Werner Dissel
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 26, 1912
- Died
- January 22, 2003 (aged 90)
- Birthplace
- Köln, Germany
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. Source: Article "Werner Dissel" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Known For
Filmography
Anatomy
Movie · as Paulas Großvater
Picknick im Schnee
Movie · as Mann mit Decke
In All Friendship
TV · as Herr Kagel · 1 ep
Der letzte Zeuge
TV · as Karl Waller · 1 ep
The German Bronx
TV · as Pfarrer Müller · 1 ep
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
TV · as Neighbor · 1 ep
Immenhof
TV · as Wilhelm · 20 eps
Auf eigene Gefahr
TV · as Schreiner · 1 ep
Motzki
TV · as Birne · 1 ep
Everything's a Lie
Movie · as Notary
Andy
Movie · as Grandfather
Verlorene Landschaft
Movie
Die Spur des Bernsteinzimmers
Movie
Scheusal
Movie · as Alfons Pfeiffer
Farssmann oder Zu Fuß in die Sackgasse
Movie · as Hinkelmann
Unser Haus
Movie · as Dr.Olbert
The Architects
Movie · as Alter
Albert Einstein
TV · as Max Planck · 2 eps
Coming Out
Movie · as Älterer Homosexueller Walter
Späte Ankunft
Movie · as Kutscher Pankoke
Der Magdalenenbaum
Movie · as Opa Panse
Nachts schlafen die Ratten
Movie
Fallada: The Last Chapter
Movie · as Doktor
Barfuß ins Bett
TV · as Opa Jonny · 14 eps
Childhood
Movie · as Lehrer
Stielke, Heinz, Fifteen...
Movie · as Invalide
Ernst Thälmann
Movie · as Emil Kirdorf
Das wirkliche Blau
Movie
Der Traum vom Elch
Movie · as Paulchen
Zeitzünder
Movie · as Dr. Engelberger
Die Schöne und das Tier
Movie · as Alter
Chirurgus Johann Paul Schroth
Movie · as Gundelsheimer
A Stortebeker Girl
TV · as Opa Warning · 5 eps
Die Rache des Kapitäns Mitchell
Movie · as Schiffsarzt
Die Lange Strasse
TV · as ein Arzt · 1 ep
Jörg Ratgeb, Painter
Movie
Sunday's Child Sometimes Runs Wild
Movie · as Älterer Herr mit Hund
Beethoven - Days in a Life
Movie · as Grisslinger
Jede Woche Hochzeitstag
Movie · as Otto Haubold
Till Eulenspiegel
Movie · as Scholastischer Professor
Am Ende der Welt
Movie · as Amtsdiener Göpel
Man against Man
Movie · as Angler
Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui
Movie · as Butcher
Ulzana
Movie · as Mexikanischer Arzt
Johannes Kepler
Movie · as Richter
Optimistische Tragödie
Movie
Liberation - Part 3 : Direction of the Main Blow
Movie · as Alfred Jodl
Pułapka
Movie · as Runge
Liberation - Part 4 : The Battle of Berlin
Movie
Polizeiruf 110
TV · as Herr Breit, Herr Wolf, Alfons Seebacher, Otto Masurke · 1 ep
Liberation - Part 1 : The Fire Bulge
Movie · as Alfred Jodl
Liberation - Part 2 : Breakthrough
Movie
Die Rosenholzmöbel
Movie · as Duponchel
Heroin
Movie · as Zollrat Donkenberg
Geheimkommando Ciupaga
TV · as Hauptmann Garzel · 3 eps
Geschichten jener Nacht
Movie · as Kilian (segment "Materna")
Black Panthers
Movie · as Dressurreiter Alois Feldmann
Die Tage der Commune
Movie · as Delegierter
Zejście do piekła
Movie · as Rudolf Knoll
Lebende Ware
Movie · as Erno Brody
Just Don't Think I'll Cry
Movie · as Mantek
As Long as There’s Life in Me
Movie · as Bethmann-Hollweg
Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort
TV · as Matthes Horka, Opa Schütz, Sanitätsrat · 1 ep
Pension Boulanka
Movie · as Dr. Vollmer
Naked Among Wolves
Movie · as Otto Lange
Jetzt und in der Stunde meines Todes
Movie · as Herr Merker
Little Red Riding Hood
Movie · as Wolf
Ärzte
Movie
Entdeckung des Julian Böll
Movie
The Green Monster
TV · as Dr. Luis Guerra · 5 eps
Die Liebe und der Co-Pilot
Movie · as Meteorologe
Der Fremde
Movie
The Gleiwitz Case
Movie · as Volksschullehrer
The Opportunists
Movie · as Fario
Before lightning strikes
Movie · as Silvio O. Schmitt
Love's Confusion
Movie · as Taxifahrer
Ware für Katalonien
Movie · as Portier
Der Prozeß wird vertagt
Movie
Les Misérables
Movie · as Brevet (uncredited)
Ein Mädchen von 16 ½
Movie · as Rohn
The Captain from Cologne
Movie