---
title: 'Diesel (1942)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Gerhard Lamprecht'
released: '1942-11-13'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Nazi Germany'
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/diesel-1942'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034653/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Diesel (1942)

1942 · Drama, History · Nazi Germany, Germany


## Synopsis

Diesel is a 1942 German biographical film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Willy Birgel, Hilde Weissner, and Paul Wegener. It portrays the life of Rudolf Diesel, the German inventor of the diesel engine. It was one of a series of prestigious biopics made in Nazi Germany portraying genius inventors or artists struggling against the societies in which they live. The film was based on a biography by Eugen Diesel, one of Diesel's children.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Gerhard Lamprecht](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerhard-lamprecht)
- **Screenplay:** [Frank Thiess](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-thiess)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hans-Otto Borgmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-otto-borgmann)
- **Producer:** [Richard H. Riedel](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-h-riedel)
- **Director of Photography:** [Georg Krause](https://cinepixo.com/people/georg-krause)
- **Editor:** [Wolfgang Wehrum](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-wehrum)

## Cast

- [Paul Wegener](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-wegener)
- [Klaus Pohl](https://cinepixo.com/people/klaus-pohl-2)
- [Karl-Heinz Peters](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-heinz-peters)
- [Gerhard Dammann](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerhard-dammann)
- [Olga Limburg](https://cinepixo.com/people/olga-limburg)
- [Karl Hannemann](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-hannemann)
- [Roma Bahn](https://cinepixo.com/people/roma-bahn)
- [Werner Pledath](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-pledath)
- [Karl Platen](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-platen)
- [Erich Ponto](https://cinepixo.com/people/erich-ponto)
- [Hubert von Meyerinck](https://cinepixo.com/people/hubert-von-meyerinck)
- [Leo Peukert](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-peukert)
- [Angelo Ferrari](https://cinepixo.com/people/angelo-ferrari)
- [Paul Westermeier](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-westermeier)
- [Albert Florath](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-florath)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/diesel-1942
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