Rudolf Jugert

Directing

Rudolf Jugert

Born — Died

1907-09-30 — 1979-04-14

Place of birth

Hannover, Germany

Known for

Directing

Credits

43 titles

Rudolf Jugert was a German film and television director, educated in medicine, philology, and the arts. After early work in theater and film training in Rome, he became a successful postwar film director, known for acclaimed melodramas and socially conscious films in the late 1940s and 1950s. From the 1960s onward, he focused mainly on television, where he gained greater artistic independence. Jugert died of cancer in 1979.

Known for

Series credits

Behind the camera

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

Nights on the Road poster
7.9

An aging truck driver finds smuggled money and becomes involved with a hijacking crowd.

Nights on the Road

1952

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Nina

1956

She Walks by Night poster
5.0

Based on an actual murder case in Frankfurt after the war, the film tells the story of the murder of Rosemarie, a prostitute, and how she ended up strangled in her apartment.

She Walks by Night

1959

Prisoners of Love poster
7.0

Willi and Maria Kluge married in the final days of World War II. Maria is deported to a camp in Siberia and does not return home until eight years later. She brings with her the child of a fellow prisoner, whom she gave birth to in the camp. This is a heavy blow for her husband Willi, who has been waiting longingly for her, but he takes her and the child in. She struggles to regain his love and trust, and eventually his masculine generosity prevails.

Prisoners of Love

1954

The Goose Girl poster
7.7

Once upon a time, a young princess set out for a distant kingdom with her maid and her faithful, talking horse, Fallada, to marry the young prince. But along the way, the deceitful maid turns against her mistress, steals her clothes and identity, and takes her place as the princess. Thus, the wicked maid arrives at the royal court as the supposed bride, while the true princess, dressed in a servant’s clothes, is forced to tend the geese. But Kürdchen, the young goose herder, soon notices something very special about his new companion: whenever she makes her hair, the goose girl can command the wind! When the old king learns of this, he sets out to uncover the truth! A short film produced by Ullstein AV for distribution through the Foto-Quelle catalog of the period, based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale.

The Goose Girl

1971

Mother Hulda poster
7.8

Once upon a time, a widow had two daughters: the lazy and wicked Blackmarie, her own beloved child, and the hardworking and kind Blondmarie, her despised stepdaughter. One day, Blondmarie—who was made to do all the housework—drops her spindle into the well, which had become stained with blood. When she leaps in after it, she finds herself in Mother Hulda’s otherworldly realm. There, Blondmarie diligently shakes out the old woman’s bedding, making it snow all over the world, and helps her with the housework. As a reward, Mother Hulda showers her with gold. Envious of her stepsister’s newfound wealth, Blackmarie then jumps into the well and enters Mother Hulda’s service. But laziness has its just reward! A short film produced by Ullstein AV for distribution through the Foto-Quelle catalog of the period, based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale.

Mother Hulda

1971

A Piece of Heaven poster
6.8

Willi, who works at a gas station, put in a personal ad for his friend Peter so the student wouldn't have to spend his vacation in Upper Bavaria alone. At first, Peter isn't too thrilled about this. But then he meets the attractive Christine, who seems to have responded to the ad. The two spend some wonderful days together. But then it turns out that Christine is already engaged. Disappointed, Peter turns away from her. But the two cannot forget each other.

A Piece of Heaven

1958

My Name is Niki poster
10.0

Winnie is desperate and doesn't know what to do next. She is about to marry her lover Paul, who has returned from war captivity. Both want to emigrate to America short after marriage. But the young woman has an illegitimate one-and-a-half-year-old son, whom she has kept secret from her fiancé. The short-tempered Paul would never understand that. When she is on her way to the orphanage, the grumpy senior civil servant Hieronymus Spitz and his little dog Tobby get into her train compartment. After a short observation, Winnie is certain that the misantrope actually has a good heart, because he lovingly takes care of his dog. Without further ado she leaves little Niki with the tax accountant and disappears from the train. Only a note with a request remains. The overwhelmed old gentleman initially wants to get rid of the child, but then takes it home and takes care of it together with his housekeeper. Both take the bundle of joy to their hearts. But then everything turns out differently.

My Name is Niki

1952

Story of San Michele poster
6.5

A biographical drama is based on the 1929 autobiography of Swedish doctor Axel Martin Fredrik, The Story of San Michele. It follows the physician, psychiatrist, and adventurer as he travels the distances from Lapland to his Villa San Michele on Capri, with special stops in Paris and Rome. Personal physician to Queen Victoria, also physician to the Swedish royal family (he spent his last years living in the Royal Palace in Sweden), "Axel Munthe" knew everyone from the poorest clients to the most well-endowed. His love of animals, his support of bird sanctuaries, his involvement with architecture as he constructs his impressive villa throughout five summers, and his interests in archaeology and hypnotism are all explored.

Story of San Michele

1962

No artwork available
8.0

Postwar Germany, May 1945. American city commander Tom Keller appoints engineer Walter Reinhardt as acting mayor of a small town in southern Germany. At the same time, he helps student Maria put on a musical show and, as an avid jazz fan, joins the tour as a conductor during his vacation.

Hallo, Fräulein!

1949

Snow White poster
7.0

Once upon a time, there was a vain queen who desired nothing more than to be the most beautiful woman in the kingdom. But soon, the beautiful and young king's daughter, Snow White, became the thorn in her side. She ordered the huntsman to kill the girl deep in the forest, but as he had nothing but love for the child, he spared her life and let her go. There, deep in the woods, the king’s daughter finds refuge with seven dwarfs, who kindly take her into their little house. But the queen learns from her magic mirror that Snow White is still alive. Driven by jealousy, she hatches a new plan to rid herself of her rival once and for all! A short film produced by Ullstein AV for distribution through the Foto-Quelle catalog of the period, based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale.

Snow White

1971

Das Wunder von Lengede poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Das Wunder von Lengede

1969

Eine Frau mit Herz poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Eine Frau mit Herz

1951

The River Line poster
7.2

France 1944: American pilot Philip Sturgess is shot down but found by a resistance group. In the neighborhood Sturgess meets another American and shortly thereafter the British Major Barton, called “Reiher”. He claims to have fled a German prison camp. Shortly before leaving for Spain to escape the Nazis, Sturgess discovers that Barton has written a letter to Germany. This confirms the suspicion that he could be a German spy…

The River Line

1964

The Perjured Farmer poster
6.8

Mathias Ferner commits perjury and is thus able to secure the farm of his stepbrother Jakob as soon as he dies. In doing so, he deprives Paula Roth and the children of their inheritance. However, there is a letter incriminating Mathias Ferner. Years later, Paula Roth gets her hands on this letter.

The Perjured Farmer

1956

Kronprinz Rudolfs letzte Liebe poster
6.4

The sensitive Austrian Crown Prince Rudolf is suffering from his marriage, dictated by his father, Emperor Franz Joseph, and the strict court etiquette. He meets a kindred spirit in the very young Baroness Mary Vetsera.

Kronprinz Rudolfs letzte Liebe

1956

Studentin Helene Willfüer poster
10.0

Student Helene moves to Berlin to write her doctoral thesis. In the laboratory of her doctoral supervisor, the renowned Professor Matthias, she meets the charming Dr. Stefan Rainer. Helene falls in love with him, unaware that Stefan is already having an affair with Matthias′ wife Yvonne.

Studentin Helene Willfüer

1956

No artwork available
6.3

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.

Ein Herz spielt falsch

1953

Eva Only Kisses Directors poster
7.0

Unhappy accountant Karl has a crush on Eva who seems to prefer dates with execs. But real trouble ensues when he inherits his uncle's apartment and in its wake a group of shady characters involved in illegal business affairs.

Eva Only Kisses Directors

1958

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Stunde, die du glücklich bist

1961

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Der Fall Tuchatschewskij

1968

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Jacques Offenbach – Ein Lebensbild

1969

Frauensee poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Frauensee

1958

Satan Tempts with Love poster
7.5

Escaped convict Carlos wants to flee on a ship with his lover Evelyn. The crew demands a large sum of money to keep quiet. Evelyn tries to seduce a rich man, but ends up falling in love with him. The two want to start a new life. Carlos loses his temper.

Satan Tempts with Love

1960

The Scarlet Baroness poster
8.0

During the final days of the Second World War, British intelligence sends an agent to Berlin to try to discover the secrets of Nazi Germany's nuclear weapons program.

The Scarlet Baroness

1959

Rosen im Herbst poster
6.2

Prussia in the late 19th century: Eighteen-year-old Effi Briest, the daughter of a middle-class family, marries District Administrator Geert von Innstetten. But her marriage to this much older, highly dutiful man does not make her happy. In the small town where Innstetten serves, Effi is socially isolated. Then she meets the charming Major von Crampas...

Rosen im Herbst

1955

Illusion in Moll poster
7.0

After the death of her wealthy but lonely husband, wealthy but lonely hotel owner Maria Alsbacher falls in love with a charming bandleader and singer without realizing that he is only after her money. When she decides to marry him, her son enlists the help of his tragically ill fiancée, Lydia, to unmask this man for the villain he really is.

Illusion in Moll

1952

The Young Sinner poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

The Young Sinner

1960

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ihre große Prüfung

1954

Film Without Title poster
7.3

A screenwriter comes up with a story about an affair between a maid and her employer.

Film Without Title

1948

Film Without Title poster
7.3

A screenwriter comes up with a story about an affair between a maid and her employer.

Film Without Title

1948

No artwork available
NR

Melodrama set during wartime.

Es kommt ein Tag

1950

Balthasar im Stau poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Balthasar im Stau

1979

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hugenberg - Gegen die Republik

1967

Jonny Saves Nebrador poster
7.5

The story centers on Jonny, who is stranded in the fictional South American republic of Nebrador after being discovered as a stowaway en route to inherit a ranch elsewhere; due to his striking resemblance to Governor Oronta, he is coerced into impersonating the leader to shield him from assassination attempts amid a brewing revolution.

Jonny Saves Nebrador

1953

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Verratener Widerstand - Das Funkspiel der deutschen Abwehr in Holland

1969

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Berliner Blockade

1968

Endstation Rote Laterne poster
9.0

Unscrupulous girl traders transport unsuspecting blonde girls from a nightclub in Amsterdam to a brothel in Havana. The young journalist Verena Linkmann wants to expose the slave trade, disguises herself as an available dancer.

Endstation Rote Laterne

1960

The Wise Peasant's Daughter poster
7.7

Once upon a time, there was a sharp-witted peasant’s daughter who lived in great poverty with her father. One day, when the peasant found a mortar made of pure gold in his field, he decides—against his daughter’s wise advice—to take it to the king. Just as she had predicted, the king demands the matching pestle, but since the poor peasant knows nothing of it, he's thrown into prison. Fortunately, his clever daughter knows just what to do: solving every riddle the king sets for her with wisdom and wit, she's securing her father’s freedom before becoming queen herself. When her cleverness soon proves bothersome to the king, their love must face one final test! A short film produced by Ullstein AV for distribution through the Foto-Quelle catalog of the period, based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale.

The Wise Peasant's Daughter

1971