Hannes Messemer: Hannes Messemer. Actor: The Great Escape. Hannes Messemer was born on 17 May 1924 in Dillingen an der Donau, Bavaria, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Great Escape (1963), General Della Rovere (1959) and The Devil Strikes at Night (1957). He was married to Monika Keusch, Susanne Korda, Rose Schäfer and Herta Jung. He died on 2 November 1991 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Known For: The Great Escape (Von Luger 'The Kommandant'), General Della Rovere (S.S. Colonel Mueller), The Devil Strikes at Night (SS-Gruppenführer Rossdorf), The Sins of Rose Bernd (August Keil)