Acting

Ruth Stephan

Born — Died

1925-10-27 — 1975-08-08

Place of birth

Hamburg, Germany

Known for

Acting

Credits

63 titles

Known for

Film credits

1970s · 6 titles

Wir hau'n die Pauker in die Pfanne poster
5.0

Principal Gottlieb Taft's twin brother Gotthold Taft partakes in the most recent prank by faking his death and promising a large inheritance to the Mommsen-Gymnasium and the principal. Of course, the inheritance is tied to many embarrassing conditions.

Wir hau'n die Pauker in die Pfanne

1970

Unser Willi ist der Beste poster
6.2

Retired tax official Willi Winzig spends his retirement happily and contentedly in his home. However, this changes when his sister Heidelinde, her daughter and his father want to move in with him, and as Willi is a good-natured man, he takes them in, but because they have no money and his pension is not enough for all four of them, he has to take on a new job. He gets a job as a salesman for household appliances, but his good nature gets in the way again.

Unser Willi ist der Beste

1971

Was ist denn bloß mit Willi los? poster
7.0

Willi Winzig is a small tax officer with a big heart. He sometimes lets the tax files of his insolvent fellow citizens disappear into the air shaft. But shortly before his retirement, the shaft is so full that Willi has to dispose of the file of a penniless taxpayer in the wastepaper basket. The scam is promptly discovered and Willi is threatened with a hefty fine - even dishonorable dismissal from the civil service. Fortunately, friend and colleague Felix Klein knows what to do.

Was ist denn bloß mit Willi los?

1970

Die Kompanie der Knallköppe poster
7.0

Admiral Dagobert von Kattnig develops a rescue system for the German Navy. The mountain troops are to test the device in Upper Bavaria and Dagobert sends his son and his staff boatman there. Instead of testing the device, however, the two marvel at the cozy country life. When an inspection is due, the mountain troops are fortunately mistaken and escape the initial chaos. But when they all meet up, chaos is inevitable.

Die Kompanie der Knallköppe

1971

That Can't Shake Our Willi! poster
5.5

Summer in Germany, anno 1970. Italy is the number one destination. As every year, swarms of Teutonic tourists make their way to the Adriatic Sea. Only Willi Hirsekorn from Castrop-Rauxel has so far no plans to break south. That changes, however, as the bitchy neighbor Mizzi Buntje proudly tells of their upcoming holiday in Italy. Willi can not afford this boasting. Shortly determined, the bags are packed, and already rushes Willi in the car with his wife Sieglinde, daughter Lotti and son Kuno the sun.

That Can't Shake Our Willi!

1970

Kinderarzt Dr. Fröhlich poster
4.9

A young woman pharmacist, Eva, is very friendly with a children's doctor, Dr. Fröhlich. Eva's small nephew Peter lives with her and she is often thought to be his mother. A number of amusing and more serious misunderstandings arise from this situation...

Kinderarzt Dr. Fröhlich

1972

1960s · 20 titles

Pepe, der Paukerschreck poster
6.2

Mommsen Gymnasium director Taft secretly places his nephew as a spy with the difficult class of Pepe Nietnagel. During the celebration for the 100th anniversary, a simulated fire forces the school to shut down for a week. The director's attempt to get a tough teacher assigned by the department of education results in the exact opposite because of Nietnagel's intervention.

Pepe, der Paukerschreck

1969

Zur Hölle mit den Paukern poster
6.1

Pepe Nietnagel and his fellow students of the Mommsen school come up with all kinds of ideas to get out of doing any actual school work. This includes simulating suicides, setting off the air-raid sirens and abusing the school director's new broadcasting system. They succeed in sending their teacher to a sanatorium and get a replacement that turns out to not be so bad after all.

Zur Hölle mit den Paukern

1968

Hurra, die Schule brennt poster
5.4

A new teacher, Dr. Dr. Bach, is transferred from his quiet village elementary school to the Mommsen Gymnasium, bringing along his nephew Jan. Bach's lackadaisical methods raise the suspicions of the other teachers.

Hurra, die Schule brennt

1969

Kauf Dir einen bunten Luftballon poster
4.6

Hermann König, owner of an ice palace, wants to make his niece Inge a star. Inge, on the other hand, has a completely different dream - the theater stage. The talented girl then falls head over heels in love with ice hockey player Hans Haller, who also happens to work at the Palace Theater. A game of mistaken identity full of hurdles takes its course...

Kauf Dir einen bunten Luftballon

1961

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hochzeit am Neusiedler See

1963

The Haunted Castle in Salzkammergut poster
5.0

On a trip through the Salzkammergut, a couple singing pop songs tell the story of another duo and their difficult path to marriage: he was into light entertainment, while she was into serious art.

The Haunted Castle in Salzkammergut

1966

Ein Stern fällt vom Himmel poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Ein Stern fällt vom Himmel

1961

Der Vogelhändler poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

Der Vogelhändler

1962

Max der Taschendieb poster
7.7

Max, a small time pick-pocket, has nothing to do with the ‘big’ crimes. But then he must find the murderer of Fred, his wife's brother.

Max der Taschendieb

1962

Klein Erna auf dem Jungfernstieg poster
7.7

Little Erna is a cheeky Hamburg girl. She gets up to the greatest pranks with her boyfriend. That's why her mother sends her on vacation alone to her aunt. There, too, the little girl gets up to all sorts of mischief...

Klein Erna auf dem Jungfernstieg

1969

Blond muß man sein auf Capri poster
6.0

Maria and Hannes are already looking forward to their vacation together when Hannes has to go away on business at short notice. Maria suspects that Hannes is having an affair with another woman and defiantly travels to Capri with her friends.

Blond muß man sein auf Capri

1961

Ach Egon! poster
6.3

Pediatrician Waldemar Weber is at his wits' end. Of all days, his adopted son Egon—from his first marriage, whom Waldemar has always kept a secret from his young wife Henny—has announced he’s coming to visit on their first wedding anniversary. Waldemar must stop Egon at all costs. When Egon finally shows up at the door, he turns out to be a monkey trainer.

Ach Egon!

1961

Breakfast in Bed poster
8.0

Henry and Liane Clausen's marriage is not going well. Henry is an ambitious publisher who is very focused on his career and neglects his wife Liane. In order to shake her husband out of his indifference, Liane Clausen begins an affair with Victor Armstrong. She expects his jealous reaction to confirm that Henry still has feelings for her. But Henry reacts differently than expected: instead of making a scene, he also begins an affair.

Breakfast in Bed

1963

Komm mit zur blauen Adria poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Komm mit zur blauen Adria

1966

Unsere tollen Nichten poster
4.5

Out of necessity, Gunther Philipp and his male colleagues put on women's clothes again and cause a commotion in the noble ski resort of Davos as the Jolly Sisters. Their girlfriends don't take kindly to this and counterattack in men's costumes.

Unsere tollen Nichten

1963

Unsere tollen Tanten in der Südsee poster
4.3

The five guys of the band "Sunny Boys" go to Polynesia, where they are forced by external circumstances to throw themselves back into women clothes.

Unsere tollen Tanten in der Südsee

1964

Jetzt dreht die Welt sich nur um dich poster
6.0

Lilian Andreesen is the music loving daughter of a Danish newspaper empire and falls in love with Rex Gildo.

Jetzt dreht die Welt sich nur um dich

1964

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Berlin-Melodie

1963

Helgalein poster
3.3

As a naive blonde from the countryside, Helgalein comes into conflict with the insignia of the sexual revolution.

Helgalein

1969

Wild Waters poster
6.0

Thomas, son of sawmill owner Mautner, is more interested in music and women than in his father's business. His latest acquaintance is the young Andrea Sternberg, whom he rescues from a torrent and whose father wants to build a hotel on the Mautners' property. After an argument with his father, Thomas goes to Bad Gastein, where he lives a lavish life with Andrea and her friends. His father lends him money to finance this, hoping to gain access to Thomas's property. Cornered by Sternberg, Thomas is forced to return to his father and confess.

Wild Waters

1962

1950s · 34 titles

Charley's Aunt poster
6.1

Otto Dernburg is forced by circumstances to dress up as a middle-aged woman.

Charley's Aunt

1956

Love, Dance, and 1000 Songs poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Love, Dance, and 1000 Songs

1955

Die Kaiserin von China poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Kaiserin von China

1953

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Keine Angst vor Schwiegermüttern

1954

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ich weiß, wofür ich lebe

1955

Der kühne Schwimmer poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Der kühne Schwimmer

1957

Lady's Choice poster
10.0

Mathilde Kratzer owns the entertainment venue "Bei Mathilde" (At Mathilde's). Her roommate Max also has a financial stake in the establishment, but only as a silent partner, which is why he works either as Mathilde's servant or as the bouncer. He would love to rename the venue "Bei Max und Mathilde" (At Max and Mathilde's), but Mathilde would rather return his investment. Because she can't afford to do so, Max is in financial trouble and is being relentlessly pursued by the tax authorities.

Lady's Choice

1953

Peter schießt den Vogel ab poster
6.3

Peter schießt den Vogel ab is a German film comedy first released in 1959.

Peter schießt den Vogel ab

1959

Wehe, wenn sie losgelassen poster
6.5

Peter wants to practice for an upcoming jazz competition with his friends Willi, Oskar, and Jupp. But his uncle Tobias, on whose farm Peter lives, must not find out about it.

Wehe, wenn sie losgelassen

1958

Die Privatsekretärin poster
7.0

Determined Gerda Weber travels to the big city and locates at a girl's pension. She soon finds job as a secretary in a big business thanks to her optimism and wits, and ends dating her boss after mistaking him for a companion. They share an evening of music and dancing, after which she discovers who he really is.

Die Privatsekretärin

1953

A Song Goes Round the World poster
8.0

A biopic of the singer and film actor Joseph Schmidt. The title is a reference to his best-known song and a 1933 film of the same title in which he starred.

A Song Goes Round the World

1958

Hotel Allotria poster
10.0

Four young musicians from Hamburg are heading to a hotel in Upper Bavaria. Three lively young women are also on their way there. No wonder the hotel, which is on the brink of bankruptcy, is coming back to life. Max, Franz, Egon, and Paul—four young musicians from Hamburg—are heading to a hotel in Upper Bavaria to meet Max’s fiancée.

Hotel Allotria

1956

Das Liebesleben des schönen Franz poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Das Liebesleben des schönen Franz

1956

Wie werde ich Filmstar poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Wie werde ich Filmstar

1955

Manöverball poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Manöverball

1956

You Only Live Once poster
8.0

Remake of the 1931 film The Man in Search of His Murderer.

You Only Live Once

1952

Theft of the Sabines poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Theft of the Sabines

1954

Natürlich die Autofahrer poster
6.2

Eberhard Dobermann is a widower and a policeman who loves to control the roads and let people pay fines. Even with his neighbour and friend Jutta Schmalbach he has no pity. Thus he cannot understand why his daughter Karin just falls in love with a racing pilot called Walter. But it gets even worse when Eberhard wins a VW-Kaefer at the annual police party. So he has to learn to drive and thus even brings his teacher close to a heart attack.

Natürlich die Autofahrer

1959

Ten on Every Finger poster
5.2

"Ten on Every Finger" (German: "An jedem Finger zehn") is a 1954 West German musical comedy film directed by Erik Ode. The story centers on a revue dancer named Margit Rameau, played by Germaine Damar, who falls in love with composer Bert Martin, portrayed by Erich Auer, but their romance is hindered by misunderstandings and busy schedules until they reunite during a local revue performance. The film is structured as a musical revue featuring numerous guest stars performing as themselves, including Josephine Baker in her final on-screen film role, Hans Albers, and Kenneth Spencer

Ten on Every Finger

1954

Not Afraid of Big Animals poster
7.8

Emil, a technical draftsman, is hardworking, always helpful, and somewhat shy. Because of these traits, he is often taken advantage of by those around him. Now Emil is set to inherit a supposedly large fortune. His landlady's brother wants to marry him off to one of his relatives. But soon panic and confusion set in. The inheritance consists of three full-grown lions.

Not Afraid of Big Animals

1953

Du bist Musik poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Du bist Musik

1956

Das Glück liegt auf der Straße poster
7.7

No synopsis available yet.

Das Glück liegt auf der Straße

1957

Musikparade poster
7.5

Greta Lund leads her own jazz band with charm and flair, but she’s not interested in romantic entanglements with her musicians. Then the popular trumpeter and singer Peter joins her band and falls in love with her. He tries in creative ways to convince her that musicians are real men after all. After a chaotic concert, a brawl, and a series of mix-ups, the two finally find their way to each other.

Musikparade

1956

Ein tolles Hotel poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ein tolles Hotel

1956

La Paloma poster
5.5

Two rival Berlin revue theaters are vying for their big breakthrough. With top stars like jazz legend Louis Armstrong, the Kessler twins, and Bill Ramsey, they try to outdo and outmaneuver one another.

La Paloma

1959

Schlag auf Schlag poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Schlag auf Schlag

1959

Hier bin ich – hier bleib ich poster
5.8

No synopsis available yet.

Hier bin ich – hier bleib ich

1959

...und abends in die Scala poster
5.0

The chorus girl Caterina Duval gets the chance of her life when hired as stand-in of a famous star. On the opening night Catarina is singing, dancing and stepping into the hearts of the audience.

...und abends in die Scala

1958

Zwei Bayern im Urwald poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Zwei Bayern im Urwald

1957

Gruß und Kuss vom Tegernsee poster
6.2

A 1957 German musical comedy heimatfilm.

Gruß und Kuss vom Tegernsee

1957

No artwork available
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Musik im Blut

1955

Die gestohlene Hose poster
6.5

A hotel owner’s son, who is still quite young at heart, falls madly in love with the niece of a strange old man. He is actually supposed to take up an apprenticeship at a hotel in the distant Dolomites on behalf of his strict father. To keep his father from becoming suspicious, he sends his servant there instead...

Die gestohlene Hose

1956

Ein Herz voll Musik poster
6.0

Ellinor Patton is so wealthy that her six unsuccessful marriages are considered befitting of her status. She is currently unhappily single again and hoping for her lucky number seven. Vico, the hotel owner's son, dreams of a career as a singer and is in love with the flower girl Blanche. His father is eagerly trying to prevent both. Vico proves that he really has talent at a concert by the Mantovani orchestra.

Ein Herz voll Musik

1955

Der Stern von Santa Clara poster
6.5

Carlo del Ponte, a pop star celebrated in the U.S., travels to his hometown of Santa Clara, Italy, to take some time off. Not only does Carlo find himself caught up in an armed robbery there, but his pretty cousin Antonella is missing her father and believes he has fallen victim to the old family feud between the del Pontes and the Tartinis. Now Carlo is supposed to help resolve the matter as peacefully as possible.

Der Stern von Santa Clara

1958

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