He was the best known and popular star of the UFA, which sought to harness the brown power for themselves. Its proximity to the regime was Rühmann after the war only a stumbling block, but then he went back to the idol of the Germans - as the embodiment of the "little man". The documentary tells how Rühmann and his colleagues found their role during the Nazi period.
Hitlers nützliche Idole - Heinz Rühmann - Backstage
Written and directed by: | Michael Strauven |
Director of photography: | André Böhm |
Production manager: | Jörg Kunkel |
Executive producer: | Andreas Knoblauch |
Producer: | Thomas Schuhbauer |
Program managers: | Ursula Nellessen, Guido Knopp |
Head of production: | Ulrich Lenze |
Shooting locations: | Berlin and others |
Principal Photography: | March 2006 |
To be aired on: | ZDF, 2006 |
