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Show r AnnTiTTf 'i By PEER J. OPPENHEIMER - Wife My nam and Horst, here with son Chris, met while working in a German-Italia- n film, Horst made his U.S. debut in "The Magnificent Seven." VOICE on the other end of -- The line was unmistakably that fVf ' 4 : - f - of a British gentleman's gentleman: "Mr. Buchholz will have his chauffeur pick you up at 6 :30, Sir. He would like you to have drinks f I with him at his flat and then ner at Cunningham's. v. Two hours later, a $30,000 ' Rolls-Roy- din- ce whisked me through London to Horst Buchholz town house. There I was introduced to several members of England's nobility, who had stopped by for a drink. Horst was in London for his starring film, "Nine part in the 20th Century-Fo- x Hours to Rama." But had he been in Paris, he could have lived equally well, for he keeps an exquisitely ;furnished-apartmein the most fashionable section of that city. And if the film's location had been California or Switzerland, he would have been able to live inMhe huge houses he maintains in those places. ? even conscious Yet I doubt if Horst is to he devotes of the energy creating a way of, life that outdoes even the Hollywood standards of the extravagant 1930s. He is not a show-of-f ; his manner is friendly, j. : nt -- V unalfectedThleT diction can only be explained by taking into account his tension-fillechildhood in war-tor- n Europe. Horst was born in Berlin 29 years ago. During World War II, his family was bombed out of its home, and Horst was evacuated to the first of a series of children's camps. Riding in a cattle car as he fled the advancing Russians, Horst survived a bombardment thai destroyed the train, and he spent the entire summer of 1945 walking home to Berlin while dodging the still trigger-happ- y Russian patrols. He existed on begged and stolen food. He remembers that period of his life with little outward show of bitterness : "My father was captured by the Russians and was not released until three d, - '1 ,1 Horst, who earns some $100,000 a movie now, plays Gandhi's assassin in new 16 Family Weekly. March 17, 1963 film' Nine Hours to Rama." hand-to-mou- th |