Diesel (1943)

6.5/10 109 min Drama History

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.

Cast

Willy Birgel

Rudolf Diesel

Hilde Weissner

Martha Diesel, seine Frau

Paul Wegener

Direktor Buz

Josef Sieber

Martin

Erich Ponto

Theodor Diesel

Hilde von Stolz

Frau von Lorrenz

Hubert von Meyerinck

Herr von Lorrenz

Werner Pledath

Prof. Linde

Walter Janssen

Prof. Barnickel

Albert Florath

Arzt

Paul Westermeier

Fleischermeister

Franz Arzdorf

Führer im Maschinenpavillon

Roma Bahn

Segelschiff-Passagierin

Leo Peukert

alter Schlepperkapitän

Eduard Wenck

Schiffsheizer

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