Diesel (1943)
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.
Director: Gerhard Lamprecht
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Willy Birgel as Rudolf Diesel |
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Hilde Weissner as Martha Diesel, seine Frau |
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Paul Wegener as Direktor Buz |
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Josef Sieber as Martin |
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Arthur Schröder as Lucien Vogel |
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Erich Ponto as Theodor Diesel |
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Hilde von Stolz as Frau von Lorrenz |
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Hubert von Meyerinck as Herr von Lorrenz |
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Werner Pledath as Prof. Linde |
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Herbert Gernot as Krumper |
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Walter Janssen as Prof. Barnickel |
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Karl-Heinz Peters as Ingenieur Scheuermann |
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Heinrich Marlow as Prof. Lüders |
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Heinrich Troxbömker as Krupp |
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Albert Florath as Arzt |
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Paul Westermeier as Fleischermeister |
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Franz Arzdorf as Führer im Maschinenpavillon |
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Roma Bahn as Segelschiff-Passagierin |
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Leo Peukert as alter Schlepperkapitän |
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Eduard Wenck as Schiffsheizer |
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Viggo Larsen as Ein Professor |
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Hermann Pfeiffer as |
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Hans Schulz as Big Worker |
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Heinz Evelt as Kleiner Arbeiter |
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Otto F. Henning as Gilhausen |
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Hadrian Maria Netto as |
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Eduard Bornträger as Mitglied der Direktion Krupp |
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Michael Braun as Rudolf Diesel als 12jähriger Junge |
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Josef Dahmen as Maschinist bei Buz |
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Gerhard Dammann as Ein Möbelpacker |
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Angelo Ferrari as Besucher in Krupps Vorzimmer |
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Robert Forsch as |
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Hildegard Grethe as |
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Karl Hannemann as |
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Ellen Krug as |
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Olga Limburg as |
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Hellmuth Passarge as Maschinist bei Buz |
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Karl Platen as Der Büroangestellte im Vorraum bei Krupp |
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Gustav Püttjer as Ein Möbelpacker |
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Babsi Schultz-Reckewell as Luise |
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Ilse Stobrawa as |
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Rudolf Vones as Maschinist bei Buz |
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Franz Weber as |
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Franz Zimmermann as Ein Offizier, Gast beim Empfang |
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Klaus Pohl as Büroangestellter bei Buz |
| Directing | Gerhard Lamprecht | Director |
| Writing | Gerhard Lamprecht | Writer |
| Writing | Richard H. Riedel | Writer |
| Writing | Frank Thieß | Writer |
| Production | Richard H. Riedel | Producer |
| Editing | Wolfgang Wehrum | Editor |
| Directing | Walter Steffens | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Bruno Suckau | Sound |
| Camera | Georg Krause | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Hans-Otto Borgmann | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alfred Bücken | Costume Design |
| Art | Erich Kettelhut | Art Direction |