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Karl Friedrich Benz (help·info) (November 25, 1844 – April 4, 1929) was a German engine designer and car engineer, generally regarded as the inventor of the gasoline-powered automobile, and together with Bertha Benz pioneering founder of the automobile manufacturer Mercedes-Benz. Other German contemporaries, Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach working as partners, also worked on similar types of inventions, without knowledge of the work of the other, but Benz patented his work first, and, subsequently patented all the processes that made the internal combustion engine feasible for use in an automobile. In 1879 his first engine patent was granted to him and in 1886 Benz was granted a patent for his first automobile.
Karl Benz was born Karl Friedrich Michael Vaillant, in Karlsruhe, Baden, which is part of modern Germany, to Josephine Vaillant and a locomotive driver, Johann George Benz, whom she married a few months later. When he was two years old, his father was killed in a railway accident, and his name was changed to Karl Friedrich Benz in remembrance of his father.
Actors: Anna Nicholas (actress), Elizabeth Gorcey (actress), Michael Berns (actor), Michael Berns (actor), Michael Berns (actor), Perry Norton (actress), Perry Norton (actress), Perry Norton (actress), Perry Norton (actress), Deborah Hutchison (director), Deborah Hutchison (producer), Deborah Hutchison (writer), Hall Hutchison (producer), Bill Egan (actor), Mark Henderson (composer),
Plot: In 1888, Berta Benz takes her family on a wild ride that not only rescues them from disaster, but ushers in the bold new era of motorized cars. This film is about woman who defied the rules and opened the road for the future. In CG animation of rich colors, textures and exquisite details, take the ride to find out why we are driving cars today.
Genres: Animation, Drama, Family, History, Short,