Gustav Diessl
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
Adult: No
Birthday: December 30, 1899
Age: 125 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: March 20, 1948
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Queen of Atlantis
Overview: Two young officers, Saint-Avit and Morhange, get lost in the desert and find themselves prisoners of the beautiful Antinéa, queen of the city of Atlantis. Saint-Avit, blinded by his love for her, obeys her when she orders him to kill his comrade... With L’Atlantide, Pabst offers a psychoanalytic reading of Benoit’s novel, with a dominant female figure who enslaves her lovers before destroying them. The film’s fantasy dimension is disturbing, L’Atlantide bathes in a humid nightmare atmosphere, between the desperate search for a missing friend and the apparitions of an underworld lost in the desert. A long, discursive flashback suggests the Parisian origins of Antinéa, born from the marriage between Clémentine, a pretty, light-thighed French Cancan dancer, and an Arab prince seduced during a theatrical performance. But again, it's impossible to know whether these are the ramblings of an old alcoholic or the strange truth.
Genres: Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1932-06-28
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Nights in Port Said
Overview: The niece of a shady tavern-keeper of Port Said, surrounded by dangerous men who haunt the ports, meets a man whom she will love and with whom she flees.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1932-05-06
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Kolberg
Overview: During Napoleon's victorious campaign in Germany, the city of Kolberg gets isolated from the retreating Prussian forces. The population of Kolberg refuses to capitulate and organizes the resistance against the French army, which immediately submits the city to massive bombardments.
Genres: War History Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1945-01-30
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The White Hell of Pitz Palu
Overview: Dr. Johannes Krafft climbs a 12,000-foot mountain over and over again to search for his wife, who was lost on their honeymoon. Another couple makes the dangerous climb with him.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1929-10-10
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Der Mann, der nicht liebt
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1929-08-02
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Nebbie sul mare
Overview: A woman struggles to make a living after her husband is mistakenly presumed dead.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1944-05-10
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Westfront 1918
Overview: A group of German infantrymen of the First World War live out their lives in the trenches of France. They find brief entertainment and relief in a village behind the lines, but primarily terror fills their lives as the attacks on and from the French army ebb and flow. One of the men, Karl, goes home on leave only to discover the degradation forced on his family by wartime poverty. He returns to the lines in time to face an enormous attack by French tanks.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1930-05-23
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S.O.S. Iceberg
Overview: An expedition goes in search of a party lost in the Arctic the year before. The English language version of this German film was made at the same time but with a slightly different cast and released later that year as S.O.S. Iceberg, directed by Tay Garnett.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1933-08-30
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The Mistress of Atlantis
Overview: In this mythical fantasy, the evil queen of Atlantis lives in a magnificent palace, the halls of which are filled with the mummified remains of former lovers.
Genres: Adventure Romance Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-12-25
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The Devious Path
Overview: Neglected by her husband, an ambitious lawyer, Irene seeks variety in Berlin's nightlife-- An evening of dancing, dolls, cocaine and immoral passion. Irene takes the "devious path" as she seeks to make her husband jealous.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1928-08-10
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Senza cielo
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Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1940-11-24
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The Indian Tomb
Overview: After the events of Der Tiger von Eschnapur, Maharadscha Chandra is ready to execute his well-planned vengeance, in which German architect Peter Fürbringer, his fiancée Irene and his assistant will have to fight for their lives amidst a revolt fueled by traitor Prinz Ramigani.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1938-01-27
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The Comedians
Overview: Although she is known as a patron of the arts, a graceful duchess nevertheless refuses her nephew to marry an enterprising actress in this German melodrama starring Kathe Dorsch and silent screen legend Henny Porten. When Philine (Hilde Krahl), the troupe's ingénue, is rejected as proper marital material by the Duchess of Weissenfels (Porten), Karoline Neuber (Dorsch) creates such a furor that she is banished from the country. A performance at the court at St. Petersburg also ends in disaster for the unhappy actress and abandoned by all, Karoline dies a suicide.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1941-09-05
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Moskau - Shanghai
Overview: A drama film directed by Paul Wegener.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1936-10-07
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The Star of Rio
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Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1940-03-20
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The Tiger of Eschnapur
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Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1938-01-06
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The Trial
Overview: In 1882 a country girl disappears from a small Hungarian village. The inhabitants suggest that she was murdered by the Jews. Everything is done to accuse them before the trial. A study in stubbornness, racism and intolerance and how to fight against it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1948-03-05
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I Am Sebastian Ott
Overview: After a shady art collector is murdered, adept Dr. Sebastian Ott uncovers a massive organised fraud with fake paintings. His twin brother Ludwig is responsible, kidnaps him and locks him away in his house. He uses Otto's ID and 'replaces' him...
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1939-08-10
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Gilgi: One of Us
Overview: A young woman born illegitimately comes to terms with the challenge of getting married.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1932-10-03
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Teilnehmer antwortet nicht
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1932-08-18
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Menschen im Sturm
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1941-12-19
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Der grüne Kaiser
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1939-02-13
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Roman einer Nacht
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1933-08-21
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Hans in Every Street
Overview: A bold crime caper about muckraking journalist Hans Steindecker, who happens to witness a spectacular murder. Shortly afterwards, he makes the acquaintance of Nelly who desperately wants to leave the country and asks for Steindecker′s assistance. Without giving a second thought, he agrees, and only after Nelly has disappeared does he realize that the young woman duped him.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1930-12-23
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Love Comes But Once
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1930-10-29
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Men Behind Bars
Overview: German-language version of "The Big House" (MGM, 1930), with Heinrich George in Wallace Beery's role, filmed by MGM parallel to the English-speaking version, at a time when good subtitles weren't yet in use.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1931-06-23
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Alles um eine Frau
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1935-02-14
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Fortsetzung folgt
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1938-08-25
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Ich verweigere die Aussage
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1939-03-17
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Herz ohne Heimat
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1940-08-06
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Clarissa
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1941-09-08
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The Love of the Maharaja
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1936-04-14
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Kautschuk
Overview: About how the British broke the Brazilian monopoly on natural rubber. The storyline suggests a complex relation between adventure, military conquest and imperialism.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1938-11-01
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Demon of the Himalayas
Overview: Movie about an expedition in search of a mythical demon in the Himalaya mountains.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1935-03-16
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Three Around Edith
Overview: Notorious jewel thief Roger "Tiger" Brown sneaks into the trust of diamond dealer Thomas Morland. Not only does Morland's jewels appeal to him, but also his fiancée, Lady Edith Trent. But when Morland acquires the largest diamond in the world in Amsterdam, Brown decides against Edith and for the diamond, takes it and runs away.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1929-11-12
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The Great Passion
Overview: This is a real curiosity; at best a reasonable film, but also a charming little gem. There is a story (in the line of "A Star is Born"), but this merely serves as an excuse, as it is more importantly a kind of moving encyclopedia of about 35 stars making their debut in a talkie (although some of them had already made one talkie), of the technical sound possibilities and of film making. Besides all that, it is entertaining and sometimes hilarious and it has fine one-liners that split my side. The film is also remarkable for making mock of typical German film genres (like the overly sweet romances involving the military), of too heavy acting and of film making in general. I have to mention this one: a short, hysterically funny parody of "Der blaue Engel". What this film in fact says is: do not take any film too seriously. (J. Steed)
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1930-08-24
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Ruf an das Gewissen
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1951-05-13
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King Fu's yellow house
Overview: When a criminal named King Fu who has terrorized a city substitutes himself for a stage actor who resembles him, the staff and spectators at that night's show think the actor is giving an unusually good performance.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1931-04-16
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The Herrgotts-Grenadiers
Overview: In the middle of the mountains around the Lötschental is a lonely village that is exposed to the forces of nature. A state of excitement arouses when an international mining company discover a gold vein and acquired mining rights.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1932-11-05
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Il bravo di Venezia
Overview: Marco Fuser, an outlaw. returns to Venice after many years. His son who works in the studio of a celebrated painter is unaware of his father's history. Arrested by the Doge's men, Marco agrees to become a bravo in the service of the city's ruler and kill his enemies. He enjoys some success at this, until he finds he has been tasked with killing his son.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1941-09-17
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The Fire Dance
Overview: A decadent noblewoman, whose stranded husband has dilapidated their whole fortune on gambling, tries to keep her daughter in school while hiding their state of poverty from her, by leading a double life as an exotic dancer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1943-04-26
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Mutterliebe
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1929-08-19
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Starke Herzen im Sturm
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1937-01-03
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White Majesty
Overview: Directed by August Kern & Anton Kutter
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1933-12-27
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Shadows of the Past
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1936-07-16
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Sensations-Prozess
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1928-03-23
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Vineta. Die versunkene Stadt
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1923-12-21
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Pandora's Box
Overview: Lulu is a young woman so beautiful and alluring that few can resist her siren charms. The men drawn into her web include respectable newspaper publisher Dr. Ludwig Schön, his musical producer son Alwa, circus performer Rodrigo Quast, and seedy old Schigolch. When Lulu's charms inevitably lead to tragedy, the downward spiral encompasses them all.
Genres: Drama Crime Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1929-01-30
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Nora
Overview: The film is an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's play A Doll's House. The film uses Ibsen's alternate ending where the unhappy couple are reconciled at the end
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1944-02-14
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The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Overview: After a detective is assaulted by thugs and placed in an asylum run by Professor Baum, he observes the professor's preoccupation with another patient, the criminal genius Dr. Mabuse the hypnotist. When Mabuse's notes are found to be connected with a rash of recent crimes, Commissioner Lohmann must determine how Mabuse is communicating with the criminals, despite conflicting reports on the doctor's whereabouts, and capture him for good.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1933-04-21
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The Living Corpse
Overview: The central character of the play, Fedor Protasov, is tormented by the belief that his wife Liza has never really chosen between him and the more conventional Victor Karenin, a rival for her hand. He wants to kill himself, but doesn't have the nerve. Running away from his life, he first falls in with Gypsies, and into a sexual relationship with a Gypsy singer, Masha.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1929-02-14
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Die Ehe
Overview: Marriage and sexuality is examined through the lens of screenwriter Dr. van de Velde, a Dutch gynocologist.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1929-04-23
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Calafuria
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1943-03-11
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Morals at Midnight
Overview: Berlin, the center of pleasures and kingdom of small virtues. From all over Germany, young night owls come to burn themselves cheerfully in its lights, to drown in its champagne and fill its boxes and restaurants until dawn.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1930-06-20
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