Person

Georg Tressler

Directing · 1917–2007 · Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]

Georg Tressler (born January 25, 1917, in Vienna – died January 6, 2007, in Belgern, Germany) was an Austrian film director known for bringing social realism to postwar German cinema. After early work as an assistant and documentary filmmaker, he achieved major success with Die Halbstarken (1956), which helped launch the career of Horst Buchholz and marked a break from conventional 1950s German filmmaking. Influenced by Italian Neorealism, Tressler favored location shooting and a documentary-style approach, evident in films such as Endstation Liebe and Das Totenschiff. From the 1960s onward, he worked extensively in television, directing popular series and TV films. His work is regarded as an important bridge between postwar cinema and later New German Film movements.

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  Scene of the Crime

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  Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre

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  The Wonderful World of Disney

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  Confessions of a Sixteen-Year-Old

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• Gestatten, mein Name ist Cox

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  Der Millionenbauer

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• Gertrud Stranitzki

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  Castle Hohenstein

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• Die Journalistin

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• Reisedienst Schwalbe

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• 1992Castle HohensteinDirector
• 1992Die Hütte am SeeDirector
• 1989SukkubusDirector
• 1984Mrs. Harris - Freund mit Rolls RoyceDirector
• 1981Und ab geht die PostDirector
• 1980Knobbes KnotenDirector
• 1980FamilienfestDirector
• 1979Der MillionenbauerDirector
• 1976Inspektion LauenstadtDirector
• 1975Dein gutes RechtDirector
• 1975Die Kleine mit dem süßen PoDirector
• 19742069: A Sex OdysseyDirector
• 1971Im FahrwasserDirector
• 1971F.M.D. - Psychogramm eines SpielersDirector
• 1970Keiner erbt für sich alleinDirector
• 1970Scene of the CrimeDirector
• 1970Die JournalistinDirector
• 1969Weh' dem, der erbtDirector
• 1969Reisedienst SchwalbeDirector
• 1968Nationalkomitee Freies DeutschlandDirector
• 1967Graf Yoster gibt sich die EhreDirector
• 1967Ein Mann, der nichts gewinntDirector
• 1966Lautlose JagdDirector
• 1966Der WeibsteufelDirector
• 1966Gertrud StranitzkiDirector
• 1965Die lustigen Weiber von WindsorDirector
• 1963Das KriminalgerichtDirector
• 1961Gestatten, mein Name ist CoxDirector
• 1961The Magnificent RebelDirector
• 1961The Wonderful World of DisneyDirector
• 1961Confessions of a Sixteen-Year-OldDirector
• 1959Ship of the DeadDirector
• 1958Children of the MountainsDirector
• 1958Last Stop LoveDirector
• 1957Unter AchtzehnDirector
• 1956Teenage WolfpackScreenplay
• 1952Traudls neuer GemüsegartenDirector
• 1952Hansl und die 200 000 KückenDirector
• 1952Ein interessanter NachmittagDirector
• 1948Arlberg-Express
• 1946Der weite Weg
• 1939Men Are That WayStudent
• 1935EpisodeEugen, sein Sohn