Cast: Ruth Leuwerik

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Ruth Leuwerik. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Direction Helmut Käutner

Cast O.W. Fischer · Marianne Koch · Paul Bildt · Friedrich Domin

Synopsis King Ludwig II of Bavaria is frustrated, having to accept parliament's will to join Bismarck, rather he his cultured Habsburg friends, in wars. His love-life being as fruitless, he seeks comfort in art. But building fairytale castles and an even...

6.6

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6.6

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The Trapp Family

1956 · Movie · 106 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Wolfgang Liebeneiner

Cast Ruth Leuwerik · Hans Holt · Maria Holst · Josef Meinrad

Synopsis A novice nun, Maria, is sent to care for the unruly children of a weathy Baron. The Baron and Maria fall in love, Maria leaves the convent and they marry. Under Maria's guidance the family becomes a nationally-acclaimed singing group,...

5.5

81 votes

5.5

81 votes

Direction Wolfgang Liebeneiner

Cast Ruth Leuwerik · Hans Holt · Josef Meinrad · Wolfgang Wahl

Synopsis The story recounted in both the stage and screen versions of The Sound of Music had earlier been presented in two German films that were never released in the US. The Trapp Family (1956) was one of the biggest box...

4.6

31 votes

4.6

31 votes

Direction Rudolf Jugert

Cast O.W. Fischer · Ruth Leuwerik · Carl Wery · Gertrud Kückelmann

Synopsis A man, in need of money and too lazy to work for a living, marries a plain but rich girl in the knowledge that she is ill and has not long to live. Once he is married to her, he...

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Direction Helmut Käutner

Cast Ruth Leuwerik · O.W. Fischer · Erich Schellow · Irene von Meyendorff

Synopsis Keller, a painter, while at the ballet is impressed with the beauty of Nicole and sketches her head on the body of a nude model. When it is shown, it causes embarrassment to Nicole's husband, Walter, a diplomat whose career...

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Queen Luise

1957 · Movie · 100 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Wolfgang Liebeneiner

Cast Ruth Leuwerik · Dieter Borsche · Bernhard Wicki · René Deltgen

Synopsis The film depicts the life of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the wife of Frederick William III of Prussia, and her stand against Napoleon during the Napoleonic Wars.

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Direction Harald Braun

Cast Dieter Borsche · Ruth Leuwerik · Bruni Löbel · Günther Lüders

Synopsis Once again, Hans Neumeister, a widower father of four spirited children, is looking for a new maid. He advertises the position in the local paper. His children have other ideas.

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Dorothea Angermann

1959 · Movie · 106 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Robert Siodmak

Cast Ruth Leuwerik · Bert Sotlar · Alfred Schieske · Kurt Meisel

Synopsis Dorothea Angermann the daughter of a clergyman is accused of the murder of her husband, a brutal man that she was obliged to marry because she was pregnant and he was the father of the baby.

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Direction Helmut Käutner

Cast Sonja Ziemann · Martin Held · Cornelia Froboess · Helmut Griem

Synopsis Der Traum von Lieschen Müller is the story of a young woman who works at a bank. Her job is mundane, and she wishes for something better in life. One evening, she falls asleep at work, and is transported to...

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Direction Helmut Käutner

Cast Heinz Rühmann · Ruth Leuwerik · Paul Dahlke · Hanne Wieder

Synopsis A stiff German professor inherits a house in Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Direction Gottfried Reinhardt

Cast Ruth Leuwerik · Peter van Eyck · Harry Meyen · Robert Graf

Synopsis Biography of the famous German actress Renate Mueller, who died in 1937 under unsettled circumstances; While doing her first movie for the UFA in Berlin, she meets the elderly secretary-general Dr. Simon and is impressed by his charm. Although her...

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