Werner Dissel
Known for Acting · 81 credits
- Born
- 1912-08-26
- Died
- 2003-01-22
- Place of birth
- Köln, Germany
- Also known as
- Вернер Диссель
Biography
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.
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Known For
In aller Freundschaft
1998
as Herr Kagel
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
1996
as Neighbor
Polizeiruf 110
1971
as Herr Breit / Herr Wolf / Alfons Seebacher / Otto Masurke
Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort
1965
as Matthes Horka / Opa Schütz / Sanitätsrat
Der letzte Zeuge
1998
as Karl Waller
Liberation - Part 4 : The Battle of Berlin
1971
TV Shows (15)
In aller Freundschaft
1998
as Herr Kagel
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
1996
as Neighbor
Polizeiruf 110
1971
as Herr Breit / Herr Wolf / Alfons Seebacher / Otto Masurke
Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort
1965
as Matthes Horka / Opa Schütz / Sanitätsrat
Der letzte Zeuge
1998
as Karl Waller
Auf eigene Gefahr
1993
as Schreiner
The German Bronx
1997
as Pfarrer Müller
Barfuß ins Bett
1988
as Opa Jonny
Immenhof
1994
as Wilhelm
Albert Einstein
1990
as Max Planck
A Stortebeker Girl
1980
as Opa Warning
Geheimkommando Ciupaga
1968
as Hauptmann Garzel
Motzki
1993
as Birne
Die Lange Strasse
1979
as ein Arzt
The Green Monster
1962
as Dr. Luis Guerra
Movies (66)
Liberation - Part 4 : The Battle of Berlin
1971
Ware für Katalonien
1959
as Portier
Liberation - Part 2 : Breakthrough
1970
Les Misérables
1958
as Brevet (uncredited)
Liberation - Part 3 : Direction of the Main Blow
1971
as Alfred Jodl
Stielke, Heinz, Fifteen...
1987
as Invalide
Anatomy
2000
as Paulas Großvater
Picknick im Schnee
1999
as Mann mit Decke
Till Eulenspiegel
1975
as Scholastischer Professor
Der Prozeß wird vertagt
1958
Ärzte
1962
Naked Among Wolves
1963
as Otto Lange
Liberation - Part 1 : The Fire Bulge
1970
as Alfred Jodl
Ernst Thälmann
1986
as Emil Kirdorf
Fallada: The Last Chapter
1988
as Doktor
The Gleiwitz Case
1961
as Volksschullehrer
Coming Out
1989
as Älterer Homosexueller Walter
As Long as There’s Life in Me
1965
as Bethmann-Hollweg
Optimistische Tragödie
1971
Ulzana
1974
as Mexikanischer Arzt
Zejście do piekła
1966
as Rudolf Knoll
Just Don't Think I'll Cry
1965
as Mantek
The Captain from Cologne
1956
Ein Mädchen von 16 ½
1958
as Rohn
Jörg Ratgeb, Painter
1978
Little Red Riding Hood
1962
as Wolf
Beethoven - Days in a Life
1976
as Grisslinger
Johannes Kepler
1974
as Richter
Die Spur des Bernsteinzimmers
1992
Sunday's Child Sometimes Runs Wild
1978
as Älterer Herr mit Hund
Am Ende der Welt
1975
as Amtsdiener Göpel
Love's Confusion
1959
as Taxifahrer
Späte Ankunft
1989
as Kutscher Pankoke
Jetzt und in der Stunde meines Todes
1963
as Herr Merker
Before lightning strikes
1959
as Silvio O. Schmitt
The Architects
1990
as Alter
Die Rache des Kapitäns Mitchell
1979
as Schiffsarzt
Das wirkliche Blau
1986
Everything's a Lie
1992
as Notary
Childhood
1987
as Lehrer
Die Liebe und der Co-Pilot
1961
as Meteorologe
Die Tage der Commune
1966
as Delegierter
Die Schöne und das Tier
1984
as Alter
Der Fremde
1961
Stories of That Night
1967
as Kilian (segment "Materna")
Black Panthers
1966
as Dressurreiter Alois Feldmann
The Opportunists
1960
as Fario
Verlorene Landschaft
1992
Nachts schlafen die Ratten
1988
Pension Boulanka
1964
as Dr. Vollmer
Man against Man
1975
as Angler
Der Magdalenenbaum
1989
as Opa Panse
Farssmann oder Zu Fuß in die Sackgasse
1991
as Hinkelmann
Heroin
1968
as Zollrat Donkenberg
Entdeckung des Julian Böll
1962
Die Rosenholzmöbel
1969
as Duponchel
Jede Woche Hochzeitstag
1976
as Otto Haubold
Pułapka
1971
as Runge
Andy
1992
as Grandfather
Lebende Ware
1966
as Erno Brody
Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui
1974
as Butcher
Chirurgus Johann Paul Schroth
1981
as Gundelsheimer
Unser Haus
1991
as Dr.Olbert
Der Traum vom Elch
1986
as Paulchen
Zeitzünder
1984
as Dr. Engelberger
Scheusal
1992
as Alfons Pfeiffer
About Werner Dissel
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 b… With 81 credits spanning from 1956 to 2000, Werner Dissel has appeared in 66 films and 15 TV shows.
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- Liberation - Part 4 : The Battle of Berlin (1971)
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- Liberation - Part 2 : Breakthrough (1970)
- Les Misérables (1958) — as Brevet (uncredited)
- Liberation - Part 3 : Direction of the Main Blow (1971) — as Alfred Jodl
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