
Werner Dissel
Born
August 26, 1912
Died
January 22, 2003 (90 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Köln, Germany
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

Anatomy
Paulas Großvater
2000

Picknick im Schnee
Mann mit Decke
1999

In aller Freundschaft
Herr Kagel · (1 episode)
1998

Der letzte Zeuge
Karl Waller · (1 episode)
1998

The German Bronx
Pfarrer Müller · (1 episode)
1997

Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
Neighbor · (1 episode)
1996

Immenhof
Wilhelm · (20 episodes)
1994

Auf eigene Gefahr
Schreiner · (1 episode)
1993

Motzki
Birne · (1 episode)
1993
Andy
Grandfather
1992

Verlorene Landschaft
1992

Die Spur des Bernsteinzimmers
1992
Scheusal
Alfons Pfeiffer
1992

Everything's a Lie
Notary
1992
Unser Haus
Dr.Olbert
1991
Farssmann oder Zu Fuß in die Sackgasse
Hinkelmann
1991

Albert Einstein
Max Planck
1990

The Architects
Alter
1990

Der Magdalenenbaum
Opa Panse
1989

Coming Out
Älterer Homosexueller Walter
1989

Späte Ankunft
Kutscher Pankoke
1989

Barfuß ins Bett
Opa Jonny · (14 episodes)
1988

Fallada: The Last Chapter
Doktor
1988
Nachts schlafen die Ratten
1988

Kindheit
Lehrer
1987

Stielke, Heinz, Fifteen...
Invalide
1987

Der Traum vom Elch
Paulchen
1986
Das wirkliche Blau
1986

Ernst Thälmann
Emil Kirdorf
1986
Die Schöne und das Tier
Alter
1984
Zeitzünder
Dr. Engelberger
1984

Chirurgus Johann Paul Schroth
Gundelsheimer
1981

Chirurgus Johann Paul Schroth
1981

A Stortebeker Girl
Opa Warning · (5 episodes)
1980

Die Rache des Kapitäns Mitchell
Schiffsarzt
1979

Die Lange Strasse
ein Arzt · (1 episode)
1979

Ein Sonntagskind, das manchmal spinnt
Älterer Herr mit Hund
1978

Jörg Ratgeb, Painter
1978

Beethoven – Tage aus einem Leben
Grisslinger
1976

Jede Woche Hochzeitstag
Otto Haubold
1976

Man against Man
Angler
1975

Till Eulenspiegel
Scholastischer Professor
1975

Am Ende der Welt
Amtsdiener Göpel
1975

Johannes Kepler
Richter
1974

Ulzana
Mexikanischer Arzt
1974

Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui
Butcher
1974

Polizeiruf 110
Herr Breit · (1 episode)
1971

Polizeiruf 110
Herr Wolf · (1 episode)
1971

Polizeiruf 110
(2 episodes)
1971

Polizeiruf 110
Alfons Seebacher · (1 episode)
1971

Polizeiruf 110
Otto Masurke · (1 episode)
1971

Optimistische Tragödie
1971

Pułapka
Runge
1971

Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
Alfred Jodl
1970
Die Rosenholzmöbel
Duponchel
1969

Liberation: The Fire Bulge
Alfred Jodl
1968
Geheimkommando Ciupaga
Hauptmann Garzel · (3 episodes)
1968

Heroin
Zollrat Donkenberg
1968

Geschichten jener Nacht
Kilian (segment "Materna")
1967

Zejście do piekła
Rudolf Knoll
1966

Black Panthers
Dressurreiter Alois Feldmann
1966

Lebende Ware
Erno Brody
1966
Die Tage der Commune
Delegierter
1966

Just Don't Think I'll Cry
Mantek
1965

Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort
Matthes Horka · (1 episode)
1965

Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort
Opa Schütz · (1 episode)
1965

Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort
Sanitätsrat · (1 episode)
1965

As Long as There’s Life in Me
Bethmann-Hollweg
1965

Pension Boulanka
Dr. Vollmer
1964

Jetzt und in der Stunde meines Todes
Herr Merker
1963

Naked Among Wolves
Otto Lange
1963

The Green Monster
Dr. Luis Guerra · (5 episodes)
1962

Entdeckung des Julian Böll
1962

Rotkäppchen
Wolf
1962

Ärzte
1962

The Gleiwitz Case
Volksschullehrer
1961

Der Fremde
1961

Die Liebe und der Co-Pilot
Meteorologe
1961

The Opportunists
Fario
1960

Verwirrung der Liebe
Taxifahrer
1959

Before lightning strikes
Silvio O. Schmitt
1959

Ware für Katalonien
Portier
1959

Der Prozeß wird vertagt
1958

Ein Mädchen von 16 ½
Rohn
1958

Les Misérables
Brevet (uncredited)
1958

The Captain from Cologne
1956