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name: "Gustav Diessl"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gustav-diessl"
fi1m_id: "gustav-diessl"
imdb_id: "nm0226158"
tmdb_id: 32004
wikidata_id: "Q87112"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 December 1899"
died: "20 March 1948"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T00:17:45.757996+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Gustav Diessl

## Identity

Gustav Diessl

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gustav-diessl
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gustav-diessl
- **IMDb ID:** nm0226158
- **TMDB ID:** 32004
- **Wikidata ID:** Q87112
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Diessl, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q87112, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0226158/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32004

Actor. Born 30 December 1899 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. Died 20 March 1948.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 December 1899, Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
- **Died:** 20 March 1948
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Diessl, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q87112, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0226158/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32004

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Pandora's Box*](https://film.one/film/pandoras-box.md) (88)

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## Biography

Gustav Diessl (30 December 1899 – 20 March 1948) was an Austrian stage and film actor. Born in Vienna, he trained in art and graphic design before turning to acting. He made his film debut in 1921 and worked extensively in German cinema during the silent era and beyond.

Diessl is known for his role as Jack the Ripper in G. W. Pabst’s *Pandora’s Box* (1929). Other notable credits include *The White Hell of Pitz Palu* (1929), *Westfront 1918* (1930) and *The Testament of Dr. Mabuse* (1933). He also appeared in Italian films and continued working in German productions through the 1940s.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, filmportal.de, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Pandora's Box* (1929), Fi1m 88, as Jack the Ripper — [page](https://film.one/film/pandoras-box.md)

## Complete filmography (56)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Appeal to Conscience* (1949), as Dr. Gregor Karpinski
- *The Trial* (1948), as Staatsanwalt Both
- *Kolberg* (1945), as Schill
- *Nebbie sul mare* (1944), as Pietro Rosati
- *Nora* (1944), as Dr. Rank
- *The Fire Dance* (1943), as Giulio Boldrini
- *Calafuria* (1943), as Tommaso Bardelli
- *La donna del peccato* (1942), Actor
- *Menschen im Sturm* (1941), as Alexander Oswatic
- *Il bravo di Venezia* (1941), as Marco Fuser
- *Clarissa* (1941), as Bankdirektor Feerenbach
- *The Comedians* (1941), as Ernst Biron, Herzog von Kurland
- *Senza cielo* (1940), as Dott. Martin
- *Herz ohne Heimat* (1940), as Alexander Diersberg, sein Stiefbruder
- *The Star of Rio* (1940), as Don Felipe Escobar
- *I Am Sebastian Ott* (1939), as Strobl
- *I Refuse to Testify* (1939), as Robert Lenart
- *Der grüne Kaiser* (1939), as Henry Miller / Hendrik Mylius
- *Kautschuk* (1938), as Don Alonzo de Ribeira
- *Fortsetzung folgt* (1938), as Fred, sein Freund
- *The Indian Tomb* (1938), as Sascha Demidoff
- *The Tiger of Eschnapur* (1938), as Sascha Demidoff
- *Strong Hearts in the Storm* (1937), as Rittmeister Alexander von Harbin
- *Moscow Shanghai* (1936), as Sergej Smrirnow
- *Shadows of the Past* (1936), as Dr. Hans Hellwig, Staatsanwalt
- *The Love of the Maharaja* (1936), as Maharadscha
- *Demon of the Himalayas* (1935), as Dr. Norman - Ethnologe
- *Everything for a Woman* (1935), as Frederic Keyne, Flugzeuginsustrieller
- *Mountain Man* (1934), as Jacques Burgard
- *White Majesty* (1933), as Jakob Burghardt
- *S.O.S. Iceberg* (1933), as Professor Dr. Karl Lorenz
- *Roman einer Nacht* (1933), as Der Fremde
- *The Testament of Dr. Mabuse* (1933), as Kent
- *The Mistress of Atlantis* (1932), as Morhange
- *The Herrgotts-Grenadiers* (1932), as Faletti
- *Gilgi: One of Us* (1932), as Martin
- *Teilnehmer antwortet nicht* (1932), as Konrad Quandt
- *Queen of Atlantis* (1932), as Capt. Morange
- *Nights in Port Said* (1932), Actor
- *Men Behind Bars* (1931), as Morris
- *King Fu's yellow house* (1931), as King-Fu / Scalpa
- *Hans in Every Street* (1930), as Soranzo
- *Love Comes But Once* (1930), as Fedor Karew
- *Morals at Midnight* (1930), as Brat, a prisoner
- *Westfront 1918* (1930), as Karl
- *Three Around Edith* (1929), as Roger Brown
- *Frauen am Abgrund* (1929), as Robert Stevens
- *The White Hell of Pitz Palu* (1929), as Dr. Johannes Krafft
- *Mutterliebe* (1929), as Hans Immermann
- *Der Mann, der nicht liebt* (1929), as Mérone - ein Schauspieler
- *Die Ehe* (1929), Actor
- *The Living Corpse* (1929), as Karenin
- *Pandora's Box* (1929), as Jack the Ripper — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/pandoras-box.md)
- *The Devious Path* (1928), as Thomas Beck
- *Sensations-Prozess* (1928), as Dr. Spindler
- *Vineta. Die versunkene Stadt* (1923), Actor

## Gallery

- ![Gustav Diessl in una scena del film italiano Calafuria (1943).](https://film.one/media/person/3851279/gallery-5194379b49a5.png) Gustav Diessl in una scena del film italiano Calafuria (1943). — Flavio Calzavara (director), Gabor Pogany (cinematographer), Nazionalcine (production), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Calafuria_%281943%29_Gustav_Diessl.png/1280px-Calafuria_%281943%29_Gustav_Diessl.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Gustav Diessl](https://film.one/media/person/3851279/gallery-343bb6ca8db5.jpg) Gustav Diessl — Atelier Binder, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Gustav_Diessl_by_Binder.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![The White Hell of Pitz Palu Subjects (LCTGM): motion pictures (1930)](https://film.one/media/person/3851279/gallery-b6c34f3d19b2.jpg) The White Hell of Pitz Palu Subjects (LCTGM): motion pictures (1930) — Unknown photographerUnknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/The_White_Hell_of_Pitz_Palu_%28SAYRE_15210%29.jpg/1280px-The_White_Hell_of_Pitz_Palu_%28SAYRE_15210%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Louise Brooks (as Lulu) and Gustav Diessl (as Jack the Ripper) in a publicity photo for Pandora's Box (1929).](https://film.one/media/person/3851279/gallery-189feb59889d.jpg) Louise Brooks (as Lulu) and Gustav Diessl (as Jack the Ripper) in a publicity photo for Pandora's Box (1929). — AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Louise_Brooks_and_Gustav_Diessl_in_Pandora%27s_Box.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Gustav Diessl](https://film.one/media/person/3851279/gallery-282e3550b963.jpg) Gustav Diessl — Image via TMDB
- ![Gustav Diessl e Doris Duranti in una scena del film italiano Calafuria (1943).](https://film.one/media/person/3851279/gallery-bcd6d3ac496d.png) Gustav Diessl e Doris Duranti in una scena del film italiano Calafuria (1943). — Flavio Calzavara (director), Gabor Pogany (cinematographer), Nazionalcine (production), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Calafuria_%281943%29_Diessl_e_Duranti.png/1280px-Calafuria_%281943%29_Diessl_e_Duranti.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Senza cielo regia A Guarini prod Continentalcine, Roma, 1940. Isa Miranda e Gustav Diessl (2020)](https://film.one/media/person/3851279/gallery-bb3dff12bbd1.jpg) Senza cielo regia A Guarini prod Continentalcine, Roma, 1940. Isa Miranda e Gustav Diessl (2020) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Senzacielo1940_miranda%2Bdiessl.jpg/1280px-Senzacielo1940_miranda%2Bdiessl.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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