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 / [email protected]

Filmography

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

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 1930The Great Desire — Himself