Biography
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
Acted in 48
1940s
- 1949
The Appeal to Conscience
Dr. Gregor Karpinski
- 1948
The Trial
Staatsanwalt Both
- 1945
- 1944
Nebbie sul mare
Pietro Rosati
Nora
Dr. Rank
- 1943
The Fire Dance
Giulio Boldrini
Calafuria
Tommaso Bardelli
- 1942
La donna del peccato
Movie
- 1941
Menschen im Sturm
Alexander Oswatic
Il bravo di Venezia
Marco Fuser
Clarissa
Bankdirektor Feerenbach
The Comedians
Ernst Biron, Herzog von Kurland
- 1940
The Star of Rio
Don Felipe Escobar
1930s
- 1939
Der grüne Kaiser
Henry Miller / Hendrik Mylius
- 1938
Kautschuk
Don Alonzo de Ribeira
Fortsetzung folgt
Fred, sein Freund
The Indian Tomb
Sascha Demidoff
The Tiger of Eschnapur
Sascha Demidoff
- 1937
Strong Hearts in the Storm
Rittmeister Alexander von Harbin
- 1936
Moscow Shanghai
Sergej Smrirnow
Shadows of the Past
Dr. Hans Hellwig, Staatsanwalt
The Love of the Maharaja
Maharadscha
- 1935
Demon of the Himalayas
Dr. Norman - Ethnologe
- 1934
Mountain Man
Jacques Burgard
- 1933
White Majesty
Jakob Burghardt
S.O.S. Iceberg
Professor Dr. Karl Lorenz
Roman einer Nacht
Der Fremde
- 1932
The Mistress of Atlantis
Morhange
The Herrgotts-Grenadiers
Faletti
Gilgi: One of Us
Martin
Teilnehmer antwortet nicht
Konrad Quandt
Queen of Atlantis
Capt. Morange
Nights in Port Said
Movie
- 1931
Men Behind Bars
Morris
King Fu's yellow house
King-Fu / Scalpa
- 1930
Hans in Every Street
Soranzo
Love Comes But Once
Fedor Karew
Morals at Midnight
Brat, a prisoner
1920s
- 1929
Three Around Edith
Roger Brown
Mutterliebe
Hans Immermann
Die Ehe
Movie
The Living Corpse
Karenin
- 1928
The Devious Path
Thomas Beck
Appearances1
1930s
- 1930
The Great Desire
Himself