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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Cast
45 people
Willy Birgel
Rudolf Diesel
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Hilde Weissner
Martha Diesel, seine Frau
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Paul Wegener
Direktor Buz
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The Golem: How He Came into the World
The Student of Prague
Josef Sieber
Martin
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Kora Terry
Arthur Schröder
Lucien Vogel
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Ich vertraue Dir meine Frau an
Mania
Erich Ponto
Theodor Diesel
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The Punch Bowl
Hilde von Stolz
Frau von Lorrenz
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Hubert von Meyerinck
Herr von Lorrenz
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One, Two, Three
Münchhausen
Werner Pledath
Prof. Linde
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Port Arthur
Herbert Gernot
Krumper
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Frau im Strom
The Mountain Calls
Walter Janssen
Prof. Barnickel
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Destiny
Karl-Heinz Peters
Ingenieur Scheuermann
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Gerhard Lamprecht Director · Richard H. Riedel Writer Frank Thieß Writer
First release November 13, 1942 · Produced in Germany
Production
UFA
Production
Germany
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Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · November 13, 1942
Premiere · in Augsburg
Germany · February 9, 1943
Theatrical · Berlin
No release date listed for United States.
France
August 8, 1943
Hungary
March 5, 1943
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