Georg Tressler

{{Short description|German film actor and film director}} {{Multiple issues| {{more citations needed|date=May 2019}} {{Expand German|topic=bio|Georg Tressler|date=April 2010}} }}

'''Georg Tressler''' (January 25, 1917 – January 6, 2007) was a Vienna-born [[Germany|German]] film actor and film director. Also known as '''George Tressler''', '''Hans Tressler''', '''Hans Dressler''', '''Hans Georg Keil''' and '''Hans Sternbeck''' (per [[IMDb]]).

The son of actor [[Otto Tressler]], he began his acting career in the 1930s. George Tressler was drafted into the German army during [[World War II]] and served on the Russian Front. He became ill and was released from the service and returned to [[Vienna]].

In the immediated post-war period Tressler was employed making films to help his Austrian compatriots better understand how to benefit from US [[Marshall Plan]] aid.<ref name=MarshallPlanFilms/> According to [[Maria Fritsche]], author of ''"The American Marshall Plan Film Campaign and the Europeans: A Captivated Audience?"'' Tressler took special efforts to find ways to convince his audience accepting US aid was of genuine benefit to them. In particular, when he found Austrian farmers feared the techniques and technology used in America on much larger American farms was inapplicable to their much smaller farms Tressler found ways to show how those techniques could be adapted to Austrian farms.

When Tressler turned to directing feature films, many of them shared themes of youthful rebellion.<ref name=YouthCulture/><ref name=Orphans/> His 1956 film ''[[Teenage Wolfpack|Die Halberstarken/Teenage Wolfpack]]'' was one of the most popular films in Austria.

He directed nearly 80 movies during his lifetime, including ''[[The Death Ship (1959 film)|The Death Ship]]'' (1959) with [[Horst Buchholz]] and [[Mario Adorf]]. He came to Hollywood and directed [[Disney]]'s ''The Magnificent Rebel'' (1962). Other works include ''Teenage Wolfpack'' (1956) and ''2069: A Sex Odyssey'' (1974). His 1966 film ''[[Der Weibsteufel (1966 film)|Der Weibsteufel]]'' was entered into the [[16th Berlin International Film Festival]].

He died on January 6, 2007, in Saxony, three weeks shy of his 90th birthday.

==Selected filmography== '''Director''' * ''[[Teenage Wolfpack]]'' (1956) — screenplay by [[Will Tremper]] * ''{{Interlanguage link|Unter Achtzehn|de}}'' (1957) * ''{{Interlanguage link|Endstation Liebe|de}}'' (1958) — screenplay by [[Will Tremper]] * ''{{Ill|Ludmila (film)|de|3=Ein wunderbarer Sommer|lt=Ludmila}}'' (1958) — based on the story by [[Paul Gallico]] * ''[[The Death Ship (1959 film)|The Death Ship]]'' (1959) — based on ''[[The Death Ship]]'' by [[B. Traven]] * ''{{Ill|Geständnis einer Sechzehnjährigen|de}}'' (1961) — based on a novel by [[:de:Robert Pilchowski|Robert Pilchowski]] * ''[[The Magnificent Rebel]]'' (1961) — biographical film about [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]] * ''{{ill|Das Kriminalgericht|de}}: Der Fall Krantz'' (1964, TV series episode) * ''{{ill|Das Kriminalgericht|de}}: Der Fall Calmette'' (1964, TV series episode) * ''{{ill|Das Kriminalgericht|de}}: Der Fall Nebe'' (1964, TV series episode) * ''[[The Merry Wives of Windsor (1965 film)|The Merry Wives of Windsor]]'' (1965) — based on [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]'s ''[[The Merry Wives of Windsor]]'' * ''[[Gestatten, mein Name ist Cox]]'' (1965, TV series, 13 episodes) * ''{{ill|Kostenpflichtig zum Tode verurteilt|de}}'' (1966, TV film) — film about [[Jerzy Sosnowski]] * ''[[Der Weibsteufel (1966 film)|Der Weibsteufel]]'' (1966) — based on a play by [[Karl Schönherr]] * ''Ein Mann, der nichts gewinnt'' (1967, TV film) — screenplay by {{Ill|Michael Mansfeld|de|Eckart Heinze}} * ''Nationalkomitee "Freies Deutschland"'' (1968, TV film) — docudrama about the "[[National Committee for a Free Germany]]" * ''[[Der Kommissar (TV series)|Der Kommissar]]: Die Tote im Dornbusch'' (1969, TV series episode) * ''[[Der Kommissar (TV series)|Der Kommissar]]: Geld von toten Kassierern'' (1969, TV series episode) * ''Der Baum von Kfar Etzyon'' (1969, TV film) — screenplay by [[Hellmut Andics]] * ''{{Ill|Weh' dem, der erbt|de|Weh’ dem, der erbt}}'' (1969, TV film) — remake of ''[[Mrs Thursday]]'' * ''[[Der Kommissar (TV series)|Der Kommissar]]: Die kleine Schubelik'' (1970, TV series episode) * ''{{ill|Keiner erbt für sich allein|de}}'' (1970, TV film) — remake of ''[[Mrs Thursday]]'' * ''F.M.D. – Psychogramm eines Spielers'' (1971, TV film) — screenplay by {{Ill|Michael Mansfeld|de|Eckart Heinze}}, biographical film about [[Fyodor Dostoevsky|Dostoevsky]] * ''{{ill|Im Fahrwasser|de}}'' (1971, TV film) — screenplay by [[Helga Feddersen]] * ''The Lift'' (1972, TV film) * ''[[Tatort]]: Kennwort Gute Reise'' (1972, TV series episode) * ''[[Graf Yoster]]'' (1974, TV series, 6 episodes) * ''{{Interlanguage link|2069: A Sex Odyssey|de|3=Ach jodel mir noch einen|lt=2069: A Sex Odyssey}}'' (1974) (as Hans Georg Keil) * ''[[Sweet Derriere]]'' (1975) (as Hans Georg Keil) * ''[[Der Millionenbauer]]'' (1979–1980, TV series, 7 episodes) * ''[[Tatort]]: Geburtstagsgrüße'' (1984, TV series episode) * ''{{Interlanguage link|Sukkubus|de|Sukkubus – Den Teufel im Leib}}'' (1989) * ''[[Schloß Hohenstein (TV series)|Schloß Hohenstein]]'' (1992–1993, TV series, 6 episodes) * ''[[Marienhof (TV series)|Marienhof]]'' (1994, TV series, 6 episodes) '''Actor''' * ''[[Men Are That Way]]'' (1939) * ''[[Music in Salzburg]]'' (1944) * ''[[Maresi]]'' (1948)

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=MarshallPlanFilms> {{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=obdDDwAAQBAJ&dq=director+OR+film+OR+movie+OR+hollywood+%22Georg+Tressler%22+OR+%22George+Tressler%22+OR+%22Hans+Tressler%22+OR+%22Hans+Dressler%22+OR+%22Hans+Georg+Keil%22+OR+%22Hans+Sternbeck%22&pg=PT375 | title = The American Marshall Plan Film Campaign and the Europeans: A Captivated Audience? | author = Maria Fritsche | publisher = [[Bloomsbury Publishing]] | year = 2018 | isbn = 9781350009356 | archiveurl = | archivedate = | accessdate = 2020-05-05 | quote = }} </ref>

<ref name=Orphans> {{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=aZ_CBwAAQBAJ&q=tressler | title = Orphans of the East: Postwar Eastern European Cinema and the Revolutionary Subject | author =Constantin Parvulescu | publisher = [[Indiana University Press]] | year = 2015 | isbn = 9780253017659 | archiveurl = | archivedate = | accessdate = 2020-05-05 | quote = }} </ref>

<ref name=YouthCulture> {{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=5oxQCgAAQBAJ&q=tressler&pg=PA27 | title = Youth Culture in Global Cinema | author1 = Timothy Shary | author2 = Alexandra Seibel | year = 2007 | pages = 27, 30, 32, 33 | publisher = University of Texas Press | isbn = 9780292709300 | archiveurl = | archivedate = | accessdate = 2020-05-05 | quote = }} </ref> }}

== External links == * {{IMDb name|0872274}} {{See also|Tressler}}

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