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Gustav Diessl
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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As actor
The Appeal to Conscience
The Trial
Kolberg
Nebbie sul mare
Nora
The Fire Dance
Calafuria
La donna del peccato
The Comedians
Menschen im Sturm
Clarissa
Il bravo di Venezia
Senza cielo
The Star of Rio
Herz ohne Heimat
I Am Sebastian Ott
Der grüne Kaiser
I Refuse to Testify
The Indian Tomb
The Tiger of Eschnapur
Fortsetzung folgt
Kautschuk
Strong Hearts in the Storm
Moscow Shanghai
The Love of the Maharaja
Shadows of the Past
Everything for a Woman
Demon of the Himalayas
Mountain Man
S.O.S. Iceberg