Géza von Cziffra

Géza von Cziffra

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Born 1900-12-19 Died 1989-04-28 Arad, Austria-Hungary (now Romania) 82 credits Austrian Decoration for Science and Art 1 Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the State of Vienna 1

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Won 1 Austrian Decoration for Science and Art Award

Austrian Decoration for Science and Art 1 won

  • 1976 Science and Art Won

Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the State of Vienna 1 won

  • 1975 Services to the State of Vienna Won

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Géza von Cziffra (19 December 1900 – 28 April 1989) was a Hungarian and Austrian film director and screenwriter. Cziffra was a Banat German in origin, born in 1900 in Arad in the Banat region, at that date in the Kingdom of Hungary, now in Romania. Cziffra made films from the 1930s onwards, at first in Hungary, and from 1936 in Germany as well, where he was initially more active as a screenwriter. In 1945, in Prague, then occupied by the Germans, he made the film Leuchtende Schatten ("Glowing Shadows"). As adviser for the criminal police, he was assigned SS-Sturmbannführer Eweler, a member of the SD and brother of the actress Ruth Eweler. After some time, Cziffra banned Eweler from the studios for excessive and obstructive criticism. Shortly afterwards, he was arrested and taken to the Prague Gestapo Headquarters in the Pecec Palace, where he was accused of having eaten several times in the Czech restaurant "Neumann" without using ration stamps. He was eventually dispatched to Pankrác Prison, the remand and interrogation prison of Prague, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment, beginning on 12 February. He was released from detention on 19 April, shortly before the end of the war. In 1945, in Vienna, Cziffra founded the first post-war Austrian film production company: Cziffra-Film. Principally, and for preference, he made light entertainment and musical films, with well-known German and Austrian actors such as Peter Alexander, Rudolf Platte, Senta Berger and Hubert von Meyerinck. Through the input of musicians like Bill Ramsey or Bully Buhlan, the films mostly progressed to being musical revues with a local Austrian slant and flavour (Heimatfilme). Cziffra also worked as an actor himself, and later in his life published a number of books. He was married to the actress Ursula Justin, who starred in six of his films in the 1950s. He died on 28 April 1989 in Diessen am Ammersee in Bavaria. His remains are interred in the crematorium in the Ostfriedhof, Munich.
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Directing 43 credits
Lambert fühlt sich bedroht
Lambert fühlt sich bedroht
1949 · Director
Die Fledermaus
Die Fledermaus
1962 · Director, Screenplay
Höllische Liebe
Höllische Liebe
1949 · Director, Writer
Gabriela
Gabriela
1950 · Director
Mädchen mit schwachem Gedächtnis
Mädchen mit schwachem Gedächtnis
1956 · Director
Die Blume von Hawaii
Die Blume von Hawaii
1953 · Director
Der Vogelhändler
Der Vogelhändler
1962 · Director
Das Haus der Schlangen
Das Haus der Schlangen
1964 · Director
St. Peter's Umbrella
St. Peter's Umbrella
1935 · Director
Charley's Aunt
Charley's Aunt
1963 · Director
Villa for Sale
Villa for Sale
1935 · Director, Writer
Schlag auf Schlag
Schlag auf Schlag
1959 · Director
Der weiße Traum
Der weiße Traum
1943 · Director, Writer
Der falsche Adam
Der falsche Adam
1955 · Director
Die verschleierte Maja
Die verschleierte Maja
1951 · Director
Der Mann, der sich selber sucht
Der Mann, der sich selber sucht
1950 · Director
Kauf Dir einen bunten Luftballon
Kauf Dir einen bunten Luftballon
1961 · Director
Paradies der flotten Sünder
Paradies der flotten Sünder
1968 · Director, Writer
Junge Leute brauchen Liebe
Junge Leute brauchen Liebe
1961 · Screenplay, Director
A Tale of Five Cities
A Tale of Five Cities
1951 · Director
Should a Schoolgirl Tell?
Should a Schoolgirl Tell?
1969 · Director, Writer
Der bunte Traum
Der bunte Traum
1952 · Director
Tante Wanda aus Uganda
Tante Wanda aus Uganda
1957 · Director
Der himmlische Walzer
Der himmlische Walzer
1948 · Director, Screenplay
A Night in Venice
A Night in Venice
1934 · Director
Hauptmann - deine Sterne
Hauptmann - deine Sterne
1960 · Director
Lana: Queen of the Amazons
Lana: Queen of the Amazons
1964 · Director, Story
The Sweet Life of Count Bobby
The Sweet Life of Count Bobby
1962 · Director
Crazy Otto
Crazy Otto
1957 · Director
Salem Aleikum
Salem Aleikum
1959 · Director, Writer
Gefährliche Gäste
Gefährliche Gäste
1949 · Director
Tanzende Sterne
Tanzende Sterne
1952 · Director
Kriminaltango
Kriminaltango
1960 · Director, Screenplay
Die Abenteuer des Grafen Bobby
Die Abenteuer des Grafen Bobby
1961 · Director
So ein Millionär hat's schwer
So ein Millionär hat's schwer
1958 · Director
Peter schießt den Vogel ab
Peter schießt den Vogel ab
1959 · Director, Screenplay
Glaube an mich
Glaube an mich
1947 · Director
Das haut hin
Das haut hin
1957 · Director, Writer
Leuchtende Schatten
Leuchtende Schatten
1945 · Director, Screenplay
Wehe, wenn sie losgelassen
Wehe, wenn sie losgelassen
1958 · Director, Screenplay
Bandits of the Highway
Bandits of the Highway
1955 · Director, Producer
Die gestohlene Hose
Die gestohlene Hose
1956 · Director, Screenplay
Die Dritte von rechts
Die Dritte von rechts
1950 · Director
Writing 28 credits
Die Fledermaus
Die Fledermaus
1962 · Director, Screenplay
Höllische Liebe
Höllische Liebe
1949 · Director, Writer
Melody of a Great City
Melody of a Great City
1943 · Writer
The Wedding Hotel
The Wedding Hotel
1944 · Writer
Villa for Sale
Villa for Sale
1935 · Director, Writer
Der weiße Traum
Der weiße Traum
1943 · Director, Writer
Women Are No Angels
Women Are No Angels
1943 · Writer
Paradies der flotten Sünder
Paradies der flotten Sünder
1968 · Director, Writer
Junge Leute brauchen Liebe
Junge Leute brauchen Liebe
1961 · Screenplay, Director
Should a Schoolgirl Tell?
Should a Schoolgirl Tell?
1969 · Director, Writer
Der himmlische Walzer
Der himmlische Walzer
1948 · Director, Screenplay
Wetterleuchten über dem Zillertal
Wetterleuchten über dem Zillertal
1974 · Screenplay
The Copper
The Copper
1930 · Assistant Director, Screenplay
Ball at the Savoy
Ball at the Savoy
1935 · Writer
Lana: Queen of the Amazons
Lana: Queen of the Amazons
1964 · Director, Story
Salem Aleikum
Salem Aleikum
1959 · Director, Writer
Kriminaltango
Kriminaltango
1960 · Director, Screenplay
Das Go-Go-Girl vom Blow-Up
Das Go-Go-Girl vom Blow-Up
1969 · Screenplay
Where the Lark Sings
Where the Lark Sings
1936 · Writer
It Was a Gay Ballnight
It Was a Gay Ballnight
1939 · Writer
Tanz mit dem Kaiser
Tanz mit dem Kaiser
1941 · Writer
Peter schießt den Vogel ab
Peter schießt den Vogel ab
1959 · Director, Screenplay
Three Days in the Guardhouse
Three Days in the Guardhouse
1930 · Writer
Das haut hin
Das haut hin
1957 · Director, Writer
Der Weg zu Isabel
Der Weg zu Isabel
1940 · Writer
Leuchtende Schatten
Leuchtende Schatten
1945 · Director, Screenplay
Wehe, wenn sie losgelassen
Wehe, wenn sie losgelassen
1958 · Director, Screenplay
Die gestohlene Hose
Die gestohlene Hose
1956 · Director, Screenplay
Acting 5 credits
Wetten, dass..?
Wetten, dass..?
1981 · Self
NDR Talk Show
NDR Talk Show
1979 · Self
German Film Award
German Film Award
1951 · Self
Heut' abend
Heut' abend
1980 · Self
Je später der Abend
Je später der Abend
1973 · Self
Other credits 1 credit
The Copper
The Copper
1930 · Assistant Director, Screenplay
Producing 1 credit
Bandits of the Highway
Bandits of the Highway
1955 · Director, Producer
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