Directing
Georg Tressler
DE, EN cinema · 30 credits
Born
25 January 1917
Died
6 January 2007 (aged 89)
Birthplace
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.
Known for
Filmography
Sukkubus
Director
2069: A Sex Odyssey
Director
Weh' dem, der erbt
Director
Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor
Director, Writer
Ship of the Dead
Director, Producer
Last Stop Love
Director
Children of the Mountains
Director, Writer
Unter Achtzehn
Director, Writer
Teenage Wolfpack
Director, Screenplay
Traudls neuer Gemüsegarten
1952
Traudls neuer Gemüsegarten
Director, Writer, Editor
Hansl und die 200 000 Kücken
1952
Hansl und die 200 000 Kücken
Director, Writer, Editor
Ein interessanter Nachmittag
1952
Ein interessanter Nachmittag
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
Men Are That Way
as Student
Episode
as Eugen, sein Sohn