Gustav Diessl
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Doris Duranti and Gustav Diessl in Calafuria (1943)
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| Born | Gustav Karl Balthasar 30 December 1899 Vienna, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Vienna, Austria |
| Occupation | Actor |
Gustav Diessl (30 December 1899 – 20 March 1948) was an Austrian artist, and film and stage actor.
Biography
Diessl was born Gustav Karl Balthasar in Vienna. In 1916, he was an extra on different stages in Vienna but was soon recruited into the army for World War I. During his military service, he was held prisoner for a year.
After the war, Diessl started training as a stage designer but left to pursue a professional career in acting. Meanwhile, he played for a touring company and in 1921 had his first fixed engagement at the Neue Wiener Bühne. That same year he appeared in his film debut, G. W. Pabst's In Banne der Kralle. He logged a large number of films, usually romantic comedies, among them several in war-time Italy. One of his most famous roles was in the German 1944-45 propaganda epic Kolberg designed to strengthen peoples' morale at the time of great military reverses.
After his first marriage ended, Diessl lived with actress Camilla Horn for several years. After this, he married a second time in 1938 to soprano Maria Cebotari. Diessl died in 1948 following two strokes.
Filmography
- 1921 - Im Banne der Kralle
- 1923 - Vineta, the Sunken City
- 1924 - Ssanin
- 1924 - Die Rache des Pharaonen
- 1927 - Sensations-Prozess
- 1928 - Das Gesetz der schwarzen Berge
- 1928 - Abgründe
- 1928 - Abwege
- 1928 - Die Büchse der Pandora
- 1928 - Der lebende Leichnam
- 1929 - That Murder in Berlin
- 1929 - Marriage
- 1929 - Der Mann, der nicht liebt
- 1929 - Mother Love
- 1929 - Die weiße Hölle vom Piz Palü
- 1929 - Women on the Edge
- 1929 - Die Drei um Edith
- 1930 - Westfront 1918
- 1930 - Moral um Mitternacht
- 1930 - Hans in allen Gassen
- 1930 - The Great Longing
- 1930 - Leutnant warst Du einst bei deinen Husaren
- 1931 - Das gelbe Haus des King-Fu
- Men Behind Bars (1931)
- Nights in Port Said (1932)
- 1932 - Die Herrgottsgrenadiere
- 1932 - Die Herrin von Atlantis
- 1932 - Der goldene Gletscher
- 1932 - Eine von uns
- 1932 - Teilnehmer antwortet nicht
- 1932 - Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse
- 1933 - Roman einer Nacht
- 1933 - S.O.S. Eisberg
- 1934 - Un de la montagne
- 1934 - Weiße Majestät
- 1934 - Demon of the Himalayas
- 1935 - Alles um eine Frau
- 1936 - Una donna fra due mondi
- 1936 - Moscow Shanghai
- 1936 - Schatten der Vergangenheit
- 1937 - Starke Herzen
- 1938 - Der Tiger von Eschnapur
- 1938 - Das indische Grabmal
- 1938 - Fortsetzung folgt
- 1938 - Kautschuk
- 1939 - Der grüne Kaiser
- 1939 - Ich verweigere die Aussage
- 1939 - Ich bin Sebastian Ott
- 1940 - Stern von Rio
- 1940 - Herz ohne Heimat
- 1940 - Senza cielo
- 1941 - Komödianten
- Clarissa (1941)
- 1941 - Menschen im Sturm
- 1941 - Il bravo di Venezia
- 1942 - La donna del peccato
- 1943 - Maria Malibran
- 1943 - Calafuria
- 1943 - La danza del fuoco
- Nora (1944)
- 1944 - Nebbie sul mare
- 1944 - Ein Blick zurück
- 1944 - Ruf an das Gewissen
- 1945 - Kolberg - Leutnant Schill
- 1948 - Der Prozeß
