Eduard Rhein

Eduard Rudolph Rhein (23 August 1900, Königswinter – 15 April 1993, Cannes) was an inventor, publisher, and writer. He was the founder of the German magazine ''Hörzu'', which he directed as its editor-in-chief until 1964. He also founded the largest European foundation for information technology, the Eduard Rhein Foundation (1976).

In 1940 he published a book entitled ''Du und die Elektrizität''.

In 1990 he received the freedom of the city Königswinter.

Filmography

*''A Heart Plays False'', directed by Rudolf Jugert (1953, based on the novel ''Ein Herz spielt falsch'' - written as Hans Ulrich Horster)
*''The Angel with the Flaming Sword'', directed by Gerhard Lamprecht (1954, based on the novel ''Der Engel mit dem Flammenschwert'' - written as Klaus Hellmer)
*'' Island of the Dead'', directed by Victor Tourjansky (1955, based on the novel ''Die Toteninsel'' - written as Hans Ulrich Horster)
*', directed by Gustav Machatý (1955, based on the novel ''Suchkind 312'' - written as Hans Ulrich Horster)
*'' The Night of the Storm'', directed by Falk Harnack (1957, based on the novel ''Wie ein Sturmwind'' - written as Klaus Hellmer)
*''Heart Without Mercy'', directed by Victor Tourjansky (1958, based on the novel ''Herz ohne Gnade'' - written as Klaus Hellmer)
*''Ein Student ging vorbei'', directed by Werner Klingler (1960, based on the novel ''Ein Student ging vorbei'' - written as Hans Ulrich Horster)
*', directed by Wolfgang Schleif (1962, based on the novel ''Eheinstitut Aurora'' - written as Hans Ulrich Horster)
*'' Der rote Rausch'', directed by Wolfgang Schleif (1962, based on the novel ''Der rote Rausch'' - written as Hans Ulrich Horster)
*', directed by (2007, TV film, based on the novel ''Suchkind 312'' - written as Hans Ulrich Horster)

External links

Eduard Rhein Foundation

1900 births
1993 deaths
People from Königswinter
People from the Rhine Province
German magazine founders
German publishers (people)
20th-century German inventors
German male writers
Knights Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
German magazine editors

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