Heinz Rühmann

Heinz Rühmann

Genres: german, chanson, deutsch, Schlager, oldies

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About Heinz Rühmann

Heinrich "Heinz" Wilhelm Rühmann (* March 7, 1902, in Essen; † October 3, 1994, in Aufkirchen at Lake Starnberg) was a German actor, director, and singer. His role in the film Die Drei von der Tankstelle marked his breakthrough as a film actor in 1930. From then on, he was one of the most prominent and beloved actors in German cinema and became one of the highest-paid film stars of the Nazi era. Rühmann was predominantly cast as a comedic everyman, such as in his most famous role as Hans Pfeiffer in the comedy Die Feuerzangenbowle. After the war, he was able to recapture earlier successes as a character actor, for instance, in Der Hauptmann von Köpenick and Es geschah am hellichten Tag. His last film appearance was in 1993 in Wim Wenders' In weiter Ferne, so nah! In 1995, Heinz Rühmann was posthumously awarded the Goldene Kamera as the Greatest German Actor of the Century.

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