Rudolf Hess

Known for

Acting

Born

April 25, 1894

Birthplace

Alexandria, Egypt

Died

August 17, 1987 (aged 93)

Biography

Rudolf Walter Richard Hess (26 April 1894 – 17 August 1987) was a German politician and a leading member of the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany. Appointed Deputy Führer to Adolf Hitler in 1933, Hess held that position until 1941, when he flew solo to Scotland in an attempt to negotiate peace with the United Kingdom during World War II. He was taken prisoner and eventually convicted of crimes against peace. He was still serving his life sentence at the time of his suicide in 1987.

Hess enlisted as an infantryman in the Imperial German Army at the outbreak of World War I. He was wounded several times during the war and was awarded the Iron Cross, 2nd Class, in 1915. Shortly before the war ended, H...

Best known work

Triumph of the Will

1935

Sunshine

1999

Nuremberg

2000

Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations

1938

Hitler: A Career

1977

Triumph Over Violence

1965

Apocalypse: The Rise of Hitler

2011

Riefenstahl

2024

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

1973

Distant Journey

1949

Filmography

2024
Riefenstahl
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Filmmakers for the Prosecution
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
2023
Hitler: The Making of a Monster
as Self (archive footage)
2022
The March on Rome
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
2017
Europa: The Last BattleTV
2017
Dawn of the Nazis
as Self (archive footage)
2016
Загадки века с Сергеем МедведевымTV
as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
2011
Apocalypse: The Rise of HitlerTV
as Self (archive footage) (2 episodes)
2011
180
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2010
Hitler's bodyguardTV
as Self (archive footage) (13 episodes)
2006
Nuremberg: The Nazis Facing their Crimes
as Self (archive footage)
2005
Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis
as Self (archive footage)
2004
The Hidden Führer: Debating the Enigma of Hitler's Sexuality
as Self (archive footage)
2004
Hitlers Hantlangare - Hess
as Himself (archive footage)
2000
NurembergTV
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) (1 episode)
1999
Sunshine
as Self - Beside Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
1997
Frank Capra's American Dream
as Self (archive footage)
1991
Blood in the Face
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1982
Genocide
as Self (archive footage)
1977
Hitler: A Career
as Self (archive footage)
1973
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
as Rudolf Hess (archive footage) (uncredited)
1965
Triumph Over Violence
as Self (archive footage)
1963
Secrets of the Nazi Criminals
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1953
Adolf Hitler - Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer: Dokumente der Zeitgeschichte
as Self (archive footage)
1949
Distant Journey
as Self - Politician (archive footage)