Acting

Gustav Diessl

Born 1899-12-30 · Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]

Died 1948-03-20

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. - IMDb mini biography by: Rudi Polt / rudipolt@aol.com

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The Appeal to Conscience
as Dr. Gregor Karpinski
1949
The Trial
as Staatsanwalt Both
1948
Kolberg
as Schill
1945
Nebbie sul mare
as Pietro Rosati
1944
Nora
as Dr. Rank
1944
The Fire Dance
as Giulio Boldrini
1943
Calafuria
as Tommaso Bardelli
1943
La donna del peccato
1942
Menschen im Sturm
as Alexander Oswatic
1941
Il bravo di Venezia
as Marco Fuser
1941
Clarissa
as Bankdirektor Feerenbach
1941
The Comedians
as Ernst Biron, Herzog von Kurland
1941
Senza cielo
as Dott. Martin
1940
Herz ohne Heimat
as Alexander Diersberg, sein Stiefbruder
1940
The Star of Rio
as Don Felipe Escobar
1940
I Am Sebastian Ott
as Strobl
1939
I Refuse to Testify
as Robert Lenart
1939
Der grüne Kaiser
as Henry Miller / Hendrik Mylius
1939
Kautschuk
as Don Alonzo de Ribeira
1938
Fortsetzung folgt
as Fred, sein Freund
1938
The Indian Tomb
as Sascha Demidoff
1938
The Tiger of Eschnapur
as Sascha Demidoff
1938
Strong Hearts in the Storm
as Rittmeister Alexander von Harbin
1937
Moscow Shanghai
as Sergej Smrirnow
1936
Shadows of the Past
as Dr. Hans Hellwig, Staatsanwalt
1936
The Love of the Maharaja
as Maharadscha
1936
Demon of the Himalayas
as Dr. Norman - Ethnologe
1935
Everything for a Woman
as Frederic Keyne, Flugzeuginsustrieller
1935
Mountain Man
as Jacques Burgard
1934
White Majesty
as Jakob Burghardt
1933
S.O.S. Iceberg
as Professor Dr. Karl Lorenz
1933
Roman einer Nacht
as Der Fremde
1933
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
as Kent
1933
The Mistress of Atlantis
as Morhange
1932
The Herrgotts-Grenadiers
as Faletti
1932
Gilgi: One of Us
as Martin
1932
Teilnehmer antwortet nicht
as Konrad Quandt
1932
Queen of Atlantis
as Capt. Morange
1932
Nights in Port Said
1932
Men Behind Bars
as Morris
1931
King Fu's yellow house
as King-Fu / Scalpa
1931
Hans in Every Street
as Soranzo
1930
Love Comes But Once
as Fedor Karew
1930
The Great Desire
as Himself
1930
Morals at Midnight
as Brat, a prisoner
1930
Westfront 1918
as Karl
1930
Three Around Edith
as Roger Brown
1929
Frauen am Abgrund
as Robert Stevens
1929
The White Hell of Pitz Palu
as Dr. Johannes Krafft
1929
Mutterliebe
as Hans Immermann
1929
Der Mann, der nicht liebt
as Mérone - ein Schauspieler
1929
Die Ehe
1929
The Living Corpse
as Karenin
1929
Pandora's Box
as Jack the Ripper
1929
The Devious Path
as Thomas Beck
1928
Sensations-Prozess
as Dr. Spindler
1928
Vineta. Die versunkene Stadt
1923