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.

Diesel (1942)
Directed by Gerhard Lamprecht
Genres - Biography, Drama, History |
Sub-Genres - Biographical Film |
Release Date - Nov 13, 1942 |
Run Time - 109 min. |
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Rudolf Diesel
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A dicsöség ára
HU
Diesel
DE, GR, US