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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...
Known for
Polizeiruf 110Series • 1971
In All FriendshipSeries • 1998
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway PoliceSeries • 1996
Der Staatsanwalt hat das WortSeries • 1965
Der letzte ZeugeSeries • 1998
Les MisérablesMovie • 1958
AnatomyMovie • 2000
Liberation - Part 4 : The Battle of BerlinMovie • 1971
Naked Among WolvesMovie • 1963
Liberation - Part 3 : Direction of the Main BlowMovie • 1971
Liberation - Part 1 : The Fire BulgeMovie • 1970
Liberation - Part 2 : BreakthroughMovie • 1970
Coming OutMovie • 1989