

Feel-good7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy7
  • Bittersweet4

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Heinz Rühmann's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 13 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Heinz Rühmann's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

121 credits, 13 with a MovieCove page; 20 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Hitler's Hollywood(2017)

    as Various Roles (archive footage)

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Die schönsten Geschichten mit Heinz Rühmann (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Varius Characters

  • Faraway, So Close!(1993)

    as Konrad

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Es gibt noch Haselnußsträucher (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Perret-Latour

  • Ein Zug nach Manhattan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Kantor Leon Sternberger

  • Aller guten Dinge sind drei. Serenade für Spieldose, Cello und Orgel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    as Friebe, Eberts, Weber

  • Balthasar im Stau (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Taxifahrer

  • Another Opera (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Golfer

  • Diener und andere Herren (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Kirchendiener / Butler / Edward / Ehemann

  • Max und Moritz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Show 7 episodes · as Narrator

  • Max und Moritz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Narrator

  • Summa Summarum - Sondersendung zu Heinz Rühmanns 75. Geburtstag (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Actor

  • Scrounged Meals (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Alfred Eisenhardt

  • Das chinesische Wunder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Poliakoff

  • Not an Evening like any Other (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Roeder, Antiquitätenhändler

  • Treffpunkt Herz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Gast

  • Oh Jonathan – oh Jonathan! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Konsul Jonathan Reynold

  • Der Hausmeister (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Davies

  • Der Pfandleiher (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Hilary

  • Der Kapitän(1971)

    as Kapitän Wilhelm Ebbs

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Endspurt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Sam Kinsale mit 80 Jahren

  • Mein Freund Harvey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Elwood Dowd

  • Sag’s dem Weihnachtsmann (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Leslie Darwin

  • Die Ente klingelt um halb acht (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Dr. Alexander

  • Der Tod eines Handlungsreisenden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Willy Loman

  • Operazione San Pietro(1967)

    as Erik Braun

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Enter Inspector Maigret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    as Kommissar Maigret

  • Once a Greek (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    as Archilochos

  • Your Money or Your Life(1966)

    as Henry Schmidt

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Hokuspokus oder: Wie lasse ich meinen Mann verschwinden...?(1966)

    as Peer Bille

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Das Liebeskarussell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as Professor Hellberg

  • Ship of Fools(1965)

    as Lowenthal

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Dr. med. Hiob Prätorius (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as Dr. Hiob Prätorius

  • Vorsicht Mister Dodd (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Dr. Lancelot Dodd / Dr. Ivor Marmion

  • The House in Montevideo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Prof. Dr. Traugott Hermann Nägler

  • Meine Tochter und ich (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Dr. Robert Stegemann

  • Er kanns nicht lassen(1962)

    as Father Brown

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Max der Taschendieb (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Max Schilling

  • Der Lügner(1961)

    as Sebastian Schumann

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • The Black Sheep (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Pater Brown

  • Der brave Soldat Schwejk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Schwejk

  • Mein Schulfreund (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Ludwig Fuchs

  • The Judge and the Sinner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Dr. Ferdinand Bluhme

  • The Man Who Walked Through the Wall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Herr Buchsbaum

  • Grand Hotel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Carl Kringelein

  • Der eiserne Gustav (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Gustav Hartmann

  • Der Pauker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Dr. Hermann Seidel

  • Der Mann, der nicht nein sagen konnte (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Thomas Träumer

  • It Happened in Broad Daylight(1958)

    as Oberleutnant Matthäi

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Vater sein dagegen sehr (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as Lutz Ventura

  • Das Sonntagskind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Anton Wibbel

  • The Captain from Köpenick(1956)

    as Wilhelm Voigt

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Charley's Aunt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Dr. Otto Dernburg

  • Wenn der Vater mit dem Sohne(1955)

    as Teddy Lemke

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Intermediate Landing in Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as Albert Petit

  • Auf der Reeperbahn nachts um halb eins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Pittes Breuer

  • Mailman Mueller (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Director · as Titus Müller

  • Not Afraid of Big Animals (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Emil Keller

  • Schäm' dich, Brigitte! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Dr. Felix Schneider

  • That Can Happen to Anyone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Hugo Brinkmeyer

  • City of Violence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Producer

  • Ich mach Dich glücklich (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Producer · as Peter Krüger

  • Martina (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Producer

  • Das Geheimnis der roten Katze (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Producer · as André

  • The Berliner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Producer

  • Die kupferne Hochzeit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Director · Producer

  • Der Herr vom andern Stern (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Producer · as Der Herr vom andern Stern

  • Quax in Afrika (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    as Otto 'Quax' Groschenbügel

  • The Angel and the Lyre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    Director

  • The Punch Bowl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    Producer · as Dr. Johannes Pfeiffer/Hans Pfeiffer

  • Ich vertraue Dir meine Frau an (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Peter Trost

  • Sophienlund (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Director

  • Fronttheater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Selbst

  • Quax, der Bruchpilot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Otto Groschenbügel

  • Der Gasmann (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Hermann Knittel

  • Happiness Is the Main Thing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Axel Roth

  • Clothes Make the Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Producer · as Schneidergeselle Wenzel

  • Lauter Liebe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Director

  • Hurra, ich bin Papa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Peter Ohlsen, Student

  • Paradies der Junggesellen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Hugo Bartels

  • The Leghorn Hat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    Executive Producer · as Theo Farina

  • Many Lies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Director

  • Nanu, Sie kennen Korff noch nicht? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Niels Korff

  • 13 Stühle(1938)

    as Friseur Felix Rabe

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Five Millions Seek an Heir (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Peter Pett / Patrick Pett

  • Die Umwege des schönen Karl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Karl Kramer - Kellner

  • Der Mustergatte (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Writer · as Billy Bartlett

  • The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Dr. John H. Watson / Macky McPherson

  • The Man Who is Talked About (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Toni Mathis

  • Lumpaci the Vagabond (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Schneidergeselle Zwirn

  • If We All Were Angels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Christian Kempenich

  • Allotria (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as David

  • Wer zuletzt küßt... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Franz Angerer

  • Der Außenseiter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Peter Bang

  • Eva, the Factory Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Willibald Riegele

  • Wer wagt – gewinnt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Paul Normann

  • Heaven on Earth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Peter Hilpert

  • Heinz in the Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Aristides Nessel

  • A Waltz for You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Benjamin Cortes

  • Frasquita (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Hippolit

  • Pipin, der Kurze (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as August Pipin

  • So ein Flegel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Dr. Hans Pfeiffer/ Erich Pfeiffer

  • The Grand Duke's Finances (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Pelotard

  • There Is Only One Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Ballettmeister Eddy Blattner

  • Three Bluejackets and a Blonde (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Kadett Heini Jäger

  • Heimkehr ins Glück (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Amadori

  • Laughing Heirs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Peter Frank

  • The Only Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Didier

  • Strich durch die Rechnung (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Willy Streblow - Rennfahrer

  • Things Are Getting Better Already (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Fred Holmes

  • The Pride of Company Three (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Gustav Diestelbeck

  • We Need No Money (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Heinz Schmidt

  • The Upright Sinner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Karl Wittek

  • My Wife, the Adventuress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Peter Bergmann

  • Bombs Over Monte Carlo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Erster Offizier Peter

  • The Man in Search of His Murderer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Hans Herfort

  • Burglars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Sérigny

  • The Three from the Filling Station (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Hans

  • Das Mädchen mit den fünf Nullen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    Actor

  • Das deutsche Mutterherz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    Actor

  • Geburtstagsfilm für Joseph Goebbels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

Career shape

Star power in the 96th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 121 titles, 120 of them dated from 1926 to 2017.

Biggest box office

Faraway, So Close! (1993)

$810K worldwide

Highest rated

It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958)

Midcredits 95th

Most popular right now

Faraway, So Close! (1993)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting112 of 121: 104 only acting, 8 with another role · typical Midcredits score67thDirecting7 of 121: 5 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting1 of 121: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing10 of 121: 3 only producing, 7 with another role

121 titles, 9 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 6 of them.

By decade

1920s2 · acting1930s40 · 39 acting · 3 crew1940s17 · 11 acting · 11 crew1950s18 · 17 acting · 2 crew1960s21 · acting1970s16 · acting1980s3 · acting1990s2 · acting2010s1 · acting

Billing

usually 1st · top billed in 56% of 9 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do Heinz Rühmann's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 67th percentile, the median of all 13; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 63rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

63rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Approval · how many liked their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Reach · how many have seen their films

30thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Midcredits score across 13 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

None of their 13 titles divides audiences: 8 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser8
  • Mixed4

Most loved · actor

It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958)

Midcredits 95th · 86% liked

Reviewers score the acting 72/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 44. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Heinz Rühmann work with?

People who share at least 2 of Heinz Rühmann's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kurt Hoffmann shares the most, 2.

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Writers

Actors

Editors

Producers