About

Known credits:
97
Birthday:
1900-12-19
Place of birth:
Arad, Austria-Hungary (now Romania)
Website:
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Géza von Cziffra

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting

1984 Bruised Celluloid Actor Himself N/A
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Directing

1969 Should a Schoolgirl Tell? Directing Director 58
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1968 Paradies der flotten Sünder Directing Director 58
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1965 An der Donau, wenn der Wein blüht Directing Director 58
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1964 Lana: Queen of the Amazons Directing Director 58
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1964 Das Haus der Schlangen Directing Director N/A
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1963 Charley's Aunt Directing Director 58
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1963 Frauen sind keine Engel Directing Director N/A
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1962 Nachts ging das Telefon Directing Director N/A
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1962 Der Vogelhändler Directing Director 58
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1962 Das süße Leben des Grafen Bobby Directing Director 58
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1962 Die Fledermaus Directing Director 59
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1961 Ein Stern fällt vom Himmel Directing Director 59
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1961 Junge Leute brauchen Liebe Directing Director 58
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1961 Die Abenteuer des Grafen Bobby Directing Director 58
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1961 Kauf Dir einen bunten Luftballon Directing Director 58
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1960 Hauptmann - deine Sterne Directing Director N/A
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1960 Kriminaltango Directing Director 59
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1960 Als geheilt entlassen Directing Director 58
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1959 Salem Aleikum Directing Director 58
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1959 Ich bin kein Casanova Directing Director 58
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1959 Bobby Dodd intervenes Directing Director 59
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1959 Peter schießt den Vogel ab Directing Director 58
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1959 Schlag auf Schlag Directing Director 58
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1958 So ein Millionär hat's schwer Directing Director 59
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1958 Wehe, wenn sie losgelassen Directing Director 59
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1958 Nachtschwester Ingeborg Directing Director N/A
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1957 Der müde Theodor Directing Director 59
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1957 Tante Wanda aus Uganda Directing Director N/A
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1957 Das haut hin Directing Director 59
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1957 Der schräge Otto Directing Director 59
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1957 Die Beine von Dolores Directing Director 58
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1956 Mädchen mit schwachem Gedächtnis Directing Director 58
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1956 Die gestohlene Hose Directing Director 58
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1956 Musikparade Directing Director 59
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1955 Bandits of the Highway Directing Director 59
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1955 Der falsche Adam Directing Director 59
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1954 Tanz in der Sonne Directing Director 58
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1954 Geld aus der Luft Directing Director 59
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1953 Die Blume von Hawaii Directing Director 59
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1953 Das singende Hotel Directing Director 59
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1952 Tanzende Sterne Directing Director N/A
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1952 Der bunte Traum Directing Director N/A
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1951 Die verschleierte Maja Directing Director N/A
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1951 A Tale of Five Cities Directing Director 58
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1950 Die Dritte von rechts Directing Director N/A
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1950 Liebe nach Noten Directing Director 59
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1950 Der Mann, der sich selber sucht Directing Director N/A
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1950 Gabriela Directing Director N/A
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1949 Gefährliche Gäste Directing Director N/A
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1949 Höllische Liebe Directing Director N/A
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1949 Das unsterbliche Antlitz Directing Director 59
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1949 Lambert fühlt sich bedroht Directing Director N/A
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1948 Der himmlische Walzer Directing Director N/A
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1948 Königin der Landstraße Directing Director N/A
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1947 Glaube an mich Directing Director N/A
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1945 Leuchtende Schatten Directing Director N/A
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1944 Hundstage Directing Director N/A
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1943 Der weiße Traum Directing Director 59
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1935 Szent Péter esernyője Directing Director N/A
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1935 Villa for Sale Directing Director N/A
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1934 A Night in Venice Directing Director N/A
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1930 The Gripper Directing Assistant Director 59
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Writing

1975 The Three Superguys Writing Screenplay N/A
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1974 Wetterleuchten über dem Zillertal Writing Screenplay N/A
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1969 Should a Schoolgirl Tell? Writing Writer 58
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1969 Das Go-Go-Girl vom Blow-Up Writing Screenplay 58
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1968 Paradies der flotten Sünder Writing Writer 58
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1965 Ein Ferienbett mit 100 PS Writing Story 58
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1964 Lana: Queen of the Amazons Writing Writer 58
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1962 Die Fledermaus Writing Screenplay 59
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1961 Ein Stern fällt vom Himmel Writing Writer 59
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1961 Junge Leute brauchen Liebe Writing Screenplay 58
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1960 Als geheilt entlassen Writing Screenplay 58
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1959 Salem Aleikum Writing Writer 58
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1959 Ich bin kein Casanova Writing Screenplay 58
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1959 Peter schießt den Vogel ab Writing Screenplay 58
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1958 Wehe, wenn sie losgelassen Writing Screenplay 59
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1957 Das haut hin Writing Writer 59
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1956 Musikparade Writing Writer 59
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1955 Bandits of the Highway Writing Writer 59
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1954 Geld aus der Luft Writing Screenplay 59
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1948 Der himmlische Walzer Writing Screenplay N/A
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1944 Das Hochzeitshotel Writing Writer N/A
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1943 Melody of a Great City Writing Writer 59
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1943 Der weiße Traum Writing Writer 59
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1943 Women Are No Angels Writing Writer 58
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1941 Tanz mit dem Kaiser Writing Writer 59
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1941 Villa da vendere Writing Story N/A
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1940 Der Weg zu Isabel Writing Writer N/A
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1939 It Was a Gay Ballnight Writing Writer 59
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1936 Where the Lark Sings Writing Writer N/A
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1935 Ball at the Savoy Writing Writer 59
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1935 Villa for Sale Writing Writer N/A
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1930 Three days of middle arrest Writing Writer 58
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1930 The Gripper Writing Screenplay 59
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Production

1955 Bandits of the Highway Production Producer 59
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