Ernst Rückert Movies

As a young couple stops and rests in a small village inn, the man is abducted by Death and is sequestered behind a huge doorless, windowless wall....

The film depicts the failed 1809 uprising of Prussian soldiers led by Ferdinand von Schill against the occupying French during the Napoleonic War.

The story of Romeo and Juliet, a tale as old as time-- Here, played as farcical lark: A goofy comedy of manners set in a snowy Bavarian village.

A middle-class man falls in love with a woman from a more ordinary background, and they end up working in a variety act where they sink into...

The gorgeous 40-year-old Elsie Lindtner lives in a beautiful house, and is married to a respectable university professor. And yet, there’s...

The story of medical student Sonja Smirnow and her family.

German silent film about the life of Martin Luther

Film by Richard Oswald.

St. Pauli, the place of unrestrained exuberance, but also of the strangest crimes: Here - as in almost no other place on the continent - you will...

A Prussian commander disobeys orders and goes to find a British envoy who can negotiate a pact with Austria to help fight off Napoleon in 1806.

The tumultuous life of Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia.

a movie by Heinz Paul

Historical drama about the life of Albrecht von Wallenstein.