Max Ruhbeck

Acting

Max Ruhbeck

Born — Died

1863-09-01 — 1945-11-02

Place of birth

Königsberg, East-Prussia, Germany [now Kaliningrad, Russia]

Known for

Acting

Credits

32 titles

Known for

Film credits

1920s · 11 titles

1910s · 21 titles

Das Buch des Lasters poster
NR

A sculptor obsessed with a pianist will stop at nothing to rid himself of any competition for her affections.

Das Buch des Lasters

1917

Der Erbe von "Het Steen" poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der Erbe von "Het Steen"

1917

The Artificial Man poster
6.2

Part of the artificial-creature series encompassing Der Golem (1914 and 1920), Alraune (1918, 1928, 1930) and Metropolis (1926), 'Homunculus' was the most popular serial in Germany during World War I even influencing the dress of fashionable Berlin. Foenss, a Danish star, is the perfect creature manufactured in a laboratory by Kuehne. Having discovered his origins, that he has no 'soul' and is incapable of love, he revenges himself on mankind, instigating revolutions and becoming a monstrous but beautiful tyrant, relentlessly pursued by his creator-father who seeks to rectify his mistake.

The Artificial Man

1916

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9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Liebe und Leben. 3. Zwei Welten

1918

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7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Liebe und Leben. 2. Die Tochter des Senators

1918

Das Glück der Frau Beate poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Das Glück der Frau Beate

1918

Das verwunschene Schloß poster
NR

Twenty years ago, the Count of Groningen left his ancestral castle. Since then, it is said to be haunted. Shortly before his escape from the dark walls, the Count had left his newborn child to the care of the administrator and farmer Grödner. The nasty Grödner had already swapped his own child Veronika with the Count's in the cradle, probably because he hoped to one day gain possession of the castle.

Das verwunschene Schloß

1919

Verlorene Töchter poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Verlorene Töchter

1918

Tales of Hoffmann poster
5.2

This movie, directed by Richard Oswald, is based on the operetta "Les contes de Hoffmann" by Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880), which is a genial musical potpourri from various short stories and novels by the Prussian writer, composer, painter, lawyer and judge E.T.A. Hoffmann (1776-1822). While Hoffmann's literary work was longtime considered to be merely fantastical, it was finally researched, in the last years, according to its metaphysical background. Characteristic for Hoffmann's work is his life-long fight against rationalism and for the revelation of nature morte, culminating mostly in carnival-like scenes anticipating literary techniques only described in the works of Bachtin and Bachelard.

Tales of Hoffmann

1916

The Love Tragedy of the Homunculus poster
7.0

The homunculus and his companion Edgar Rodin make an invention that would allow the hateful homunculus to destroy the world. But first he wants to find out about love. When he observes how young Anna is rejected by her parents, he takes care of her and asks her parents for forgiveness - without success. He brings her to her seducer, who also rejects the girl. The homunculus then takes revenge by ruining the man financially and throwing Anna at his feet. But she still loves the villain and asks Homunculus for mercy. The homunculus cannot understand this feeling of love - he wants to try it out on himself. He puts a young woman who loves him to the hardest test, but she will do anything for him, sacrificing her fiancé and her parents. Only when he reveals his artificial nature to her, she leaves him. This experience confirms the homunculus in his intention to destroy mankind.

The Love Tragedy of the Homunculus

1916

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7.0

A silent German film directed by Austrian director Emmerich Hanus with Martha Novelly and Kurt Vespermann in the leads.

Die Sühne

1918

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Game of Love and Death

1919

Raimundus und das Hexlein poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Raimundus und das Hexlein

1918

No artwork available
8.0

German adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”.

The Double Murder in the Rue Morgue

1916

Der eiserne Wille poster
10.0

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Der eiserne Wille

1917

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9.0

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Am Amboß des Glücks

1916

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9.0

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Liebe und Leben. 1. Die Seele des Kindes

1918

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NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ein nächtliches Ereignis

1918

Die lachende Seele poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die lachende Seele

1919

Prinz Kuckuck poster
9.0

The niece and nephew of an eccentric millionaire try to get a share of the now deceased millionaire's inheritance from his adopted son who delights in squandering it. Considered lost.

Prinz Kuckuck

1919

No artwork available
NR

A husband has to leave his lover for a while, but when he returns, she loves someone else.

Die Kraft des Herzens

1918