Diesel (1943)
1943 · 1h 49m · Drama, History
Genres: Drama, History
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
Writers: Gerhard Lamprecht, Richard H. Riedel, Frank Thieß
Music by: Hans-Otto Borgmann
Cinematography: Georg Krause
Editor: Wolfgang Wehrum
Cast
Willy Birgel as Rudolf DieselHilde Weissner as Martha Diesel, seine FrauPaul Wegener as Direktor BuzJosef Sieber as MartinArthur Schröder as Lucien VogelErich Ponto as Theodor DieselHilde von Stolz as Frau von LorrenzHubert von Meyerinck as Herr von LorrenzWerner Pledath as Prof. LindeHerbert Gernot as KrumperWalter Janssen as Prof. BarnickelKarl-Heinz Peters as Ingenieur ScheuermannMore like this
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