
Gustav Diessl
Born December 30, 1899 · 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
Notable Appearances
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Westfront 1918

The White Hell of Pitz Palu

Mountain Man

Queen of Atlantis

Moscow Shanghai

The Appeal to Conscience

The Great Desire

Demon of the Himalayas

The Living Corpse

Mutterliebe

Senza cielo

Strong Hearts in the Storm

Nights in Port Said

The Mistress of Atlantis

The Tiger of Eschnapur

The Love of the Maharaja

The Trial

S.O.S. Iceberg

Calafuria

The Devious Path

Il bravo di Venezia

La donna del peccato

Der grüne Kaiser

The Fire Dance

Love Comes But Once

Hans in Every Street

Three Around Edith

The Indian Tomb

The Star of Rio

White Majesty

Shadows of the Past

Gilgi: One of Us

Teilnehmer antwortet nicht

Nebbie sul mare

The Comedians

Menschen im Sturm

King Fu's yellow house

Nora

Kautschuk

Fortsetzung folgt

Roman einer Nacht

Die Ehe

Clarissa

Morals at Midnight




