Director
Georg Tressler
January 25, 1917 · 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.
Often works with
Horst Buchholz
3 titles together
Ship of the Dead, Teenage Wolfpack, Last Stop Love
Benno Hoffmann
2 titles together
Teenage Wolfpack, Last Stop Love
Lukas Ammann
2 titles together
Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre, Gestatten, mein Name ist Cox
Wolf Ackva
2 titles together
Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre, Gestatten, mein Name ist Cox
Ruth-Maria Kubitschek
2 titles together
Castle Hohenstein, Der Millionenbauer
Gudrun Landgrebe
2 titles together
Castle Hohenstein, Die Hütte am See
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Sukkubus
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19895.6
Mrs. Harris - Freund mit Rolls Royce
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1984Und ab geht die Post
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1981Knobbes Knoten
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1980Familienfest
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1980
Die Kleine mit dem süßen Po
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1975
2069: A Sex Odyssey
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19744Im Fahrwasser
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1971F.M.D. - Psychogramm eines Spielers
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1971
Keiner erbt für sich allein
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1970
Weh' dem, der erbt
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1969Nationalkomitee Freies Deutschland
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1968