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.

Directed

1. Scene of the Crime (1970) — Director
2. Ship of the Dead (1959) — Director
3. 2069: A Sex Odyssey (1974) — Director
4. Sukkubus (1989) — Director
5. Teenage Wolfpack (1956) — Director
6. Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre (1967) — Director
7. Die Kleine mit dem süßen Po (1975) — Director
8. The Magnificent Rebel (1961) — Director
9. Der Weibsteufel (1966) — Director
10. Last Stop Love (1958) — Director
11. The Wonderful World of Disney (1961) — Director
12. Gestatten, mein Name ist Cox (1961) — Director
13. Mrs. Harris - Freund mit Rolls Royce (1984) — Director
14. Familienfest (1980) — Director
15. Nationalkomitee Freies Deutschland (1968) — Director
16. Unter Achtzehn (1957) — Director
17. Weh' dem, der erbt (1969) — Director
18. Keiner erbt für sich allein (1970) — Director
19. Children of the Mountains (1958) — Director
20. F.M.D. - Psychogramm eines Spielers (1971) — Director
21. Das Kriminalgericht (1963) — Director
22. Confessions of a Sixteen-Year-Old (1961) — Director
23. Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (1965) — Director
24. Im Fahrwasser (1971) — Director
25. Knobbes Knoten (1980) — Director
26. Ein Mann, der nichts gewinnt (1967) — Director
27. Und ab geht die Post (1981) — Director
28. Traudls neuer Gemüsegarten (1952) — Director
29. Hansl und die 200 000 Kücken (1952) — Director
30. Ein interessanter Nachmittag (1952) — Director
31. Der Millionenbauer (1979) — Director
32. Inspektion Lauenstadt (1976) — Director
33. Castle Hohenstein (1992) — Director
34. Reisedienst Schwalbe (1969) — Director
35. Die Journalistin (1970) — Director
36. Gertrud Stranitzki (1966) — Director
37. Die Hütte am See (1992) — Director
38. Lautlose Jagd (1966) — Director
39. Dein gutes Recht (1975) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Episode (1935) — Eugen, sein Sohn
2. Arlberg-Express (1948)
3. Men Are That Way (1939) — Student
4. Der weite Weg (1946)