Diesel (film)
| Diesel | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Gerhard Lamprecht |
| Produced by | Richard H. Riedel |
| Written by |
Eugen Diesel (book) Richard H. Riedel Frank Thieß Gerhard Lamprecht |
| Starring |
Willy Birgel Hilde Weissner Paul Wegener Josef Sieber |
| Music by | Hans-Otto Borgmann |
| Cinematography | Georg Krause |
| Edited by | Wolfgang Wehrum |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | UFA |
Release dates | 13 November 1942 |
Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | Nazi Germany |
| Language | German |
Diesel is a 1942 German biographical film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Willy Birgel, Hilde Weissner and Paul Wegener. It portrays the life of Rudolf Diesel the German inventor of the diesel engine.[1] It was one of a series of prestigious biopics made in Nazi Germany portraying genius inventors or artists struggling against the societies in which they live. The film was based on a biography by Eugen Diesel, one of Diesel's children. The film's sets were designed by art director Erich Kettelhut.
Cast
- Willy Birgel as Rudolf Diesel
- Hilde Weissner as Martha Diesel
- Paul Wegener as Direktor Buz
- Josef Sieber as Martin
- Arthur Schröder as Lucian Vogel
- Hilde von Stolz as Frau von Lorrenz
- Erich Ponto Theodor Diesel
- Werner Pledath as Prof. Linde
- Herbert Gernot as Krumper
- Walter Janssen as Professor Barnickel
- Hans Schulz as Big Worker
- Heinz Evelt as Kleiner Arbeiter
- Heinrich Marlow as Prof. Lüders
- Karl-Heinz Peters as Ing. Scheuermann
- Albert Florath as Der Arzt
- Otto F. Henning as Gilhausen
- Viggo Larsen as Ein Professor
- Leo Peukert as Ein alter Schlepperkapitän
- Heinrich Troxbömker as Krupp
- Paul Westermeier as Der Fleischermeister
- Eduard Bornträger as Mitglied der Direktion Krupp
- Michael Braun as Rudolf Diesel als 12jähriger Junge
- Josef Dahmen as Maschinist bei Buz
- Gerhard Dammann as Ein Möbelpacker
- Angelo Ferrari as Besucher in Krupps Vorzimmer
- Hellmuth Passarge as Maschinist bei Buz
- Karl Platen as Der Büroangestellte im Vorraum bei Krupp
- Gustav Püttjer as Ein Möbelpacker
- Babsi Schultz-Reckewell as Luise
- Rudolf Vones as Maschinist bei Buz
- Franz Zimmermann as Ein Offizier, Gast beim Empfang
- Klaus Pohl as Büroangestellter bei Buz
- Hubert von Meyerinck as Herr von Lorrenz
- Hadrian Maria Netto
- Hermann Pfeiffer
- Roma Bahn
- Robert Forsch
- Hildegard Grethe
- Karl Hannemann
- Ellen Krug
- Olga Limburg
- Ilse Stobrawa
- Franz Weber
References
- ↑ Fox p.100
Bibliography
- Fox, Jo. Film Propaganda in Britain and Nazi Germany: World War II Cinema. Berg, 2007.
External links
- Diesel at the Internet Movie Database
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