{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Person",
  "@id": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/person/36712/werner-dissel",
  "name": "Werner Dissel",
  "url": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/person/36712/werner-dissel",
  "knownForDepartment": "Acting",
  "description": "Werner Friedrich Dissel (26 August 1912 – 22 January 2003) was a German actor, director, and resistance fighter against the Nazi regime.\n\nDissel'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.\n\nAfter 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.\n\nHe received the Art Prize of the German Democratic Republic at a collective awarding in October 1986.\n\nSource: Article \"Werner Dissel\" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.",
  "birthDate": "1912-08-26",
  "deathDate": "2003-01-22",
  "birthPlace": "Köln, Germany",
  "alternateName": [
    "Вернер Диссель"
  ],
  "image": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/uxe94Y4wjEAHpJYGaMYx4MwAIo9.jpg",
  "sameAs": [
    "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0228427"
  ],
  "lastVerified": "3 May 2026",
  "filmography": [
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 14210,
      "title": "Polizeiruf 110",
      "year": "1971",
      "role": "as Herr Breit",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 6.2,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/6ZZadTzWhvC6msfEm5G4F4IFgBY.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/14210/polizeiruf-110-1971"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 1338,
      "title": "Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police",
      "year": "1996",
      "role": "as Neighbor",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 6.573,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/5c7NF098aZ9mdiQU4nGtsEFOMjf.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/1338/alarm-for-cobra-11-the-motorway-police-1996"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 14509,
      "title": "In aller Freundschaft",
      "year": "1998",
      "role": "as Herr Kagel",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 6.286,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/f8ZHSXNs5jyjMz3qg7mB2fqnTjP.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/14509/in-aller-freundschaft-1998"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 40938,
      "title": "Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort",
      "year": "1965",
      "role": "as Matthes Horka",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 3.8,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/fkq4dZ3la24OZbHApZR61jKkYWy.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/40938/der-staatsanwalt-hat-das-wort-1965"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 36862,
      "title": "Der letzte Zeuge",
      "year": "1998",
      "role": "as Karl Waller",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 5,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/4rZcGW6nZACDWahSQgo20cHM9MA.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/36862/der-letzte-zeuge-1998"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 62867,
      "title": "Auf eigene Gefahr",
      "year": "1993",
      "role": "as Schreiner",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 6.5,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/pflNDGPwSlM1igmH7N1bYgJn1ih.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/62867/auf-eigene-gefahr-1993"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 40695,
      "title": "Immenhof",
      "year": "1994",
      "role": "as Wilhelm",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 8.5,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/rz904c4FUyhBV6XFeGMiil76ZZA.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/40695/immenhof-1994"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 1698,
      "title": "Anatomy",
      "year": "2000",
      "role": "as Paulas Großvater",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 6.085,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/hZgnRhrOkmjjod5u3umbw4y08kX.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/1698/anatomy-2000"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 60755,
      "title": "The German Bronx",
      "year": "1997",
      "role": "as Pfarrer Müller",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 10,
      "posterUrl": null,
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/60755/the-german-bronx-1997"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 4412,
      "title": "Les Misérables",
      "year": "1958",
      "role": "as Brevet (uncredited)",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.18,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/AtjUXhvf3Dla4fuhZc60XHMk322.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/4412/les-miserables-1958"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 44228,
      "title": "The Green Monster",
      "year": "1962",
      "role": "as Dr. Luis Guerra",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/gRaKOb49P7e1Amy7Ydn1avbHyws.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/44228/the-green-monster-1962"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 119730,
      "title": "Die Lange Strasse",
      "year": "1979",
      "role": "as ein Arzt",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 10,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/830EOFepkrWDAlkbzd48gN8HpDO.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/119730/die-lange-strasse-1979"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 40489,
      "title": "Barfuß ins Bett",
      "year": "1988",
      "role": "as Opa Jonny",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": null,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/2OYHJfD4JN8cSMldbU6y5tWGzmF.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/40489/barfu-ins-bett-1988"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 335735,
      "title": "Liberation: The Fire Bulge",
      "year": "1970",
      "role": "as Alfred Jodl",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.4,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/z8jWmBXkBbmgutzSejJVmMZ1oJz.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/335735/liberation-the-fire-bulge-1970"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 225409,
      "title": "Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow",
      "year": "1971",
      "role": "as Alfred Jodl",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 5.966,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/jGa5IMwHgEGr2JJ1Blp06ujyUQY.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/225409/liberation-direction-of-the-main-blow-1971"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 364909,
      "title": "Picknick im Schnee",
      "year": "1999",
      "role": "as Mann mit Decke",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 5,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/gHkZ9KjUFscgrlxTevzAofq03Zn.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/364909/picknick-im-schnee-1999"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 392615,
      "title": "Liberation: Breakthrough",
      "year": "1970",
      "role": "Cast",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/3Yel2or66XrbSXjof7qDHSu01Mp.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/392615/liberation-breakthrough-1970"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 2227,
      "title": "Naked Among Wolves",
      "year": "1963",
      "role": "as Otto Lange",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 6.273,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/g7SWl6jW01wJin8fk0JBEYLPB9Z.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/2227/naked-among-wolves-1963"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 5598,
      "title": "Little Red Riding Hood",
      "year": "1962",
      "role": "as Wolf",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 5,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/1BjM9t54oV5FxFP1ShcGEF6wf5j.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/5598/little-red-riding-hood-1962"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 316425,
      "title": "Albert Einstein",
      "year": "1990",
      "role": "as Max Planck",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/3DQVW6916ZDkv2gRSrVpFA2LIFf.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/316425/albert-einstein-1990"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 482156,
      "title": "Albert Einstein",
      "year": "1990",
      "role": "as Max Planck",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": null,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/x4xDSOXKqK1jiqOLaX9DfUDBkNZ.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/482156/albert-einstein-1990"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 141560,
      "title": "Everything's a Lie",
      "year": "1992",
      "role": "as Notary",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 4.333,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/93dStoMaOrUCbQeNzQVGCMSLEdi.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/141560/everything-s-a-lie-1992"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 425348,
      "title": "Liberation: The Battle of Berlin",
      "year": "1971",
      "role": "Cast",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 6.8,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/iZ8XUrkvkrqeNZ8YAPovSVApCvI.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/425348/liberation-the-battle-of-berlin-1971"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 36672,
      "title": "Coming Out",
      "year": "1989",
      "role": "as Älterer Homosexueller Walter",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 6.489,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/sFM5p7f8A2Gic05NUjbJfvUaJcb.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/36672/coming-out-1989"
    }
  ]
}