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.
Director: Gerhard Lamprecht
Cast: Willy Birgel, Hilde Weissner, Paul Wegener, Josef Sieber, Arthur Schröder, Erich Ponto, Hilde von Stolz, Hubert von Meyerinck
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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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 …
1h 49m
February 9, 1943
Gerhard Lamprecht
Willy Birgel, Hilde Weissner, Paul Wegener
Drama, History