The monument was created by architect Friedrich Ritter von Thiersch and sculptor Wilhelm von Rühmann.

The name of a popular accident-prone cartoon character of the time, it was taken from the movie Quax, der Bruchpilot released in 1941 with the famous German actor Heinz Rühmann as Quax.

He was probably at his best when teamed-up with fellow German movie legend Heinz Rühmann, as in Bomben auf Monte Carlo ( 1931 ) and Der Mann, der Sherlock Holmes war ( 1937 ).

Heinrich Wilhelm " Heinz " Rühmann ( March 7, 1902 – October 3, 1994 ) was one of the popularst German film actor in 20th Century.

Rühmann was born in Essen, Westphalia.

Through his good relationships with the regime, however, Rühmann was able to screen the film in public.

As a " state actor ", the highest title for an actor during the Nazi era, Rühmann was not drafted into the Wehrmacht.

He did have to take the basic training to become a military pilot, but for the Third Reich, Rühmann was more valuable as an actor and he was spared having to take part in the war effort.

Rühmann was also the leading man in the 1960 film version of The Adventures of the Good Soldier Schweik, after the novel by Czech author Jaroslav Hašek.

In 1965, Rühmann was brought to Hollywood by producer Stanley Kramer for a supporting role in his all-star movie Ship of Fools.

Rühmann died in 1994 and was buried in Aufkirchen, Bavaria.

* March 7 – Heinz Rühmann, German actor ( d. 1994 )

Bernhard Wicki and Arthur Brauner produced the film The Good Soldier Schweijk with Berger and the German actor Heinz Rühmann.

His idols include Charlie Chaplin and Heinz Rühmann, a German actor.

Rühmann had a difficult time resuming his career after the war, but by the mid-1950s, the former comedian had established himself again as a star, only this time as Germany's leading character actor.

In 1941, under the direction of Reichsfilmkammer president Carl Froelich, Rühmann played the title role in Der Gasmann, about a gas meter reader who is suspected of foreign espionage.

In 1956, Rühmann starred in the title role of the internationally acclaimed picture Der Hauptmann von Köpenick ( The Captain of Köpenick ), the true story of a Prussian cobbler, Wilhelm Voigt, who dressed up as an army officer and took over the town hall in Köpenick.

Several movies were produced about Wilhelm Voigt ( most of them based on Zuckmayer's play ), among others Der Hauptmann von Köpenick with Heinz Rühmann in 1956, with Rudolf Platte in 1960 ( TV ) and Harald Juhnke in 1997.

In August 1944, Joseph Goebbels put Rühmann on the Gottbegnadeten list of indispensable actors.

Rühmann retained his reputation as an unpolitical star during the entire Nazi era.

During the war years, Rühmann increasingly let himself be co-opted by the Third Reich.

At the same time Franz Angerer ( Rühmann ), a student of philology, arrives in Vienna, where he wants to attend a conference.

The divorce caused Rühmann to be accused of wanting to secure his career ; however, the marriage had probably already fallen apart.

* 1970, in a version for West German television, with Heinz Rühmann as Elwood.

Famous Hernians or Wanne-Eickelians include Jürgen von Manger, Kurt Edelhagen, Jürgen Marcus, Heinz Rühmann, Dr. Heinz Dieter Meyer, Tana Schanzara, Rudolf Witzig, Andrea Jürgens, Dr. Claudia Dollins ( Geier ), Yıldıray Baştürk, Jan Zweyer, Peavy Wagner, Leonie Saint and Bärbel Beuermann.

She worked for UFA and, as a trained singer, easily made the transition to the sound era, appearing in comedy films alongside German stars such as Willi Forst, Bruno Kastner, Georg Alexander, Theo Lingen, and Heinz Rühmann.

Martin Böttcher again wrote the score and he got the instruction by the producers to write a title-theme hinting at the theme of the cinema-movies with Heinz Rühmann.

It stars Vivien Leigh, Simone Signoret, José Ferrer, Lee Marvin, Oskar Werner, Michael Dunn, Elizabeth Ashley, George Segal, José Greco and Heinz Rühmann.

The film, shot in black and white, starred three of the most popular German-speaking comedians of the time — Hans Moser, Heinz Rühmann, and Theo Lingen.

On TV she played Linda opposite Heinz Rühmann in a 1968 German language version of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman.

After the Nazis seized power in 1933, Rühmann did not speak openly about German politics, but instead kept himself as neutral as possible.

His second wife, whom he married shortly after, had a Jewish grandfather, a fact that caused Rühmann problems with the Nazi cultural authorities.

Mama knew she was playing her son's favorite pieces and feeling close to him, and did not disturb her.

The favorite guest of the house, as far as the staff was concerned, was Mr. Wrigley, the chewing gum king.

As the field on which my tent was pitched was a favorite natural playground for the kids of the neighborhood, I had made many friends among them, taking part in their after-school games and trying desperately to translate Grimm's Fairy Tales into an understandable French as we gathered around the fire in front of the tent.

To consolidate what her Navy had won, the Czarina was fortunate that, for the first time in Russian history, her land forces enjoyed absolute unity of command under her favorite Giaour.

This he claimed was the favorite refrain of the English.

Karl played well and his favorite song was a Schubert lullaby.

The CTCA program of activities was profuse: William Farnum and Mary Pickford on the screen, Elsie Janis and Harry Lauder on the stage, books provided by the American Library Association, full equipment for games and sports -- except that no `` bones '' were furnished for the all-time favorite pastime played on any floor and known as `` African golf ''.

Whatever was the science in the high school course for the time being, that was my favorite study.

And when the stranger found out that Phil was on the way to one of his favorite bars, he insisted on offering to buy drinks for both of them.

This favorite grievance was not the landlord.

Handsome bachelor Charley was a favorite date of many of Hollywood's glamor gals for years.

One of those delightful surprise additions, which so frequently occur in jazz programs, was an excellent stint at the drums by the great Joe Jones, drumming to `` Old Man River '', which seems to have been elected the favorite solo for the boys on the batterie at this year's concerts.

de Pompadour's favorite artist and was commissioned by her for numerous paintings and decorations.

At the time of the movie's release, however, author J. K. Rowling said that it was her personal favorite from the series so far.

A marriage of sorts is arranged between Dido and Aeneas at the instigation of Juno, who was told of the fact that her favorite city would eventually be defeated by the Trojans ' descendants, and Aeneas's mother Venus ( the Roman adaptation of Aphrodite ), who realizes that her son and his company need a temporary reprieve to reinforce themselves for the journey to come.

Germanicus was a favorite of his great-uncle Augustus, who hoped that Germanicus would succeed his uncle Tiberius, who was Augustus's own adopted son and heir.

He was a favorite of Alexander the Great, whom he accompanied in his Persian campaigns, and wrote a third historical work on Alexander.

By 473 BC, after the death of Phrynichus, one of his chief rivals, Aeschylus was the yearly favorite in the Dionysia, winning first prize in nearly every competition.

"... Turquoise was chosen because the greenish-blue stone is indigenous to Arizona, copper because Arizona is one the nation's top copper-producing states and purple because it has become a favorite color for Arizona sports fans, thanks to the success of the National Basketball Association's Phoenix Suns.

Subjects were frequently revisited: one of his favorite models was his younger brother Diego Giacometti.

At that moment, the nominal ruler of al-Andalus, emir Yusuf ibn ' Abd al-Rahman al-Fihri ( another member of the Fihrid family, and a favorite of the old Arab settlers ( baladiyun ), mostly of south Arabian or ' Yemenite ' tribal stock ) was locked in a contest with his vizier ( and son-in-law ) al-Sumayl ibn Hatim al-Qilabi, the head of the new settlers ( shamiyum, the Syrian junds or military regiments, mostly of north Arabian Qaysid tribes, which had arrived only in 742 ).