He then deserted the legion, and moved to Berlin, before traveling to Shanghai in 1928 as a filmmaker.

On his return to Berlin in 1928, von Ripper began a relationship with stage designer Dorothea "Mopsa" Sternheim.
Sternheim was also in love with surrealist writer René Crevel, who also had feelings for von Ripper, and for a time there was a plan for a ménage à trois; however, this did not come about, and Sternheim and von Ripper married on 17 December 1929.

The couple settled in Berlin, where they were part of the decadent Weimar culture of the city in the early 1930s.
However, at some point during the 1930s the couple separated and Sternheim began seeing other men and women.

Around 1933, von Ripper traveled to Mallorca, where he produced anti-fascist drawings to the commission of the German resistance.
He then deserted the legion, and moved to Berlin, before traveling to Shanghai in 1928 as a filmmaker.
On his return to Berlin in 1928, von Ripper began a relationship with stage designer Dorothea "Mopsa" Sternheim. Sternheim was also in love with surrealist writer René Crevel, who also had feelings for von Ripper, and for a time there was a plan for a ménage à trois; however, this did not come about, and Sternheim and von Ripper married on 17 December 1929. 
The couple settled in Berlin, where they were part of the decadent Weimar culture of the city in the early 1930s. However, at some point during the 1930s the couple separated and Sternheim began seeing other men and women.
Around 1933, von Ripper traveled to Mallorca, where he produced anti-fascist drawings to the commission of the German resistance.
Rudolph von Ripper