Bild: Selbstporträt von Otto Tressler
Mit freundlicher Genehmigung Daniel Tressler

1871 - 1965

He soon became a famous actor of his time at the legendary Burgtheater and he became also famous abroad. 

He was curious of the new medium film and appeared from 1915 in first movies. To his first movies belong "Zwei Freunde" (15) and "Das Geheimnis des Goldpokals" (19).

He played successfullyin "Der Roman eines Dienstmädchens" (21), "Kinder der Finsternis" (22), "Le Fauteuil 47 - Parkettsessel 47" (26) and "Der rote Kreis" (29) in the 20's.

With the transition to the sound film era he became more offers than before. Between the 30's and the 50's he was an esteemed actor who appeared in well-known movies like "Leise flehen meine Lieder" (33), "Ein Lied geht um die Welt" (33), "Die Insel" (34), "Episode" (35), "Die Pompadour" (35), "Mädchenjahre einer Königin" (36), "Ich bin Sebastian Ott" (39), "Wien 1910" (42), "Opfergang" (44), "An klingenden Ufern" (49), "Maria Theresia" (51), "Sissi" (55) and "Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume" (57).

The theater became a second home for Otto Tressler and he was able to play many different roles just before his death.
Otto Tressler was among others married with the actress Hilde Wagener. His son Georg Tressler from the marriage with Eleonore Keil was a well-known director, his granddaughter Melanie Tressler is active as an actress.

Otto Tressler was not only a great character actor, he was also a talented illustrator. Several self portraits were published in 1915 as a postcard serial.
 

Other movies with Otto Tressler:
Frau Dorothys Bekenntnis (21) Die Blumenfrau von Lindenau/Sturm im Wasserglas (31) Schuberts unvollendete Symphonie (33) Wenn du jung bist, gehört dir die Welt (34) Abenteuer eines jungen Herrn in Polen/Ein gefährliches Abenteuer/Liebe und Trompetenklang/Reiterlied (34) Gefährliches Spiel (36) Das Hofkonzert (36) Sein letztes Modell (37) Prinzessin Sissy/Prinzessin Wildfang (38) Leinen aus Irland (39) Castelli in Aria - Ins blaue Leben (39) Kameraden (41) Ritt zwischen den Fronten (41) Zwei glückliche Menschen (43) Romantische Brautfahrt (44) Die schwarze Robe (44) Die Zaubergeige (44) Arlberg-Express (48) Kleiner Peter, grosse Sorgen (50) 1. April 2000 (52) Mädchenjahre einer Königin (54) Zwei Herzen und ein Thron (55)