Werner Dissel
Acting
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
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movieAnatomy
2000
Paulas Großvater
moviePicknick im Schnee
1999
Mann mit Decke
tvIn aller Freundschaft
1998
Herr Kagel
tvDer letzte Zeuge
1998
Karl Waller
The German Bronx
1997
Pfarrer Müller
tvImmenhof
1994
Wilhelm
tvAuf eigene Gefahr
1993
Schreiner
tvMotzki
1993
Birne
Andy
1992
Grandfather
Scheusal
1992
Alfons Pfeiffer
Unser Haus
1991
Dr.Olbert
tvAlbert Einstein
1990
Max Planck
movieDer Magdalenenbaum
1989
Opa Panse
movieComing Out
1989
Älterer Homosexueller Walter
movieSpäte Ankunft
1989
Kutscher Pankoke
tvBarfuß ins Bett
1988
Opa Jonny
movieChildhood
1987
Lehrer
movieDer Traum vom Elch
1986
Paulchen
movieErnst Thälmann
1986
Emil Kirdorf
Zeitzünder
1984
Dr. Engelberger
movieChirurgus Johann Paul Schroth
1981
Gundelsheimer
tvA Stortebeker Girl
1980
Opa Warning
movieDie Rache des Kapitäns Mitchell
1979
Schiffsarzt
tvDie Lange Strasse
1979
ein Arzt
movieSunday's Child Sometimes Runs Wild
1978
Älterer Herr mit Hund
movieBeethoven - Days in a Life
1976
Grisslinger
movieJede Woche Hochzeitstag
1976
Otto Haubold
movieMan against Man
1975
Angler
movieTill Eulenspiegel
1975
Scholastischer Professor
movieAm Ende der Welt
1975
Amtsdiener Göpel
movieJohannes Kepler
1974
Richter
movieUlzana
1974
Mexikanischer Arzt
tvPolizeiruf 110
1971
Herr Breit / Herr Wolf / Alfons Seebacher / Otto Masurke
moviePułapka
1971
Runge
Geheimkommando Ciupaga
1968
Hauptmann Garzel
movieHeroin
1968
Zollrat Donkenberg
movieStories of That Night
1967
Kilian (segment "Materna")
movieZejście do piekła
1966
Rudolf Knoll
movieBlack Panthers
1966
Dressurreiter Alois Feldmann
movieLebende Ware
1966
Erno Brody
tvDer Staatsanwalt hat das Wort
1965
Matthes Horka / Opa Schütz / Sanitätsrat
movieAs Long as There’s Life in Me
1965
Bethmann-Hollweg
moviePension Boulanka
1964
Dr. Vollmer
movieNaked Among Wolves
1963
Otto Lange
tvThe Green Monster
1962
Dr. Luis Guerra
movieThe Gleiwitz Case
1961
Volksschullehrer
movieDie Liebe und der Co-Pilot
1961
Meteorologe
movieLove's Confusion
1959
Taxifahrer
movieBefore lightning strikes
1959
Silvio O. Schmitt
movieWare für Katalonien
1959
Portier
movieLes Misérables
1958
Brevet (uncredited)
