Gustav Diessl
Actor
48 years (Dec 30, 1899 – Mar 20, 1948)Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
Gustav Diessl has worked as an actor with little documented beyond the roles themselves. The list includes 'Pandora's Box'. Age at the first credit: 24. The filmography, complete or not, comes to 45 credits. He is credited in 'The Testament of Dr. Mabuse' as Kent.
Gustav Diessl
Actor
Gustav Diessl has worked as an actor with little documented beyond the roles themselves. The list includes 'Pandora's Box'. Age at the first credit: 24. The filmography, complete or not, comes to 45 credits. He is credited in 'The Testament of Dr. Mabuse' as Kent.
Movies: 45 titles
Plays Dott. Martin
Senza cielo
1940
Plays Jack the Ripper
Pandora's Box
1929
Plays Kent
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933
Plays Schill
Kolberg
1945
Plays Karl
Westfront 1918
1930
Plays Dr. Johannes Krafft
The White Hell of Pitz Palu
1929
Plays Dr. Hans Hellwig, Staatsanwalt
Shadows of the Past
1936
Plays Professor Dr. Karl Lorenz
S.O.S. Iceberg
1933
Plays Sascha Demidoff
The Indian Tomb
1938
Plays Thomas Beck
The Devious Path
1928
Plays Capt. Morange
Queen of Atlantis
1932
Plays Jakob Burghardt
White Majesty
1933
Plays Alexander Oswatic
Menschen im Sturm
1941
Plays Karenin
The Living Corpse
1929
Plays Sascha Demidoff
The Tiger of Eschnapur
1938
Plays Dr. Rank
Nora
1944
Plays Konrad Quandt
Teilnehmer antwortet nicht
1932
Plays Morhange
The Mistress of Atlantis
1932
Plays Don Alonzo de Ribeira
Kautschuk
1938
Plays Don Felipe Escobar
The Star of Rio
1940
Plays Staatsanwalt Both
The Trial
1948
Plays Morris
Men Behind Bars
1931
Plays Bankdirektor Feerenbach
Clarissa
1941
Plays Ernst Biron, Herzog von Kurland
The Comedians
1941
Plays Brat, a prisoner
Morals at Midnight
1930
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The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
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The Appeal to Conscience
Dr. Gregor Karpinski
1949
The Trial
Staatsanwalt Both
1948
Kolberg
Schill
1945
Nebbie sul mare
Pietro Rosati
1944
Nora
Dr. Rank
1944
The Fire Dance
Giulio Boldrini
1943
Calafuria
Tommaso Bardelli
1943
Menschen im Sturm
Alexander Oswatic
1941
Il bravo di Venezia
Marco Fuser
1941
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Gustav Diessl still alive?
Gustav Diessl passed away on March 20, 1948 at age 48.
What are the most famous roles of Gustav Diessl?
Gustav Diessl is best known for roles in The Testament of Dr. Mabuse, Pandora's Box, Westfront 1918.
How many movies has Gustav Diessl been in?
Over a 25-year career (since 1923), Gustav Diessl has appeared in 45 movies and 0 TV shows.
What was Gustav Diessl's first movie?
The career of Gustav Diessl began with Vineta. Die versunkene Stadt (1923).
What is Gustav Diessl's most recent movie or series?
Gustav Diessl's most recent release is The Appeal to Conscience, which premiered on October 11, 1949.
Gustav Diessl
1899-12-30 · 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