Gustav Diessl
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
Credits
- 1949 · The Appeal to Conscience as Dr. Gregor Karpinski
- 1948 · The Trial as Staatsanwalt Both
- 1945 · Kolberg as Schill
- 1944 · Nebbie sul mare as Pietro Rosati
- 1944 · Nora as Dr. Rank
- 1943 · The Fire Dance as Giulio Boldrini
- 1943 · Calafuria as Tommaso Bardelli
- 1942 · La donna del peccato as
- 1941 · 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
- 1940 · Senza cielo as Dott. Martin
- 1940 · Herz ohne Heimat as Alexander Diersberg, sein Stiefbruder
- 1940 · The Star of Rio as Don Felipe Escobar
- 1939 · I Am Sebastian Ott as Strobl
- 1939 · I Refuse to Testify as Robert Lenart
- 1939 · Der grüne Kaiser as Henry Miller / Hendrik Mylius
- 1938 · 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
- 1937 · Strong Hearts in the Storm as Rittmeister Alexander von Harbin
- 1936 · Moscow Shanghai as Sergej Smrirnow
- 1936 · Shadows of the Past as Dr. Hans Hellwig, Staatsanwalt
- 1936 · The Love of the Maharaja as Maharadscha
- 1935 · Demon of the Himalayas as Dr. Norman - Ethnologe
- 1935 · Everything for a Woman as Frederic Keyne, Flugzeuginsustrieller
- 1934 · Mountain Man as Jacques Burgard
- 1933 · 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
- 1932 · 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 as
- 1931 · Men Behind Bars as Morris
- 1931 · King Fu's yellow house as King-Fu / Scalpa
- 1930 · 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
- 1929 · 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 as
- 1929 · The Living Corpse as Karenin
- 1929 · Pandora's Box as Jack the Ripper
- 1928 · The Devious Path as Thomas Beck
- 1928 · Sensations-Prozess as Dr. Spindler
- 1923 · Vineta. Die versunkene Stadt as