Geza
von Cziffra
1900
- 1989 |
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The director Geza von Cziffra began his career as a journalist in Hungary.
In 1920 he went to Vienna where he continued working as a writer and author
of two Hungarian Newspapers.
His first cinematical work came into being in 1922 with the title "Gullivers
Reisen" - a puppet movie. But the movie had never been finished.
He went to Berlin in 1923, where he wrote for the Berliner Tagblatt
and Welt am Abend. His novella "Die Frau mit den zwei Gesichtern" was published
by BZ am Mittag. With his pen name Fritz Pirat he wrote about the Hungarian
politic, besides he wrote film articles and pursued press works for different
film companies.
He made his regular film works as an assistant director for Richard
Eichberg, he was involved in the movies "Der Greifer" (30) and "Der Draufgänger"
(31). His first own direction was in 1933 in Hungary for the movie "Villa
zu verkaufen" for which he also wrote the script.
When he returned to Berlin in 1936 he first became established as a
screenwriter for movies like "Die Landstreicher" (37), "Der grüne
Kaiser" (39), "Es war eine rauschende Ballnacht" (39), "Weisser Flieder"
(40), "Was geschah in dieser Nacht?" (41), "Tanz mit dem Kaiser" (41) and
"Frauen sind keine Engel" (43).
Geza von Cziffra got once more the opportuntiy to direct movies for
the Wien-Film and he shot succesful the movies "Der weisse Traum" (43),
"Hundstage" (44) and "Das Hochzeitshotel" (44).
When he began the movie "Leuchtende Schatten" (45) he was denounced
during the shooting by a Nazi informer and he had serve a two-month lasting
imprisonment in Prague. The movie kept unfinished.
After the war he founded his own production company Cziffra-Film GmbH
(1945-49) and realised among others the movies "Das unsterbliche Antlitz"
(47), "A Tale of Five Cities - Fünf Mädchen und ein Mann" (47-51)
and "Königin der Landstrasse" (48).
In the 50's he created a fullness of entertainment movies which had
only one goal, to entertain the audience. His revues, criminal and entertainment
movies influenced the 50's and 60's, beside it he also influenced the German
music film with a dozen movies with singer Peter Alexander.
To his well-known direction works of those years belong "Der Mann, der
sich selber sucht" (50), "Tanzende Sterne" (52), "Banditen der Autobahn"
(55), "Der schräge Otto" (56), "Der müde Theodor" (57), "Die
Beine von Dolores" (57), "Wehe, wenn sie losgelassen..." (58), "Peter schiesst
den Vogel ab" (59), "Salem aleikum" (59), "Als geheilt entlassen" (60),
"Kriminaltango" (60), "Die Abenteuer des Grafen Bobby" (61) and "Charley's
Tante" (63).
From the middle of the 60's he gradually retired from the film business.
He wrote several scripts and became more active again as a writer.
To his last cinematical works belong "Der gestohlene Himmel" (74),
"Zwei Teufelskerle auf dem Weg nach Istanbul" (77) and "Karamurat - sein
Kungfu ist tödlich" (77).
Geza von Cziffra often wrote his scripts with alternate pen names. To
his pen names belong Peter Trenck, Richard Anden, Albert Anthony, Karel
Kubula, Enrique Anden, John Ferguson, Thomas Harrer and Horace Parker
Other movies from Geza von Cziffra
(Director, Assistant Director, Writer):
Das Land ohne Frauen (29) Die Bräutigamswitwe
(31) Trara um Liebe (31) Das hässliche Mädchen (33) Alles für
die Frau: Der Stier der Pampas (33) Villa zu verkaufen (33) Eine Nacht
in Venedig (34) Ball im Savoy (34) St. Peters Regenschirm (35) Liebesträume/Die
Pusztakommtesse (35) Wo die Lerche singt (36) Eine Insel wird entdeckt/Pat
und Patachon im Paradies (37) Frühlingsluft (38) Peter spielt mit
dem Feuer/Der vertauschte Ehemann (38) Liebe streng verboten (39) Der Weg
zu Isabel (39) Oh diese Männer (41) Heimaterde (41) Alles aus Liebe
(42) Die heimliche Gräfin (42) Grossstadtmelodie (43) Liebe nach Noten
(45) Glaube an mich (46) Der himmlische Walzer (48) Lambert fühlt
sich bedroht (49) Höllische Liebe (49) Gefährliche Gäste
(49) Gabriela (50) Die Dritte von rechts (50) Die verschleierte Maja (51)
Der bunte Traum (52) Ideale Frau gesucht (52) Das singende Hotel (53) Blume
von Hawaii (53) Geld aus der Luft (54) Tanz in der Sonne (54) Der falsche
Adam (55) Die gestohlene Hose (56) Mädchen mit schwachem Gedächtnis
(56) Musikparade (56) Tante Wanda aus Uganda (57) Das haut hin (57) Nachtschwester
Ingeborg (58) So ein Millionär hat's schwer (58) Schlag auf Schlag
(59) Bobby Dodd greift ein (59) Ich bin kein Casanova (59) Kauf Dir einen
bunten Luftballon (60) Kunge Leute brauchen Liebe (61) Ein Stern fällt
vom Himmel (61) Die Fledermaus (62) Das süsse Leben des Grafen Bobby
(62) Der Vogelhändler (62) Nachts ging das Telefon (62) Scala heute
(63) Frauen sind keine Engel (63) Schwejks Flegeljahre (63) Die grosse
Kür (64) Lana, Königin der Amazonen (64) Ein Ferienbett mit 100
PS (64) An der Donau, wenn der Wein blüht (65) Paradies der flotten
Sünder (68) Das Go-Go-Girl vom Blow-Up/Ich betone - oben ohne (68)
Josefinee, das liebestolle Mädchen/Lolita '70 (69) Dschungelmädchen
für zwei Halunken/Zwei Teufelskerle auf dem Weg zur grünen Hölle
(73) Käpt'n Senkstakes Abenteuer (74) Zwei Teufelskerle auf dem Weg
ins Kloster (75) |