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Diesel

A German wartime biography of Rudolf Diesel, inventor of the Diesel engine. The movie links the importance of the engine to the war by starting the movie with newsreel clips of German Navy U-boats in action.

1h 49m1943TMDb 6.5

DramaHistory

German

Crew and Cast

Gerhard LamprechtDirectorWilly BirgelWilly BirgelRudolf DieselHilde WeissnerHilde WeissnerMartha Diesel · seine FrauPaul WegenerPaul WegenerDirektor BuzJosef SieberJosef SieberMartin
Arthur SchröderLucien VogelErich PontoErich PontoTheodor DieselHilde von StolzHilde von StolzFrau von LorrenzHubert von MeyerinckHubert von MeyerinckHerr von LorrenzWerner PledathWerner PledathProf. Linde
Herbert GernotKrumperWalter JanssenWalter JanssenProf. Barnickel
Karl-Heinz PetersIngenieur Scheuermann
Heinrich MarlowProf. Lüders
Heinrich TroxbömkerKruppAlbert FlorathAlbert FlorathArztPaul WestermeierPaul WestermeierFleischermeisterFranz ArzdorfFranz ArzdorfFührer im MaschinenpavillonRoma BahnRoma BahnSegelschiff-PassagierinLeo PeukertLeo Peukertalter SchlepperkapitänEduard WenckEduard WenckSchiffsheizerViggo LarsenViggo LarsenEin ProfessorHermann PfeifferHermann Pfeiffer
Hans SchulzBig Worker
Heinz EveltKleiner Arbeiter
Otto F. HenningGilhausen
Hadrian Maria Netto
Eduard BornträgerMitglied der Direktion Krupp
Michael BraunRudolf Diesel als 12jähriger JungeJosef DahmenJosef DahmenMaschinist bei BuzGerhard DammannGerhard DammannEin Möbelpacker

Storyline

A German wartime biography of Rudolf Diesel, inventor of the Diesel engine. The movie links the importance of the engine to the war by starting the movie with newsreel clips of German Navy U-boats in action.

  • UFA

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Info

Status
Released
Released
9 February 1943
Runtime
1h 49m
TMDB score
6.5 / 10 (5 votes)

Production

Director
Gerhard Lamprecht
Writers
Gerhard Lamprecht, Frank Thieß, Richard H. Riedel
Studios
UFA
Countries
Germany

Languages

Original
German
Spoken
German