Georg Tressler
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 25, 1917
- Died
- January 6, 2007 (aged 89)
- Birthplace
- Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
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
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Die Hütte am See
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Sukkubus
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Mrs. Harris - Freund mit Rolls Royce
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Und ab geht die Post
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Familienfest
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Knobbes Knoten
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Der Millionenbauer
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Inspektion Lauenstadt
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Die Kleine mit dem süßen Po
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Dein gutes Recht
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2069: A Sex Odyssey
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F.M.D. - Psychogramm eines Spielers
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Im Fahrwasser
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Keiner erbt für sich allein
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Scene of the Crime
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Die Journalistin
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Weh' dem, der erbt
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Reisedienst Schwalbe
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Nationalkomitee Freies Deutschland
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Ein Mann, der nichts gewinnt
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Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre
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Der Weibsteufel
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Gertrud Stranitzki
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Lautlose Jagd
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Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor
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Das Kriminalgericht
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Confessions of a Sixteen-Year-Old
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The Magnificent Rebel
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The Wonderful World of Disney
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Gestatten, mein Name ist Cox
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Ship of the Dead
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Last Stop Love
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Children of the Mountains
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Unter Achtzehn
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Teenage Wolfpack
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Traudls neuer Gemüsegarten
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Hansl und die 200 000 Kücken
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Ein interessanter Nachmittag
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