Max H. Rehbein

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Max Helmuth Rehbein (born December 9, 1918 in Cologne - † November 13, 2015 ), sometimes also called Max Heimo Rehbein, was a German documentary filmmaker , film producer , journalist and publicist .

Life

Rehbein grew up in Berlin . His father Arthur Rehbein was a privy councilor and writer and, before the National Socialists came to power, chairman of the Association of German Writers . After graduating from high school in 1938, Rehbein completed an officer career in the 23rd Infantry Division in World War II and was seriously wounded. On March 5, 1945, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross as captain of the reserve and commander of the 23rd Pioneer Battalion . He had previously received the German Cross in Gold on September 7, 1944 .

After the war, Rehbein enrolled in philosophy and history of literature at the University of Hamburg . In addition, he made his first reports as a volunteer for Radio Hamburg , the forerunner of the NWDR. In 1947 he got a job as a reporter and correspondent at the NWDR and made a name for himself with radio interviews (including 1948 with Hans Albers ). In addition, he became a special correspondent for politics and international reporting. In 1952 he became chief reporter at the NWDR and in 1957 he took over the management of the foreign and domestic affairs as well as the economic and domestic affairs departments in the current affairs department of the NDR . In 1968 he created the successful series Pioneers and Adventurers , which ran for eleven years on NDR television. In 1978, as part of his New York trilogy, the film Lefty - Remembrance of a Dead in Brooklyn about young gang members in New York, for which he was awarded the Adolf Grimme Prize and the Golden Camera .

In 1993, the ZDF showed the six-part television series Flash - The Photo Reporter with Oliver Tobias , Catherine Alric and Diether Krebs , which is based on Rehbein's own experience as a reporter.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1960: a cold country and a hot sun
  • 1961: The step into the dark
  • 1966: The powerful, the rich, the celebrities
  • 1967: For example Mahipar
  • 1968: Service in the semi-darkness - nights and days of the youth protection troops
  • 1978: New York Trilogy, Part 1: Lefty - Remembering a Dead in Brooklyn
  • 1979: New York Trilogy, Part 2: Marathon in New York
  • 1980: New York Trilogy, Part 3: A Man in a Hurry
  • 1989: Savior without fame
  • 1992: Devil in Paradise - sinking of the Pantanal
  • 1997: Resistance of the defenseless
  • 1998: A bull in Tallinn

Awards

  • 1978: Golden Camera for Lefty - memory of a dead man in Brooklyn
  • 1979: Adolf Grimme Prize with gold for Lefty - memory of a dead person in Brooklyn , together with Jens-Uwe Scheffler and Eckhard Dorn
  • 1980: Golden gong for the marathon in New York , together with Jens-Uwe Scheffler
  • 1989: Golden gong for Report from Hell , together with co-author / director Dietrich von Ruffer
  • 1990: Telestar for the ZDF television series Action

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Max H. Rehbein in the Munzinger Archive ( beginning of the article freely available), accessed on June 23, 2016
  2. ↑ Wir im NDR , magazine for NDR employees, January 2016
  3. ↑ a b Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearer 1939–1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 , p. 617.
personal data
SURNAME Rehbein, Max H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rehbein, Max Helmuth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German documentary filmmaker, film producer, journalist and publicist
DATE OF BIRTH December 9, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH November 13, 2015