Acting
Gustav Diessl
DE, IT, FR, EN cinema · 57 credits
Born
30 December 1899
Died
20 March 1948 (aged 48)
Birthplace
Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
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
Known for
Filmography
The Appeal to Conscience
as Dr. Gregor Karpinski
The Trial
as Staatsanwalt Both
Kolberg
as Schill
Nebbie sul mare
as Pietro Rosati
Nora
as Dr. Rank
The Fire Dance
as Giulio Boldrini
Calafuria
as Tommaso Bardelli
The Comedians
as Ernst Biron, Herzog von Kurland
Menschen im Sturm
as Alexander Oswatic
Clarissa
as Bankdirektor Feerenbach
Il bravo di Venezia
as Marco Fuser
Senza cielo
as Dott. Martin
The Star of Rio
as Don Felipe Escobar
Herz ohne Heimat
1940
Herz ohne Heimat
as Alexander Diersberg, sein Stiefbruder
Der grüne Kaiser
as Henry Miller / Hendrik Mylius
Ich verweigere die Aussage
1939
I Refuse to Testify
as Robert Lenart
The Indian Tomb
as Sascha Demidoff
The Tiger of Eschnapur
as Sascha Demidoff
Fortsetzung folgt
as Fred, sein Freund
Kautschuk
as Don Alonzo de Ribeira
Strong Hearts in the Storm
as Rittmeister Alexander von Harbin
Moscow Shanghai
as Sergej Smrirnow
The Love of the Maharaja
as Maharadscha
Shadows of the Past
as Dr. Hans Hellwig, Staatsanwalt
Alles um eine Frau
1935
Everything for a Woman
as Frederic Keyne, Flugzeuginsustrieller
Demon of the Himalayas
as Dr. Norman - Ethnologe
Mountain Man
as Jacques Burgard
S.O.S. Iceberg
as Professor Dr. Karl Lorenz
Roman einer Nacht
as Der Fremde
White Majesty
as Jakob Burghardt
Queen of Atlantis
as Capt. Morange
The Mistress of Atlantis
as Morhange
Gilgi: One of Us
as Martin
Teilnehmer antwortet nicht
as Konrad Quandt
The Herrgotts-Grenadiers
as Faletti
Men Behind Bars
as Morris
King Fu's yellow house
as King-Fu / Scalpa
Westfront 1918
as Karl
Hans in Every Street
as Soranzo
Love Comes But Once
as Fedor Karew
The Great Desire
as Himself
Morals at Midnight
as Brat, a prisoner
The White Hell of Pitz Palu
as Dr. Johannes Krafft
Der Mann, der nicht liebt
1929
Der Mann, der nicht liebt
as Mérone - ein Schauspieler
Three Around Edith
as Roger Brown
Mutterliebe
as Hans Immermann
Pandora's Box
as Jack the Ripper
The Living Corpse
as Karenin
Die Ehe
Actor
Frauen am Abgrund
1929
Frauen am Abgrund
as Robert Stevens
The Devious Path
as Thomas Beck
Sensations-Prozess
1928
Sensations-Prozess
as Dr. Spindler