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