Barbara Rütting

Acting

Barbara Rütting

Born — Died

1927-11-21 — 2020-03-28

Place of birth

Berlin, Germany

Known for

Acting

Credits

92 titles

Barbara Rütting (21 November 1927 – 28 March 2020) was a German actress, politician, and author.

Known for

Film credits

1970s · 6 titles

The Corpse Packs His Bags poster
5.1

A London slasher pack the suitcases of his victims before stabbing them to death in this adaptation of Edgar Wallace's 'Secret of the Black Suitcases.'

The Corpse Packs His Bags

1972

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ludwig van Beethoven: '...in allem streng die Wahrheit'

1970

No artwork available
9.0

Ann, a ten-year-old girl, becomes the sole heir of millions from her grandmother. Ann's parents, who are short of money and have lost all hope of a bright future try to manipulate Ann's imagination in such a way that she loses her mind.

Die Eltern

1974

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Night Miracle

1979

Mein Onkel Theodor oder Wie man viel Geld im Schlaf verdient poster
8.0

The somewhat indolent father Traugott Wurster looks after his six sons while his wife works in a butcher's shop. One day, when Traugott falls into a mysterious prolonged sleep, mother Wurster is forced to give the children to relatives. Markus is sent to the stuffy Uncle Theodor, who turns into a childhood friend under his influence. Mother Wurster also "rents" the sleeping Traugott to a furniture store, which uses him to advertise mattresses in the shop window.

Mein Onkel Theodor oder Wie man viel Geld im Schlaf verdient

1975

Diamantenparty poster
8.0

Every year, rich people and celebrities gather for the race week in Baden-Baden - and with them the most valuable jewelry and the finest diamonds. This comes in handy for philanderer Konni. His extravagant wife Franziska has a lover and wants to divorce him. Too bad for Konni, as he only married her for her millions! So he comes up with a plan to relieve the rich and beautiful of their fortunes during a party thrown by the Consul von Düren, whose wife Babette he himself is having an affair with. With the help of his former prison brothers Georg and Boris, he plans an ingenious coup...

Diamantenparty

1973

1960s · 17 titles

Operation Crossbow poster
6.7

Allied agents infiltrate the Nazi rocket complex at Peenemunde in order to obtain their secrets and sabotage the plant. The film alternates between German developments of the V-1 missile and V-2 rocket (with a German cast speaking their own language) and discovery by British Intelligence of the weapon.

Operation Crossbow

1965

Dr. Sibelius poster
7.0

Dr. Georg Sibelius is a noble head doctor who is there for his female patients day and night. His beautiful young wife is unable to have children of her own and is therefore pathologically jealous, a condition that is exacerbated when the head doctor's childhood sweetheart reappears and tries to win him back.

Dr. Sibelius

1962

The Phantom of Soho poster
6.3

A masked killer is stalking and killing Londoners outside a nightclub.

The Phantom of Soho

1964

Town Without Pity poster
6.9

Four American soldiers stationed near a German village face death in the rape of a local girl and are defended by outside counsel Major Steve Grant.

Town Without Pity

1961

Again the Ringer poster
6.2

Arthur Milton aka Der Hexer (The Magician/Ringer) must return to London after his calling card was left at the scene of a murder he did not commit.

Again the Ringer

1965

The Squeaker poster
6.5

Scotland Yard investigates a series of murders where the victims have died by snake venom poisoning.

The Squeaker

1963

Tamara poster
8.0

A journalist gets involved in a murder case in northern Germany.

Tamara

1968

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Madame Caillaux

1968

Four Queens for an Ace poster
5.5

Hakim Gregory escapes from prison by killing a number of guards, and returns to his hide-out abroad, to lead again his gang of drug trafficking and contract murders. Layton of the Secret Service must discover, and arrest him. The difficult mission almost becomes impossible with the rivalry of Layton's partner, Petula, the jealousy of his bride, Marion, the possible treachery of a Spanish woman, Dolores Arrabal, and yet a mysterious and sexy informant, Rosario... Too many women for Layton.

Four Queens for an Ace

1966

Liebe will gelernt sein poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Liebe will gelernt sein

1963

A Woman Needs Loving poster
3.0

All could have gone smoothly if George, the man Jane, a beautiful library assistant, met in a park, had not been bitten by a dog. But the sight of blood spilling from the body of a man who attracts plunges the young woman into the vortex of a neurosis upsetting her sex life, leading her to a short encounter with lesbian love.

A Woman Needs Loving

1969

River of Evil poster
7.5

A young girl, seeking to unravel the mystery of her father's death, travels through the Amazon jungle into a nightmare of danger.

River of Evil

1963

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der Strafverteidiger

1961

The Shadows Grow Longer poster
6.0

Christa Andres runs a home for troubled girls. With great dedication, she tries to help girls who have gone astray return to a normal life. She takes special care of Erika, who works as a prostitute and one day runs away from the home. Christa sets out to search for the girl in the red-light district. In doing so, she is haunted by the shadows of her own past. The educator herself used to work as a prostitute. When she meets her former pimp, he tries to exploit his knowledge in a perfidious way and blackmail Christa...

The Shadows Grow Longer

1961

Die Sendung der Lysistrata poster
9.0

Persuaded by Lysistrata, the women of Athens agree to withdraw all sexual favours from the men until the men agree to end to war with Sparta.

Die Sendung der Lysistrata

1961

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Heute nacht in Samarkand

1961

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

John Gabriel Borkman

1967

1950s · 24 titles

A Time to Love and a Time to Die poster
7.2

A German soldier home on leave falls in love with a girl, then returns to World War II.

A Time to Love and a Time to Die

1958

Canaris poster
6.7

Admiral Canaris is chief of the intelligence service of Nazi Germany. His department is quite successful and Hitler grants him all the money he wants for new developments. Still he's a thorn in the side of the Nazi chiefs, since he's not as unscrupulous as they want him and is known to criticize their ideology.

Canaris

1954

Wally of the Vultures poster
6.8

The father of young maiden Wally wants to force the girl into a marriage.

Wally of the Vultures

1956

Mädchen ohne Grenzen poster
8.0

Helga, a stewardess, meet a passenger, Eric, during a flight to Athens. They fall in love, but he is married. Later Helga is involved in a flight crash. One of the severely injured passengers is Eric's wife Maria.

Mädchen ohne Grenzen

1955

Doctor Without Scruples poster
9.0

A renowned physician falls under scrutiny when it's discovered his assistant is a former Nazi.

Doctor Without Scruples

1959

Adventure in Berlin poster
7.5

The plot revolves around a gang of criminals, mostly former guards of Auschwitz, who print and distribute counterfeit U.S. currency in Berlin after World War II.

Adventure in Berlin

1952

All the Sins of the Earth poster
7.0

Regine, a physician, loses her lover in a car crash and carries out an abortion; it's the beginning of her descent into hell.

All the Sins of the Earth

1958

Christina poster
5.9

No synopsis available yet.

Christina

1953

Ich war ihm hörig poster
10.0

Anette Klinger, a widowed and lonely factory owner, one day meets the gas station attendant Nikolei Stein. She falls in love with him, Nikolei knows how to cuddle up to her. But in reality the man is an unscrupulous fraudster who is after Anette's money.

Ich war ihm hörig

1958

No artwork available
3.0

No synopsis available yet.

Liebe, wie die Frau sie wünscht

1957

Frauensee poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Frauensee

1958

The Last Bridge poster
6.2

A German nurse gets sent to the front because she gives medical aid to a wounded Yugoslav partisan during World War II.

The Last Bridge

1954

Double Destiny poster
9.0

A soldier fighting for France loses his memory and has a second career as a national leader, but in Germany.

Double Destiny

1954

Rot ist die Liebe poster
7.0

Poet Hermann Lons is turning 40. On his birthday, his childhood love, Rosemarie, unexpectedly to visit her cousin (who just happens to be Hermann's wife). Rosemarie and Hermann walk through the Luneburger Heide every day and it isn't long before their old love flares up again. Hermann is rather annoyed about that and asks the woman to leave. His decision, however, brings him no joy. Luckily, he's able to deal with his grief by writing poetry, which brings him some success. But now his life is one big, melancholy drama, punctuated by too much alcohol. When Hermann eventually learns that Rosemarie has gotten engaged to Hermann's hunting buddy, Prince Niko, he realizes he wants to ask his wife for a divorce and chase after his former lover. Luckily(?), Rosemarie puts the brakes on the whole thing saying it's too late for them.

Rot ist die Liebe

1957

Un homme se penche sur son passé poster
7.0

In 50s Canada, trapper Jacques Monge is a freedom-loving adventurer. But when he falls in love with Hannah, a farmer's daughter, he stirs up trouble within his family.

Un homme se penche sur son passé

1958

Espionage poster
6.0

Oberst Alfred Redl heads the military intelligence department of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. Frequent letters from the Russian Empire, however, make him suspect of sharing his knowledge with unauthorized authorities.

Espionage

1955

Die Freundin meines Mannes poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Freundin meines Mannes

1957

No artwork available
9.0

Reporters Peter Drante and Conny roam Hamburg’s Reeperbahn at night, uncovering three intertwined tales: Lilli, a aging dancer, searches for her missing husband who once shot her in a jealous rage; multimillionaire Alexander Borgess faces blackmail over past indiscretions; and Karin Thorwaldt seeks Borgess’s aid to secure her fiancé’s acceptance by her conservative father.

In Hamburg sind die Nächte lang

1956

Eternal Love poster
8.0

A romantic drama directed by Hans Deppe.

Eternal Love

1954

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Du gehörst mir

1959

Children of the Mountains poster
10.0

Josef Rainer is a road worker in a mountain village in Liechtenstein. His wife Marianne works as a waitress in a restaurant to improve the meager housekeeping money. Some people ask themselves why she has married that poor devil since she could have married into money. But she stays to the keen wood carver. He works out fantastic objects of tree roots, but villagers jeer at him. The family dreams to get a cow of their own to be more independent. One day Josef scrapes together all savings and goes to the cattle market. Due to lack of money, a clever farmer palms a skinny, sick cow off on him. The children Hansli and his friend Ludmila take the cow to their heart. Ludmila even lends her name to the animal. Some time later Josef falls from a mountain and is unable to work for a long time. So a decision is made that cow Ludmila which produces no milk has to be slaughtered.

Children of the Mountains

1958

Postlagernd Turteltaube poster
9.0

Refugees from East Germany try to make a living in the west.

Postlagernd Turteltaube

1952

No artwork available
7.0

The story of a publisher who betrays his professional ethics to ride the wave of economic prosperity.

Glücksritter

1957

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Herz ohne Gnade

1958

Series credits

DAS! poster
4.7

Every evening at 6:45 p.m. sharp, a prominent guest takes a seat on the red sofa—and DAS! provides daily updates on what's hot in the north.

DAS!

1991

No artwork available
4.4

No synopsis available yet.

Volle Kanne

1999

Markus Lanz poster
5.5

TV presenter Markus Lanz invites prominent guests and experts from all areas of public life to his colourful talk show. As a rule, there are four guests, introduced individually to contribute their personal experiences to the topics.

Markus Lanz

2008

The Old Fox poster
6.3

A police department, lead by an older, experienced detective solve crimes together.

The Old Fox

1977

The Old Fox poster
6.3

A police department, lead by an older, experienced detective solve crimes together.

The Old Fox

1977

Leute heute poster
5.2

No synopsis available yet.

Leute heute

1997

Abendschau poster
4.3

The Berliner Abendschau is the news magazine for Berlin.

Abendschau

2000

Kölner Treff poster
6.8

No synopsis available yet.

Kölner Treff

1976

Derrick poster
6.0

Derrick was a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein, who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings.

Derrick

1974

NDR Talk Show poster
6.6

No synopsis available yet.

NDR Talk Show

1979

No artwork available
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

The Johannes B. Kerner Show

1998

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Alpha Forum

1998

A Case For Two poster
5.7

Ein Fall für zwei is a German television series, which premiered on September 11, 1981 on ZDF. The series, located in Frankfurt am Main, features two main characters who solve crimes: a defense attorney and a private investigator. Josef Matula, a former German police officer, has gone into private business. His method of investigation is very effective and direct, and he sometimes even resorts to dirty tricks. Claus Theo Gärtner has portrayed the role since the start of the series.

A Case For Two

1981

Das Traumschiff poster
5.0

The series is about a cruise ship that travels to places around the world.

Das Traumschiff

1981

No artwork available
7.2

No synopsis available yet.

3 nach 9

1974

Nachtcafé poster
4.7

No synopsis available yet.

Nachtcafé

1987

Beckmann poster
4.5

Reinhold Beckmann hosts a weekly talk show.

Beckmann

1999

No artwork available
7.2

No synopsis available yet.

Menschen bei Maischberger

2003

No artwork available
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Menschen der Woche

2000

alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio

1994

Hart aber fair poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Hart aber fair

2001

ANNE WILL poster
NR

Anne Will discusses political processes, economic relationships, and social trends with her guests. Her motto: to think politically and ask directly.

ANNE WILL

2007

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Der Sonntags-Stammtisch

2007

No artwork available
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Zum blauen Bock

1957

Dalli Dalli poster
9.3

No synopsis available yet.

Dalli Dalli

1971

Dalli Dalli poster
9.3

No synopsis available yet.

Dalli Dalli

1971

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sabine Christiansen

1998

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Aeschbacher

2001

Die Montagsmaler poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Montagsmaler

1974

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Phoenix Runde

1997

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tietjen und Bommes

1997

No artwork available
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

German Film Award

1951

The Commissioner poster
8.0

Der Kommissar is a German television series about a group of detectives of the Munich homicide squad. All 97 episodes, which were shot in black-and-white and first broadcast between 1969 and 1976, were written by Herbert Reinecker and starred Erik Ode as Kommissar Herbert Keller. Keller's assistants were Walter Grabert, Robert Heines, and Harry Klein who, in 1974, was replaced by his younger brother Erwin Klein.

The Commissioner

1969

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Münchner Runde

2000

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Stöckl

2013

No artwork available
7.3

No synopsis available yet.

Der große Preis

1974

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Gipfeltreffen

2003

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Günther Jauch

2011

No artwork available
8.5

No synopsis available yet.

Club 2

1976

Dem Täter auf der Spur poster
10.0

Dem Täter auf der Spur is a German television series.

Dem Täter auf der Spur

1967