Diesel

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Diesel

1943

1h 49m

6.5(5 votes)

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Overview

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.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Willy Birgel

Rudolf Diesel

Hilde Weissner

Martha Diesel, seine Frau

Paul Wegener

Direktor Buz

Josef Sieber

Martin

Arthur Schröder

Lucien Vogel

Erich Ponto

Theodor Diesel

Hilde von Stolz

Frau von Lorrenz

Hubert von Meyerinck

Herr von Lorrenz

Werner Pledath

Prof. Linde

Herbert Gernot

Krumper

Creative team

Directed by: Gerhard Lamprecht
Written by: Gerhard Lamprecht
Richard H. Riedel
Produced by: Richard H. Riedel

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