...als Diesel geboren (1979)
In 1978, Peter Przygodda, editor of Wim Wenders‘ films, Reinhard Hauff and Hans W. Geissendörfer, together with his Brazilian colleague Braulio Tavares Neto and Martin Schäfer at the camera, filmed the long-distance truck drivers on their journeys with heavy goods vehicles and thus obtained first-hand information. In the course of the trucker film wave ('Convoy') of the late 70s, his film was released in cinemas. Trucker life appears as a social phenomenon far removed from the romance and hero myths surrounding the adventure of the highway.
Directors: Peter Przygodda, Bráulio Tavares.
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Wolfgang Längsfeld as Self |
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Ulf Miehe as Self |
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Arnold Marquis as Narrator (voice) |
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Barbara Morawiecz as Narrator (voice) |
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Christian Brückner as Narrator (voice) |
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Erika Fuhrmann as Narrator (voice) |
| Directing | Braulio Tavares Neto | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Peter Przygodda | Writer |
| Camera | Martin Schäfer | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Peter Przygodda | Editor |
| Sound | Martin Müller | Sound |
| Sound | Hartmut Eichgrün | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Irmin Schmidt | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Raimund Sodre | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Renée Gundelach | Line Producer |
| Production | Bernhard Hausberger | Production Manager |
| Production | Hildeberto Alves Casates | Production Coordinator |
| Directing | Peter Przygodda | Director |
| Directing | Bráulio Tavares | Director |
| Production | Wim Wenders | Producer |