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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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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1900-12-19
- event Death Date 1989-04-28
- school Known for: Directing
- star Popularity: 1
- info Birth Place Arad, Austria-Hungary (now Romania)
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Géza von Cziffra
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Bruised Celluloid
1984-01-01
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Heut' abend
1980-02-03
5.3
Wetten, dass..?
1981-02-14
6
Deutscher Filmpreis
1951-01-01
6.5
NDR Talk Show
1979-02-09
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Je später der Abend
1973-03-18
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Charley's Aunt
1963-12-20
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Junge Leute brauchen Liebe
1961-05-17
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Junge Leute brauchen Liebe
1961-05-17
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Schlag auf Schlag
1959-01-29
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Kriminaltango
1960-07-30
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Der müde Theodor
1957-07-07
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So ein Millionär hat's schwer
1958-12-18
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Mädchen mit schwachem Gedächtnis
1956-06-12
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Peter schießt den Vogel ab
1959-05-14
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Women Are No Angels
1943-03-23
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Das süße Leben des Grafen Bobby
1962-04-26
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Wehe, wenn sie losgelassen
1958-10-01
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Die Abenteuer des Grafen Bobby
1961-04-01
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Salem Aleikum
1959-12-03
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Lana: Queen of the Amazons
1964-11-10
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Die Fledermaus
1962-02-02
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A Night in Venice
1934-01-12
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Der schräge Otto
1957-01-09
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Kauf Dir einen bunten Luftballon
1961-01-19
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Der himmlische Walzer
1948-12-03
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Der Vogelhändler
1962-08-02
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Where the Lark Sings
1936-10-30
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Tante Wanda aus Uganda
1957-05-30
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Tanzende Sterne
1952-11-27
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An der Donau, wenn der Wein blüht
1965-10-14
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Ich bin kein Casanova
1959-09-23
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Bobby Dodd intervenes
1959-07-22
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Der weiße Traum
1943-10-04
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Die Beine von Dolores
1957-01-01
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A Tale of Five Cities
1951-03-01
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Ein Stern fällt vom Himmel
1961-09-01
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Ein Stern fällt vom Himmel
1961-09-01
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Ich bin kein Casanova
1959-09-23
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Tanz in der Sonne
1954-10-05
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Das singende Hotel
1953-07-29
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Lambert fühlt sich bedroht
1949-03-04
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Höllische Liebe
1949-11-17
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Als geheilt entlassen
1960-02-02
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Bandits of the Highway
1955-08-31
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Nachtschwester Ingeborg
1958-04-02
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Die gestohlene Hose
1956-05-16
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Das unsterbliche Antlitz
1949-09-02
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Gabriela
1950-04-06
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Hauptmann - deine Sterne
1960-10-13
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Leuchtende Schatten
1945-01-01
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Der falsche Adam
1955-06-15
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Die Dritte von rechts
1950-12-25
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Königin der Landstraße
1948-10-08
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Glaube an mich
1947-04-04
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Liebe nach Noten
1950-10-12
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Der bunte Traum
1952-02-29
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Die verschleierte Maja
1951-08-30
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Bandits of the Highway
1955-08-31
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Nachts ging das Telefon
1962-11-02
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Paradies der flotten Sünder
1968-04-18
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Paradies der flotten Sünder
1968-04-18
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Die Fledermaus
1962-02-02
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Ein Ferienbett mit 100 PS
1965-02-26
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Wetterleuchten über dem Zillertal
1974-08-01
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Villa da vendere
1941-11-24
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Gefährliche Gäste
1949-12-25
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Peter schießt den Vogel ab
1959-05-14
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Die Blume von Hawaii
1953-12-18
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Should a Schoolgirl Tell?
1969-08-15
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Wehe, wenn sie losgelassen
1958-10-01
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Bandits of the Highway
1955-08-31
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Villa for Sale
1935-04-10
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Villa for Sale
1935-04-10
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It Was a Gay Ballnight
1939-08-12
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Das haut hin
1957-05-08
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Das haut hin
1957-05-08
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Das Go-Go-Girl vom Blow-Up
1969-01-30
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Als geheilt entlassen
1960-02-02
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Musikparade
1956-05-08
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Musikparade
1956-05-08
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Das Hochzeitshotel
1944-12-12
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Lana: Queen of the Amazons
1964-11-10
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Der Mann, der sich selber sucht
1950-08-17
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Szent Péter esernyője
1935-11-14
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Hundstage
1944-08-04
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Geld aus der Luft
1954-07-27
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Tanz mit dem Kaiser
1941-12-19
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The Gripper
1930-09-10
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The Gripper
1930-09-10
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The Three Superguys
1975-08-15
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Der weiße Traum
1943-10-04
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Melody of a Great City
1943-10-04
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Salem Aleikum
1959-12-03
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Three days of middle arrest
1930-11-10
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Der himmlische Walzer
1948-12-03
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Geld aus der Luft
1954-07-27
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Ball at the Savoy
1935-04-11
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Der Weg zu Isabel
1940-01-26
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Frauen sind keine Engel
1963-08-16
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Should a Schoolgirl Tell?
1969-08-15
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Das Haus der Schlangen
1964-01-04