Film director Günther Rücker: biography, career, and where

The Fiancee

Günther Rücker, Günter Reisch

Jutta Wachowiak, Regimantas Adomaitis

The wrenching story of a woman sentenced in 1934 to ten years in prison for antifascist activities. The love between her and her fiancée enables her to survive the tribulations of her time in prison, where she is one of few political prisoners.

The Fiancee

7.0 ⚠️ 1980

Германия, драма

Hilde, das Dienstmädchen

Jürgen Brauer, Günther Rücker

Jana Krausová, Achim Wolff

In 1938, a young woman leaves Germany to search for her love, Erich, in Reichenburg, Bohemia. Erich is secretly fighting the fascists, so Hilde ends up becoming a housemaid in the home of a German joiner in order to carry on their relationship. The joiner's son notices the passionate love shared between Hilde and Erich. To him, the young lady embodies the feminine ideal. When Hilde receives news of Erich's death, she descends into an uninhibited lifestyle in an attempt to forget.

Hilde, das Dienstmädchen

6.6 ⚠️ 1986

Германия, драма

Die besten Jahre

Günther Rücker

Horst Drinda, Lissy Tempelhof

In 1945, Ernst Machner returns home from the war in his mid-20s. Tuche would like him to weave for a living, but his comrades persuade him to become a young teacher instead.

The Best Years

6.2 ⚠️ 1965

Германия, драма