Ernst Rückert


Anton Ernst Rückert was a German stage and film actor.
Rückert began his theatre career in 1908 and has appeared on the stage in Bleicherode, Königsberg and Kiel, among others. In 1910 he took up an engagement at the Luisentheatre in Berlin.
From 1910 he was a sought-after silent film actor, initially in leading roles. In 1912 he played the first officer of the Titanic in the film In Nacht und Eis. From 1914 to 1917 he served in the military in the First World War. He then continued his film career and continued to receive leading roles and important supporting roles.
In the 1930s, Rückert became a character actor in film, and he only rarely received engagements in the theatre. In 1940 he was drafted, between 1941 and 1942 he was engaged as an actor and director at the Berlin Tourneetheater Gastspielirektion IX. Shortly afterwards, he was assigned to the KdF Front Theatre.
Rückert hanged himself a few months after the end of the Second World War in his apartment in Berlin. He was found dead on 3 September 1945.

Selected filmography

The Mask Alkohol Maria Pavlowna The War of the Oxen Romeo and Juliet in the Snow The Testament of Billions World by the Throat The Face Removed The Dancer of Jaipur The Eyes as the Accuser Destiny The Fateful Day Alfred von Ingelheim's Dramatic Life The Woman from the Orient The Emperor's Old Clothes The Way to the Light Judith Malva The Stolen Professor Za La Mort People in Need Ash Wednesday In the Name of the Kaisers Bismarck What the Stones Tell The Old Ballroom Wallenstein Trude The Eleven Schill Officers The Schimeck Family Love's Joys and Woes Nixchen On the Banks of the River Weser The Pink Slippers That Was Heidelberg on Summer Nights Lützow's Wild Hunt The Impostor Die Hochstaplerin The Standard-Bearer of Sedan I Stand in the Dark Midnight Luther Rasputin Roses Bloom on the Moorland What a Woman Dreams of in Springtime Namensheirat Marriage in Name Only Duty Is Duty Marshal Forwards The Eleven Schill Officers At the Strasbourg A Woman With Power of Attorney