Ruth Eweler (March 19, 1913 – October 1, 1947) was a German actress born in Plettenberg. She appeared in a number of films during the 1930s and 1940s, notably as a female lead in the 1937 film The Daughter of the Samurai, which was a German-Japanese co-production.[1][2]

Ruth Eweler
Ruth Eweler and Setsuko Hara in The Daughter of the Samurai, 1937
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Selected filmography

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References

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  1. ^ Hull p.121
  2. ^ High p.160

Bibliography

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  • High, Peter B. The Imperial screen: Japanese film culture in the Fifteen years' war, 1931-1945. University of Wisconsin Press, 2003.
  • Hull, David Stewart. Film in the Third Reich: a study of the German cinema, 1933-1945. University of California Press, 1969.
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