• 1942
  • 1h 49m
Diesel

Summary 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. View more details

  • 1942
  • 1h 49m

Diesel

Directed : Gerhard Lamprecht

Written : Gerhard Lamprecht Richard H. Riedel Eugen Diesel

Stars : Willy Birgel Paul Wegener Hilde Weissner Josef Sieber

All cast & crew

6.9

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Genres : History Biography

Release date : Nov 12, 1942

Countries of origin : Germany

Language : German

Production companies : Universum Film (UFA)

Summary 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. View more details

Details

Genres : History Biography

Release date : Nov 12, 1942

Countries of origin : Germany

Language : German

Production companies : Universum Film (UFA)

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Hilde Weissner in Diesel (1942) Hilde Weissner in Diesel (1942) Diesel (1942)
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