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Gustav Diessl (30 December 1899 – 20 March 1948) was an Austrian artist, and film and stage actor.
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.
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Gustav Diessl
Birth name Gustav Karl Balthasar
Nationality Austria
Birth 30 december 1899 at Vienna (Austria)
Death 20 march 1948 (at 48 years) at Vienna (Austria)
Nationality Austria
Birth 30 december 1899 at Vienna (Austria)
Death 20 march 1948 (at 48 years) at Vienna (Austria)
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.
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The Trial (1948)
, 1h48Directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Origin Austria
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films about racism, Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Ernst Deutsch, Ewald Balser, Josef Meinrad, Marianne Schönauer, Gustav Diessl, Maria Eis
Roles Staatsanwalt Both
Rating71%
Hongrie en 1882. Dans un village, Esther, une servante adolescente, disparaît. Personne ne sait qu'elle s'est enfuie parce que sa maîtresse la maltraite. La rumeur accuse bientôt les Juifs de sa disparition, qu'elle aurait été la victime d'un assassinat rituel. Un témoin affirme avoir vu Esther se réfugier chez le chef de la communauté juive, Peczely Scharf. C'était le jour de shabbat, où tout geste non religieux est interdit, or la fille chrétienne a pris un chandelier sur la table. Depuis, personne ne l'a revue.
Burning Hearts (1945)
, 1h50Directed by Veit Harlan
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Romance
Themes Politique, Political films, Histoire de France, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films
Actors Kristina Söderbaum, Heinrich George, Paul Wegener, Gustav Diessl, Horst Caspar, Claus Clausen
Roles Schill
Rating59%
The film begins in 1813 after the phase of the Napoleonic Wars known in German as the Befreiungskriege (War of Liberation). The opening scenes show Prussian Landwehr and volunteers marching down the streets of Breslau through enthusiastic crowds. This is followed by a dialogue between King Frederick William III of Prussia and Count August von Gneisenau, in which Gneisenau explains that the siege of Kolberg taught the importance of citizen armies. Ending with the admonition that kings who cannot lead must abdicate, the scene switches to Vienna in 1806 to show the abdication of the last Holy Roman Emperor, Francis II of Austria, whom the script has Gneisenau call "an Emperor who abandoned the German people in their hour of need".
Nora (1944)
, 1h41Directed by Harald Braun
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Luise Ullrich, Viktor Staal, Ursula Herking, Gustav Diessl, Georg Thomalla, Ernst Waldow
Roles Dr. Rank
Rating63%
The Comedians (1941)
, 1h51Directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Genres Drama
Actors Käthe Dorsch, Gustav Diessl, Hilde Krahl, Henny Porten, Richard Häussler, Friedrich Domin
Roles Ernst Biron, Herzog von Kurland
Rating68%
Karoline Neuber attempts to improve the lot of actors, who are looked down upon as vagabonds. When the Duchess refuses to let her son marry an actress, she defends them with such vehemence that she is driven from the country and finally dies in solitude.
Menschen im Sturm (1941)
Genres Drama
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Gustav Diessl, Olga Tschechowa, Hannelore Schroth, Siegfried Breuer, Kurt Meisel, Franz Schafheitlin
Roles Alexander Oswatic
Rating51%
Vera witnesses the persecution of ethnic Germans in Yugoslavia, which awakens her ethnic consciousness. Her cosmopolitan friend Alexander is arrested. Vera flirts with the Serbian commander to allow Volksdeutsche to escape to the border. When arrested, she proudly affirms that she helped her countrymen and, in an escape attempt, is shot, to die happy and heroic.
Clarissa (1941)
, 1h19Directed by Gerhard Lamprecht
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Sybille Schmitz, Gustav Fröhlich, Gustav Diessl, Werner Scharf, Elga Brink, Gerhard Dammann
Roles Bankdirektor Feerenbach
Rating33%
The Star of Rio (1940)
, 1h35Directed by Karl Anton
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors La Jana, Gustav Diessl, Max Gülstorff, Hubert von Meyerinck, Fritz Kampers, Grete Reinwald
Roles Don Felipe Escobar
Rating58%
The Indian Tomb (1938)
, 1h34Directed by Richard Eichberg
Origin German
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Philip Dorn, La Jana, Alexander Golling, Gustav Diessl, Hans Stüwe, Theo Lingen
Roles Sascha Demidoff
Rating61%
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The Tiger of Eschnapur (1938)
, 1h36Directed by Richard Eichberg
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Philip Dorn, La Jana, Alexander Golling, Gustav Diessl, Hans Stüwe, Theo Lingen
Roles Sascha Demidoff
Rating62%
Moskau – Shanghai (1936)
, 1h25Directed by Paul Wegener, Max W. Kimmich
Origin German
Genres Drama
Actors Pola Negri, Gustav Diessl, Paul Bildt, Susi Lanner, Rudolf Schündler, Karl Dannemann
Roles Sergej Smrirnow
Rating65%
La veuve Olga Petrovna entreprend un long voyage alors que l'Empire russe s'écroule. En pleine révolution d’Octobre, il lui est impossible de rejoindre sa fille Maria. Elle n'a pas pu avoir de ses nouvelles par sa nourrice. Elle rencontre par hasard Alexander Repin, une connaissance de son vieil ami et soupirant Sergei Smirnov. Repin accepte de l'aider, d'autant qu'il est tombé amoureux d'Olga. Tous deux tentent de s'échapper avec l'aide d'un prêtre. Mais Alexandre est arrêté tandis qu'Olga reste libre, car un pope l'a fait passer pour sa nièce. Alexander et Sergei se retrouvent dans la prison. Mais ce dernier se révèle vite être un traître. Honteux, Sergei aide finalement son ami à s'évader en prétendant l'avoir exécuté et jeté son corps dans le fleuve. Un peu plus tard Smirnov est libéré et part avec Olga, dont il est amoureux depuis longtemps, vers Shanghai.
Demon of the Himalayas (1935)
Directed by Andrew Marton
Genres Adventure
Themes Sports films, Films about Tibet
Actors Gustav Diessl
Roles Dr. Norman - Ethnologe
Rating43%
Un de la montagne (1934)
, 1h30Directed by Serge de Poligny
Actors Gustav Diessl, Léon Belières, Simone Bourday, Jean Toulout, Lucien Dayle, Jacques de Féraudy
Roles Jacques Burgard
S.O.S. Iceberg (1933)
, 1h17Directed by Tay Garnett, Arnold Fanck
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Leni Riefenstahl, Gibson Gowland, Gustav Diessl, Sepp Rist, Rod La Rocque
Roles Professor Dr. Karl Lorenz
Rating62%
Une expédition part à la recherche d'un groupe de scientifiques égaré un an auparavant…
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
, 1h54Directed by Fritz Lang
Origin German
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Oscar Beregi, Oscar Beregi, Sr., Gustav Diessl, Paul Henckels, Theodor Loos
Roles Kent
Rating78%
In a noisy print shop, a disgraced police detective named Hofmeister (Karl Meixner) escapes from pursuing criminals' attacks. Hofmeister telephones his former superior Inspector Karl Lohmann (Otto Wernicke) and explains frantically that he has discovered a huge criminal conspiracy. Before he can disclose the identity of responsible criminal, the lights go out, shots are fired, and Hofmeister becomes mad. Hofmeister vanishes only to be found later singing every time he feels watched, and he is institutionalized at Professor Baum's asylum.
S.O.S. Iceberg (1933)
, 1h30Directed by Tay Garnett, Arnold Fanck
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Leni Riefenstahl, Rod La Rocque, Gustav Diessl, Hans Richter, Sepp Rist, Gibson Gowland
Roles Professor Dr. Karl Lorenz
Rating65%
Une expédition part à la recherche d'un groupe de scientifiques égaré un an auparavant…