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Georg Tressler
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.
As director
Sukkubus
Mrs. Harris - Freund mit Rolls Royce
Und ab geht die Post
Familienfest
Knobbes Knoten
Die Kleine mit dem süßen Po
2069: A Sex Odyssey
F.M.D. - Psychogramm eines Spielers
Im Fahrwasser
Keiner erbt für sich allein
Weh' dem, der erbt
Nationalkomitee Freies Deutschland
Ein Mann, der nichts gewinnt
Der Weibsteufel
Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor
Das Kriminalgericht
Confessions of a Sixteen-Year-Old
The Magnificent Rebel
Ship of the Dead
Last Stop Love
Children of the Mountains
Unter Achtzehn
Teenage Wolfpack
Traudls neuer Gemüsegarten
Hansl und die 200 000 Kücken
Ein interessanter Nachmittag