Rudolf Hess was born on April 26, 1894 in Alexandria, Egypt as Walter Richard Rudolf Hess. He was a writer, known for The First World War (2003), Triumph of the Will (1935) and Berlin 1936: Games of the XI Olympiad (1936). He was married to Ilse Pröhl. He died on August 17, 1987 in Spandau, Berlin, Germany.