Diesel
1943•12•1h 49m•6.5•Released
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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
Writer
Gerhard Lamprecht, Frank Thieß, Richard H. Riedel
Languages
German
Studio
UFA
Cast
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
Walter Janssen
Prof. Barnickel
Karl-Heinz Peters
Ingenieur Scheuermann
Heinrich Marlow
Prof. Lüders
Heinrich Troxbömker
Krupp
Albert Florath
Arzt
Production
Company
UFA
Producer
Richard H. Riedel
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