Gustav Diessl
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 30, 1899, Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
- Died
- March 20, 1948
- Movies
- 57
Gustav Diessl was an Austrian artist, film and stage actor. He studied art, painting and sculpture in Vienna. From 1921 he worked in Berlin as an actor for G.W. Pabst in his silent film, "Abgründe" (1928). In 1929 he played in The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929) ("The White Hell of Pitz Palu"). After that he became famous in USA, but returned to Germany after making only one film in Hollywood. He also played in Italian films. After a short-lived first marriage, he cohabited with Camilla Horn for a couple of years, but in 1938 he married opera star Maria Cebotari, with who he had two sons; one of them lives today in England and the other one in New Zealand. Gustav Diessl died, much too young,in Vienna.
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Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1949 | The Appeal to Conscience | Dr. Gregor Karpinski |
| 1948 | The Trial | Staatsanwalt Both |
| 1945 | Kolberg | Schill |
| 1944 | Nebbie sul mare | Pietro Rosati |
| 1944 | Nora | Dr. Rank |
| 1943 | The Fire Dance | Giulio Boldrini |
| 1943 | Calafuria | Tommaso Bardelli |
| 1942 | La donna del peccato | |
| 1941 | Menschen im Sturm | Alexander Oswatic |
| 1941 | Il bravo di Venezia | Marco Fuser |
| 1941 | Clarissa | Bankdirektor Feerenbach |
| 1941 | The Comedians | Ernst Biron, Herzog von Kurland |
| 1940 | Senza cielo | Dott. Martin |
| 1940 | Herz ohne Heimat | Alexander Diersberg, sein Stiefbruder |
| 1940 | The Star of Rio | Don Felipe Escobar |
| 1939 | I Am Sebastian Ott | Strobl |
| 1939 | I Refuse to Testify | Robert Lenart |
| 1939 | Der grüne Kaiser | Henry Miller / Hendrik Mylius |
| 1938 | Kautschuk | Don Alonzo de Ribeira |
| 1938 | Fortsetzung folgt | Fred, sein Freund |
| 1938 | The Indian Tomb | Sascha Demidoff |
| 1938 | The Tiger of Eschnapur | Sascha Demidoff |
| 1937 | Strong Hearts in the Storm | Rittmeister Alexander von Harbin |
| 1936 | Moscow Shanghai | Sergej Smrirnow |
| 1936 | Shadows of the Past | Dr. Hans Hellwig, Staatsanwalt |
| 1936 | The Love of the Maharaja | Maharadscha |
| 1935 | Demon of the Himalayas | Dr. Norman - Ethnologe |
| 1935 | Everything for a Woman | Frederic Keyne, Flugzeuginsustrieller |
| 1934 | Mountain Man | Jacques Burgard |
| 1933 | White Majesty | Jakob Burghardt |
| 1933 | S.O.S. Iceberg | Professor Dr. Karl Lorenz |
| 1933 | Roman einer Nacht | Der Fremde |
| 1933 | The Testament of Dr. Mabuse | Kent |
| 1932 | The Mistress of Atlantis | Morhange |
| 1932 | The Herrgotts-Grenadiers | Faletti |
| 1932 | Gilgi: One of Us | Martin |
| 1932 | Teilnehmer antwortet nicht | Konrad Quandt |
| 1932 | Queen of Atlantis | Capt. Morange |
| 1932 | Nights in Port Said | |
| 1931 | Men Behind Bars | Morris |
| 1931 | King Fu's yellow house | King-Fu / Scalpa |
| 1930 | Hans in Every Street | Soranzo |
| 1930 | Love Comes But Once | Fedor Karew |
| 1930 | The Great Desire | Himself |
| 1930 | Morals at Midnight | Brat, a prisoner |
| 1930 | Westfront 1918 | Karl |
| 1929 | Three Around Edith | Roger Brown |
| 1929 | Frauen am Abgrund | Robert Stevens |
| 1929 | The White Hell of Pitz Palu | Dr. Johannes Krafft |
| 1929 | Mutterliebe | Hans Immermann |
| 1929 | Der Mann, der nicht liebt | Mérone - ein Schauspieler |
| 1929 | Die Ehe | |
| 1929 | The Living Corpse | Karenin |
| 1929 | Pandora's Box | Jack the Ripper |
| 1928 | The Devious Path | Thomas Beck |
| 1928 | Sensations-Prozess | Dr. Spindler |
| 1923 | Vineta. Die versunkene Stadt |
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