Rudolf Ratschka was born on May 16, 1906 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Królowa przedmiescia (1937), Zamach (1959) and Dziewczeta z Nowolipek (1937). He died on February 28, 1973 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.