Georg Tressler
Known for Directing
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.
Filmography
Ship of the Dead
1959
Director
2069: A Sex Odyssey
1974
Director
Der Weibsteufel
1966
Director
Sukkubus
1989
Director
Teenage Wolfpack
1956
Director
Nationalkomitee Freies Deutschland
1968
Director
Last Stop Love
1958
Director
Children of the Mountains
1958
Director
Und ab geht die Post
1981
Director
The Magnificent Rebel
1961
Director
Mrs. Harris - Freund mit Rolls Royce
1984
Director
Familienfest
1980
Director
Confessions of a Sixteen-Year-Old
1961
Director
Weh' dem, der erbt
1969
Director
Unter Achtzehn
1957
Director
Keiner erbt für sich allein
1970
Director
Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor
1965
Director
Die Kleine mit dem süßen Po
1975
Director
Das Kriminalgericht
1963
Director
F.M.D. - Psychogramm eines Spielers
1971
Director