Géza von Cziffra was a prolific novelist, screenwriter and director, born in Arad, Hungary, of ethnic German ancestry. He began his career as a journalist in Vienna in 1918 and later worked in Berlin as a political commentator and film writer for the publications Berliner Tageblatt and Welt am Abend. In 1922, he became apprenticed in the film ...
He went to Berlin in 1923, where he wrote for the Berliner Tagblatt and Welt am Abend. 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.
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His first cinematical work came into being in 1922 with the title "Gullivers Reisen" - a puppet movie. But the movie had never been finished.
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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 flavor (Heimatfilme).
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After the war he founded his own production company Cziffra-Film GmbH (1945-49).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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His remains are interred in the crematorium in the Ostfriedhof, Munich.[.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Ich bin kein Casanova
1959
writer - as Richard Anden
Peter schiesst den Vogel ab
1959
screenplay - as Peter Trenck
Schlag auf Schlag
1959
as Peter Trenck
So ein Millionär hat's schwer
1958
screenplay - as Peter Trenck
Wehe wenn sie losgelassen...
1958
screenplay - as Peter Trenck
Nachtschwester Ingeborg
1958
writer
Die Beine von Dolores
1957
as Peter Trenck
Das haut hin
1957
as Peter Trenck
Der müde Theodor
1957
screenplay - as Peter Trenck
Musikparade
1956
as Peter Trenck
Mädchen mit schwachem Gedächtnis
1956
as Peter Trenck
Die gestohlene Hose
1956
as Peter Trenck
Banditen der Autobahn
1955
screenplay - as Geza von Cziffra
Der falsche Adam
1955
as Peter Trenck / play "Drei blaue Augen" - uncredited
Tanz in der Sonne
1954
Geld aus der Luft
1954
Die Blume von Hawaii
1953
Das singende Hotel
1953
Tanzende Sterne
1952
Der bunte Traum
1952
The Veiled Lady
1951
Die Dritte von rechts
1950
Der Mann, der sich selber sucht
1950
Gabriela
1950
Gefährliche Gäste
1949
writer
Höllische Liebe
1949
play "Anita und der Teufel" / writer
Lambert fühlt sich bedroht
1949
writer
Der himmlische Walzer
1948
writer
Königin der Landstraße
1948
writer
Liebe nach Noten
1947
The Immortal Face
1947
Glaube an mich
1946
Leuchtende Schatten
1945
Axel an der Himmelstür
1944
idea
Das Hochzeitshotel
1944
as Peter Trenck
Hundstage
1944
Alles aus Liebe
1943
Der weiße Traum
1943
Großstadtmelodie
1943
Liebespremiere
1943
idea
Fahrt ins Abenteuer
1943
Frauen sind keine Engel
1943
Die heimliche Gräfin
1942
Heimaterde
1941
Tanz mit dem Kaiser
1941
screenplay
Villa da vendere
1941
play
Was geschah in dieser Nacht
1941
screenplay revision
Oh, diese Männer
1941
play "Drei blaue Augen"
Weißer Flieder
1940
Der Weg zu Isabel
1940
It Was a Gay Ballnight
1939
novel / screenplay
Der grüne Kaiser
1939
writer
Peter spielt mit dem Feuer
1938
book
Frühlingsluft
1938
writer
Die Landstreicher
1937
Wo die Lerche singt
1936
Ember a híd alatt
1936
as Cziffra Géza
Ez a villa eladó
1935
as Cziffra Géza
Ball im Savoy
1935
screenplay
Ende schlecht, alles gut
1934
Helyet az öregeknek
1934
as Cziffra Géza
Everything for the Woman
1934
as Cziffra Géza
Drei Tage Mittelarrest
1930
Der Greifer
1930
Gullivers Reisen
1924
writer
Sri Lanka - Leuchtendes Land
1987
Documentary as John Ferguson
Zwei Teufelskerle auf dem Weg ins Kloster
1975
as John Ferguson
Der gestohlene Himmel
1974
as Thomas Harrer
Ehrenhäuptling der Watubas
1974
TV Movie as Horace Parker
Das Spukschloß von Baskermore
1974
TV Movie as Horace Parker
Two Sane Nuts
1974
as John Ferguson
Should a Schoolgirl Tell?
1969
writer
Das Go-Go-Girl vom Blow Up
1969
writer
Paradies der flotten Sünder
1968
writer
Ein Ferienbett mit 100 PS
1965
story
Lana - Königin der Amazonen
1964
as Richard Anden
Das Haus der Schlangen
1964
TV Series 6 episodes
Schweik's Years of Indiscretion
1964
screenplay - as Karel Kubala
Charleys Tante
1963
screenplay adaptation - as Albert Anthony, uncredited
Der Vogelhändler
1962
screenplay - as Geza von Cziffra
Das süsse Leben des Grafen Bobby
1962
screenplay - as Albert Anthony
Die Fledermaus
1962
screenplay
On Thin Ice
1961
Junge Leute brauchen Liebe
1961
Die Abenteuer des Grafen Bobby
1961
screenplay - as Albert Anthony
Kauf dir einen bunten Luftballon
1961
Hauptmann - deine Sterne
1960
Kriminaltango
1960
as Richard Anden
Als geheilt entlassen
1960
Salem Aleikum
1959
writer - as Richard Anden
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Scala heute - Revue mit neuen Bildern und alten Erinnerungen
1971
TV Movie co-director
Should a Schoolgirl Tell?
1969
Paradies der flotten Sünder
1968
An der Donau, wenn der Wein blüht
1965
Lana - Königin der Amazonen
1964
Das Haus der Schlangen
1964
TV Series 6 episodes
Charleys Tante
1963
as Geza v. Cziffra
The Phone Rings Every Night
1962
Der Vogelhändler
1962
as Geza von Cziffra
Das süsse Leben des Grafen Bobby
1962
as Geza von Cziffra
Die Fledermaus
1962
On Thin Ice
1961
Junge Leute brauchen Liebe
1961
Die Abenteuer des Grafen Bobby
1961
Kauf dir einen bunten Luftballon
1961
Hauptmann - deine Sterne
1960
Kriminaltango
1960
Als geheilt entlassen
1960
Salem Aleikum
1959
Ich bin kein Casanova
1959
Bobby Dodd greift ein
1959
Peter schiesst den Vogel ab
1959
as Geza von Cziffra
Schlag auf Schlag
1959
as Geza von Cziffra
So ein Millionär hat's schwer
1958
as Geza von Cziffra
Wehe wenn sie losgelassen...
1958
as Geza von Cziffra
Nachtschwester Ingeborg
1958
Die Beine von Dolores
1957
as Geza von Cziffra
Das haut hin
1957
Tante Wanda aus Uganda
1957
as Geza von Cziffra
Der müde Theodor
1957
as Geza von Cziffra
Der schräge Otto
1957
Musikparade
1956
Mädchen mit schwachem Gedächtnis
1956
Die gestohlene Hose
1956
Banditen der Autobahn
1955
as Geza von Cziffra
Der falsche Adam
1955
as Geza von Cziffra
Tanz in der Sonne
1954
Geld aus der Luft
1954
Die Blume von Hawaii
1953
Das singende Hotel
1953
Tanzende Sterne
1952
Der bunte Traum
1952
The Veiled Lady
1951
A Tale of Five Women
1951
segment "Vienna"
Die Dritte von rechts
1950
Der Mann, der sich selber sucht
1950
Gabriela
1950
Gefährliche Gäste
1949
Höllische Liebe
1949
Lambert fühlt sich bedroht
1949
Der himmlische Walzer
1948
Königin der Landstraße
1948
Liebe nach Noten
1947
The Immortal Face
1947
Glaube an mich
1946
Leuchtende Schatten
1945
Hundstage
1944
Der weiße Traum
1943
Szent Péter esernyöje
1935
as Cziffra Géza
Ez a villa eladó
1935
as Cziffra Géza
Everything for the Woman
1934
as Cziffra Géza
Egy éj Velencében
1934
as Cziffra Géza
Gullivers Reisen
1924
Assistant Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Pat und Patachon im Paradies
1937
assistant director
Dreams of Love
1935
assistant director - as Geza Cziffra
Ball im Savoy
1935
assistant director
Der Draufgänger
1931
assistant director
Die Bräutigamswitwe
1931
assistant director
Night Birds
1930
assistant director
Der Greifer
1930
assistant director
Bride 68
1929
assistant director
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Banditen der Autobahn
1955
producer - uncredited
Geld aus der Luft
1954
producer
Die Blume von Hawaii
1953
producer
Tanzende Sterne
1952
producer
A Tale of Five Women
1951
producer
Höllische Liebe
1949
producer
Der himmlische Walzer
1948
producer
The Immortal Face
1947
producer
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
In meinem Herzen, Schatz...
1989
Documentary
Narration
Kino-Revue der Welterfolge
1986
TV Movie
Himself
Wetten, dass..?
1985
TV Series
Himself
Erinnerungen werden wach: Inge Meysel
1985
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Geschundenes Zelluloid - Das Schicksal des Kinoklassikers 'Im Westen nichts Neues'
1984
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Das ist Ihr Leben
1978
TV Series
Himself
Herz mit Schnauze - Erinnerungen an Grethe Weiser
1975
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Je später der Abend...
1975
TV Series
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1985
Honorary Award
German Film Awards
For his continued outstanding individual contributions to the german film over the years.