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Diesel

Feb 9, 1943 · 1h 49m
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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.

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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
Directed by Gerhard Lamprecht

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UFA
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