Gustav Diessl
Actor
- Born
- December 30, 1899 · Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
- Died
- March 20, 1948 (age 48)
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.
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Known for
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
April 21, 1933
Pandora's Box
January 30, 1929
Westfront 1918
May 23, 1930
The White Hell of Pitz Palu
October 10, 1929
The Devious Path
August 10, 1928
Kolberg
January 30, 1945
Queen of Atlantis
June 28, 1932
The Living Corpse
February 14, 1929
S.O.S. Iceberg
August 30, 1933
The Trial
March 5, 1948
The Mistress of Atlantis
December 25, 1932
The Comedians
September 5, 1941
Acting57
- 1949The Appeal to Conscience as Dr. Gregor Karpinski
- 1948The Trial as Staatsanwalt Both
- 1945Kolberg as Schill
- 1944Nebbie sul mare as Pietro Rosati
- 1944Nora as Dr. Rank
- 1943The Fire Dance as Giulio Boldrini
- 1943Calafuria as Tommaso Bardelli
- 1942La donna del peccato
- 1941Menschen im Sturm as Alexander Oswatic
- 1941Il bravo di Venezia as Marco Fuser