About

Known credits:
71
Birthday:
1912-08-26
Place of birth:
Köln, Germany
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Werner Dissel

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
2000 Anatomy Actor Paulas Großvater 59
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1999 Picknick im Schnee Actor Mann mit Decke 59
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1994 Immenhof Actor Wilhelm 70
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1992 Andy Actor Grandfather N/A
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1992 Verlorene Landschaft Actor 59
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1992 Die Spur des Bernsteinzimmers Actor 58
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1992 Scheusal Actor Alfons Pfeiffer N/A
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1992 Everything's a Lie Actor Notary 58
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1991 Unser Haus Actor Dr.Olbert N/A
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1991 Farssmann oder Zu Fuß in die Sackgasse Actor Hinkelmann N/A
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1990 Albert Einstein Actor Max Planck N/A
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1990 The Architects Actor Alter 59
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1989 Der Magdalenenbaum Actor Opa Panse N/A
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1989 Coming Out Actor Älterer Homosexueller Walter 59
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1989 Späte Ankunft Actor Kutscher Pankoke N/A
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1988 Barfuß ins Bett Actor Opa Jonny N/A
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1988 Fallada: The Last Chapter Actor Doktor 58
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1988 Nachts schlafen die Ratten Actor 58
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1987 Childhood Actor Lehrer 58
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1987 Stielke, Heinz, Fifteen... Actor Invalide 58
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1986 Der Traum vom Elch Actor Paulchen 58
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1986 Das wirkliche Blau Actor N/A
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1986 Ernst Thälmann Actor Emil Kirdorf N/A
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1984 Die Schöne und das Tier Actor Alter N/A
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1984 Zeitzünder Actor Dr. Engelberger N/A
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1981 Chirurgus Johann Paul Schroth Actor Gundelsheimer N/A
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1981 Chirurgus Johann Paul Schroth Actor N/A
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1980 A Stortebeker Girl Actor Opa Warning N/A
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1979 Die Rache des Kapitäns Mitchell Actor Schiffsarzt N/A
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1978 Sunday's Child Sometimes Runs Wild Actor Älterer Herr mit Hund 58
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1978 Jörg Ratgeb, Painter Actor N/A
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1976 Beethoven - Days in a Life Actor Grisslinger 58
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1976 Jede Woche Hochzeitstag Actor Otto Haubold N/A
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1975 Man against Man Actor Angler 58
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1975 Till Eulenspiegel Actor Scholastischer Professor 58
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1975 Am Ende der Welt Actor Amtsdiener Göpel N/A
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1974 Johannes Kepler Actor Richter N/A
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1974 Ulzana Actor Mexikanischer Arzt 58
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1974 Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui Actor Butcher N/A
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1971 Optimistische Tragödie Actor N/A
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1971 Pułapka Actor Runge 58
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1970 Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow Actor Alfred Jodl 58
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1969 Die Rosenholzmöbel Actor Duponchel N/A
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1968 Liberation: The Fire Bulge Actor Alfred Jodl 59
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1968 Geheimkommando Ciupaga Actor Hauptmann Garzel N/A
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1968 Heroin Actor Zollrat Donkenberg 58
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1967 Stories of That Night Actor Kilian (segment "Materna") 58
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1966 Zejście do piekła Actor Rudolf Knoll N/A
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1966 Black Panthers Actor Dressurreiter Alois Feldmann N/A
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1966 Lebende Ware Actor Erno Brody 59
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1966 Die Tage der Commune Actor Delegierter N/A
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1965 Just Don't Think I'll Cry Actor Mantek 58
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1965 As Long as There’s Life in Me Actor Bethmann-Hollweg 58
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1964 Pension Boulanka Actor Dr. Vollmer 58
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1963 Jetzt und in der Stunde meines Todes Actor Herr Merker 58
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1963 Naked Among Wolves Actor Otto Lange 58
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1962 The Green Monster Actor Dr. Luis Guerra N/A
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1962 Entdeckung des Julian Böll Actor N/A
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1962 Little Red Riding Hood Actor Wolf 58
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1962 Ärzte Actor N/A
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1961 The Gleiwitz Case Actor Volksschullehrer 58
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1961 Der Fremde Actor N/A
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1961 Die Liebe und der Co-Pilot Actor Meteorologe N/A
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1960 The Opportunists Actor Fario 59
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1959 Love's Confusion Actor Taxifahrer 58
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1959 Before lightning strikes Actor Silvio O. Schmitt N/A
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1959 Ware für Katalonien Actor Portier 58
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1958 Der Prozeß wird vertagt Actor 58
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1958 Ein Mädchen von 16 ½ Actor Rohn N/A
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1958 Les Misérables Actor Brevet (uncredited) 60
Fair
1956 The Captain from Cologne Actor 58
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