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Werner Dissel
Actor
Born August 26, 1912Died January 22, 2003 (90 years)
Werner Friedrich Dissel (26 August 1912 – 22 January 2003) was a German actor, director, and resistance fighter against the Nazi regime.
Dissel's began working as a newspaper photographer in the late 1920s. After the Nazis' rise to power, he became a member of an antifascist group headed by Harro Schulze-Boysen, and was involved in the resistance newspaper Wille zum Reich. Dissel was caught and imprisoned from 1937 to 1939. During his time in prison, the Gestapo arranged for Boysen to visit him, in the hope that something incriminating would be said while the two would be left alone in a tapped room; Boysen passed a cigarette pack to Dissel, on which he wrote that the police had no concrete evidence against him. After his release, Boysen convinced him to volunteer into the Wehrmacht, so he could "destroy Hitler's army from within". Dissel joined the armed forces shortly before the German Invasion of Poland, and served in a military meteorology unit. At 1942, he barely avoided an arrest during the Gestapo's crackdown on the Red Orchestra.
After the war, he openly joined the KPD and decided to pursue his old dream to become an actor. Dissel joined a cabaret in Wiesbaden, and in 1950 emigrated to East Germany. There he appeared in numerous plays, TV shows and movies. He worked with the Berliner Ensemble, DEFA and DFF. He continued his acting career after the reunification. In total, he appeared in more than a hundred film and television productions.
He received the Art Prize of the German Democratic Republic at a collective awarding in October 1986.
Source: Article "Werner Dissel" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Dissel's began working as a newspaper photographer in the late 1920s. After the Nazis' rise to power, he became a member of an antifascist group headed by Harro Schulze-Boysen, and was involved in the resistance newspaper Wille zum Reich. Dissel was caught and imprisoned from 1937 to 1939. During his time in prison, the Gestapo arranged for Boysen to visit him, in the hope that something incriminating would be said while the two would be left alone in a tapped room; Boysen passed a cigarette pack to Dissel, on which he wrote that the police had no concrete evidence against him. After his release, Boysen convinced him to volunteer into the Wehrmacht, so he could "destroy Hitler's army from within". Dissel joined the armed forces shortly before the German Invasion of Poland, and served in a military meteorology unit. At 1942, he barely avoided an arrest during the Gestapo's crackdown on the Red Orchestra.
After the war, he openly joined the KPD and decided to pursue his old dream to become an actor. Dissel joined a cabaret in Wiesbaden, and in 1950 emigrated to East Germany. There he appeared in numerous plays, TV shows and movies. He worked with the Berliner Ensemble, DEFA and DFF. He continued his acting career after the reunification. In total, he appeared in more than a hundred film and television productions.
He received the Art Prize of the German Democratic Republic at a collective awarding in October 1986.
Source: Article "Werner Dissel" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Filmography
| 2021 | Albert Einstein · as Max Planck |
| 2002 | Liebling, bring die Hühner ins Bett · as Adolf |
| 2001 | Der Verleger · as Konrad Adenauer |
| 2000 | Anatomy · as Paulas Großvater |
| 1999 | Picknick im Schnee · as Mann Mit Decke |
| 1998 | In aller Freundschaft (TV Series) · as Herr Kagel |
| 1998 | Der letzte Zeuge (TV Series) · as Karl Waller |
| 1998 | Die Cleveren (TV Series) · as Rudolf Kornhagen |
| 1996 | Alarm for Cobra 11 (TV Series) · as Neighbor |
| 1995 | The Infiltrator · as Otto |
| 1995 | Für alle Fälle Stefanie (TV Series) · as Herr Schulz |
| 1995 | Balko (TV Series) · as Eisler |
| 1994 | Zwei alte Hasen (TV Series) · as Der Professor |
| 1994 | Wir sind auch nur ein Volk (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1994 | Schwarz greift ein (TV Series) · as Herr Berg |
| 1994 | Immenhof (TV Series) · as Wilhelm |
| 1993 | Auf eigene Gefahr (TV Series) · as Schreiner |
| 1993 | Motzki (TV Series) · as Birne |
| 1992 | |
| 1992 | Freunde fürs Leben (TV Series) · as Adolf Heine |
| 1992 | |
| 1992 | Mau Mau · as Heinz' Vater |
| 1992 | Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Dwarfs (TV Series) · as Brüder Grimm |
| 1992 | Alles Lüge · as Notary |
| 1992 | Der Besucher · as Blind Man |
| 1991 | Farßmann · as Hinkelmann |
| 1990 | Ron & Tanja (TV Series) · as Panconcelli |
| 1990 | Alter Schwede · as Cast |
| 1990 | The Architects · as Alter |
| 1990 | Just Don't Think I'll Cry · as Mantek |
| 1990 | Grönland · as Professor Kah |
| 1989 | Coming Out · as Älterer Homosexueller Walter |
| 1989 | Späte Ankunft · as Kutscher Pankoke |
| 1988 | Präriejäger in Mexiko (TV Series) · as Hausmeister |
| 1988 | Animals Make People (TV Series) · as Hermann Broder |
| 1988 | Barfuß ins Bett (TV Series) · as Opa Jonny |
| 1988 | Fallada: The Last Chapter · as Doktor |
| 1988 | Der Geisterseher · as Cast |
| 1987 | Sachsens Glanz und Preußens Gloria: Gräfin Cosel · as Fürst Leopold I. Von Anhalt-Dessau |
| 1987 | Gold für den König · as Apothekergehilfe Reisser |
| 1987 | Entry to Paradise (TV Series) · as Wanderer |
| 1987 | Stielke, Heinz, Fifteen · as Invalide |
| 1986 | Liebling Kreuzberg (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1986 | Ernst Thälmann · as Emil Kirdorf |
| 1985 | Zahn um Zahn (TV Series) · as Prof. Karl Kantor |
| 1984 | Kaskade rückwärts · as Erster Gast |
| 1982 | Hotel Polan and Its Guests (TV Series) · as Rabbi Brodzky |
| 1981 | Chirurgus Johann Paul Schroth - Eine Geschichte aus den Anfängen der Charité · as Gundelsheimer |
| 1980 | A Stortebeker Girl (TV Series) · as Opa Warning |
| 1980 | Levins Mühle · as Plontke |
| 1980 | Anamnese · as Blechschmidt |
| 1979 | Die Rache des Kapitäns Mitchell · as Schiffsarzt |
| 1979 | Die lange Straße (TV Series) · as Ein Arzt |
| 1978 | Ein Sonntagskind, das manchmal spinnt · as Älterer Herr Mit Hund |
| 1978 | |
| 1978 | Das Leben des Galileo Galilei · as Cast |
| 1976 | Beethoven-Days in a Life · as Grisslinger |
| 1976 | Jede Woche Hochzeitstag · as Otto Haubold |
| 1975 | Till Eulenspiegel · as Scholastischer Professor |
| 1974 | The wives of the Wardins (TV Series) · as Kantor |
| 1974 | Ulzana · as Mexikanischer Arzt |
| 1974 | Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui · as Butcher |
| 1973 | Der wunderbare Schatz · as Ein Pilger |
| 1973 | The Invisible Visor (TV Series) · as Lachmann |
| 1973 | The Great Battle · as German General |
| 1971 | Die Verschworenen (TV Series) · as Messerlein |
| 1971 | Polizeiruf 110 (TV Series) · as Otto Masurke |
| 1971 | Liberation · as Alfred Jodl |
| 1971 | Über ganz Spanien wolkenloser Himmel (TV Series) · as Orueta |
| 1970 | Zollfahndung (TV Series) · as Musikwissenschaftler |
| 1970 | Tatort (TV Series) · as Otto Wissing |
| 1970 | Alone in Berlin (TV Series) · as Pfarrer |
| 1970 | Osvobozhdenie: Ognennaya duga · as Alfred Jodl |
| 1970 | Osvobozhdenie: Proryv · as Part-Bit |
| 1969 | Lebende Ware · as Erno Brody |
| 1969 | Krupp & Krause (TV Series) · as Studienrat Kulmer |
| 1968 | Geheimkommando Ciupaga (TV Series) · as Hauptmann Garzel |
| 1967 | Geschichten jener Nacht · as Kilian (segment "materna") |
| 1966 | Schwarze Panther · as Dressurreiter Alois Feldmann |
| 1965 | Dr. Schlüter (TV Series) · as Minister Dr. Saumann |
| 1965 | Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort (TV Series) · as Sanitätsrat |
| 1965 | Solange Leben in mir ist · as Bethmann-Hollweg |
| 1964 | Wolf unter Wölfen (TV Series) · as Reporter Kastner |
| 1964 | Pension Boulanka · as Dr. Vollmer |
| 1963 | Naked Among Wolves · as Otto Lange |
| 1962 | Das grüne Ungeheuer (TV Series) · as Dr. Luis Guerra |
| 1962 | Little Red Riding-Hood · as Wolf |
| 1961 | Der Mann mit dem Objektiv · as Neurologe |
| 1961 | Gewissen in Aufruhr (TV Series) · as Feldgeistlicher |
| 1961 | The Gleiwitz Case · as Volksschullehrer |
| 1960 | Gerichtet bei Nacht · as Kleinert |
| 1960 | The Opportunists · as Fario |
| 1959 | Verwirrung der Liebe · as Taxifahrer |
| 1959 | Blaulicht (TV Series) · as Alfons Beckmann |
| 1959 | Ware für Katalonien · as Portier |
| 1958 | |
| 1958 | Les Misérables · as Brevet (uncredited) |
| 1956 |