Known For
Directing
Born
Jan 25, 1917
Died
Jan 06, 2007
Place of Birth
Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
Credits
43 titles
Georg Tressler
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Castle Hohenstein
Director
Die Hütte am See
Director
Sukkubus
Director
Mrs. Harris - Freund mit Rolls Royce
Director
Und ab geht die Post
Director
Knobbes Knoten
Director
Familienfest
Director
Der Millionenbauer
Director
Inspektion Lauenstadt
Director
Dein gutes Recht
Director
Die Kleine mit dem süßen Po
Director
2069: A Sex Odyssey
Director
Im Fahrwasser
Director
F.M.D. - Psychogramm eines Spielers
Director
Keiner erbt für sich allein
Director
Scene of the Crime
Director
Die Journalistin
Director
Weh' dem, der erbt
Director
Reisedienst Schwalbe
Director
Nationalkomitee Freies Deutschland
Director
Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre
Director
Ein Mann, der nichts gewinnt
Director
Lautlose Jagd
Director
Der Weibsteufel
Director
Gertrud Stranitzki
Director
Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor
Writer
Das Kriminalgericht
Director
Gestatten, mein Name ist Cox
Director
The Magnificent Rebel
Director
The Wonderful World of Disney
Director
Confessions of a Sixteen-Year-Old
Director
Ship of the Dead
Director
Children of the Mountains
Director
Last Stop Love
Director
Unter Achtzehn
Director
Teenage Wolfpack
Director
Traudls neuer Gemüsegarten
Director
Hansl und die 200 000 Kücken
Director
Ein interessanter Nachmittag
Director
Arlberg-Express
Der weite Weg
Men Are That Way
Student
Episode
Eugen, sein Sohn