Géza von Cziffra

Directing·Dec 19, 1900·Arad, Austria-Hungary (now Romania)

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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.

Film	Credit
Bruised Celluloid1984 · Himself	Himself
The Three Superguys1975 · Screenplay	Screenplay
Wetterleuchten über dem Zillertal1974 · Screenplay	Screenplay
Should a Schoolgirl Tell?1969 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Das Go-Go-Girl vom Blow-Up1969 · Screenplay	Screenplay
Paradies der flotten Sünder1968 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
An der Donau, wenn der Wein blüht1965 · Director	Director
Lana: Queen of the Amazons1964 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Charley's Aunt1963 · Director	Director
FFrauen sind keine Engel1963 · Director	Director
NNachts ging das Telefon1962 · Director	Director
Der Vogelhändler1962 · Director	Director
The Sweet Life of Count Bobby1962 · Director	Director
Die Fledermaus1962 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Ein Stern fällt vom Himmel1961 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Junge Leute brauchen Liebe1961 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Die Abenteuer des Grafen Bobby1961 · Director	Director
Kauf Dir einen bunten Luftballon1961 · Director	Director
Hauptmann - deine Sterne1960 · Director	Director
Kriminaltango1960 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Als geheilt entlassen1960 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Salem Aleikum1959 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Ich bin kein Casanova1959 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Bobby Dodd intervenes1959 · Director	Director
Peter schießt den Vogel ab1959 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Schlag auf Schlag1959 · Director	Director
So ein Millionär hat's schwer1958 · Director	Director
Wehe, wenn sie losgelassen1958 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Nachtschwester Ingeborg1958 · Director	Director
Der müde Theodor1957 · Director	Director
Tante Wanda aus Uganda1957 · Director	Director
Das haut hin1957 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Crazy Otto1957 · Director	Director
Die Beine von Dolores1957 · Director	Director
Mädchen mit schwachem Gedächtnis1956 · Director	Director
Die gestohlene Hose1956 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Musikparade1956 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Bandits of the Highway1955 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Der falsche Adam1955 · Director	Director
Tanz in der Sonne1954 · Director	Director
Geld aus der Luft1954 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
DDie Blume von Hawaii1953 · Director	Director
Das singende Hotel1953 · Director	Director
Tanzende Sterne1952 · Director	Director
Der bunte Traum1952 · Director	Director
Die verschleierte Maja1951 · Director	Director
A Tale of Five Cities1951 · Director	Director
Die Dritte von rechts1950 · Director	Director