Writing

George Hurdalek

Born — Died

1908-02-08 — 1980-06-15

Place of birth

Görlitz, Germany

Known for

Writing

Credits

26 titles

Known for

Film credits

Series credits

Behind the camera

The Trapp Family poster
6.8

A true story based on the popular novel by the Baroness Von Trapp of Austria. The film was made in 1956, some years before the other film based on the Trapp Family's life was released - a little movie named "The Sound of Music".

The Trapp Family

1956

The Devil's General poster
6.9

The adaptation of the eponymous play by Carl Zuckmayer tells the story of renegade general Harras of the German Luftwaffe, who during WWII openly criticizes the Nazi regime. As a consequence, he is put under surveillance, and even imprisoned for a brief period of time. Still remaining outspoken, Harras realizes the horrific dimensions of this hopeless and injust war waged by Germany.

The Devil's General

1955

Town Without Pity poster
6.9

Four American soldiers stationed near a German village face death in the rape of a local girl and are defended by outside counsel Major Steve Grant.

Town Without Pity

1961

The Violin Case Murders poster
7.0

The first film adaptation of Jerry Cotton. FBI agents Jerry Cotton and Phil Decker are tracing a group of six murderers. Disguised as a vagabond Jerry Cotton infiltrates the gang. Kitty, the leader's girlfriend, soon becomes Jerry's most important helper. With her help, he's able to prevent a bomb's explosion in a school. The deadly attack on a rich collector he can not prevent. The gangsters flee with the loot and a hunt to the death begins ...

The Violin Case Murders

1965

Ludwig II poster
7.1

Life and death of King Ludwig II of Bavaria.

Ludwig II

1955

The Indian Scarf poster
6.8

When a wealthy man dies, his avaricious relatives look forward to inheriting all his money. However, he leaves a provision in his will that they all must spend a week together in his castle before they will be able to inherit anything. At the castle (which is cut off from the outside world), the relatives soon begin to be killed off one by one, each strangled with an Indian scarf.

The Indian Scarf

1963

Rebel Flight to Cuba poster
9.5

Peter escapes a firing squad and leaves the island of San Quinto on a commercial flight to Bermuda. The plane is hijacked by a Nazi and San Quinto's Ex-General Cordobas who shoot pilot Pink and damage the landing gear of the plane.

Rebel Flight to Cuba

1959

Der eiserne Gustav poster
8.8

Gustav Hartmann is in trouble. Because of the new taxis he doesn't get many passengers in his horse-drawn carriage. To prove what he and his horse are capable of, he starts a trip from Berlin to Paris.

Der eiserne Gustav

1958

Der eiserne Gustav poster
8.8

Gustav Hartmann is in trouble. Because of the new taxis he doesn't get many passengers in his horse-drawn carriage. To prove what he and his horse are capable of, he starts a trip from Berlin to Paris.

Der eiserne Gustav

1958

Roses for the Prosecutor poster
7.2

April 1945. Because he stole two bars of chocolate, the soldier Rudi is sentenced to death by the court-martial judge Dr. Schramm. Rudi manages to escape from the firing squad at the last minute, and since the end of the war has been making a meager living as a street peddler. Years later, Dr. Schramm is now a respected public prosecutor. By chance, he runs into Rudi one day on the street. Afraid that Rudi will blow the whistle on him, Dr. Schramm wants to scare him out of town. He has Rudi arrested and bullied by the police.

Roses for the Prosecutor

1959

Jerry Cotton: Tip Not Included poster
8.3

An elaborate bank robbery takes place and the gangsters succeed although the FBI had been warned. Jerry Cotton, who is considered accountable for this major failure, loses his badge over this. Being the man he is, Cotton doesn't let the evil-doers forget that he has unfinished business with them.

Jerry Cotton: Tip Not Included

1966

Unser Haus in Kamerun poster
7.0

A young man living in Africa is send to Hamburg by his parents to learn about business. There, he falls in love with the mistress of a friend.

Unser Haus in Kamerun

1961

Die Zeit mit dir poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Zeit mit dir

1948

The Last Man poster
5.2

Old Karl Knesebeck has long been head waiter and rules his waiters with an iron fist at the hotel. When the business passes into the hands of the heirs after the owner's death, he's in a difficult position. The unscrupulous Alwin makes advances toward Niddy, the owner's daughter, whose well-being Knesebeck watches over like a father. Alwin demotes the old man to toilet attendant – a tragedy that Knesebeck tries to salvage, especially since Niddy is about to marry Alwin and another man would actually be better for her...

The Last Man

1955

Sweetheart of the Gods poster
7.5

Biography of the famous German actress Renate Müller, who died in 1937 under unsettled circumstances; While doing her first movie for the UFA in Berlin, she meets the elderly secretary-general Dr. Simon and is impressed by his charm. Although her Nazi-friend Volker discourages her to befriend a Jew, they start dating. While she ascends to one of the most famous German actresses of her time, Simon is suffering more and more under the Nazi regime.

Sweetheart of the Gods

1960

Thirteen Men and a Cannon poster
5.8

World War I, Eastern Front. A special battery consisting of thirteen soldiers and one cannon successfully holds back the enemy. But then the position of the gun is betrayed to the Russians and the cannon is destroyed. Each of the thirteen men is now suspected of being the traitor.

Thirteen Men and a Cannon

1938

Königliche Hoheit poster
8.0

An American heiress in Europe falls in love with a German prince, but he is required to marry someone else for reasons of state convenience.

Königliche Hoheit

1953

Der Schinderhannes poster
7.3

1802: The adventurous life story of Hans Bückler, known as “Schinderhannes”, who fights against the French occupying forces and large landowners who exploit poor farmers in the Hunsrück region during the Napoleonic Wars.

Der Schinderhannes

1958

Königin Luise poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Königin Luise

1957

Eine Frau fürs ganze Leben poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Eine Frau fürs ganze Leben

1960

Jailbreak in Hamburg poster
6.4

The dangerous violent criminal Willy Jensen flees from a prison in Hamburg and seeks shelter at his brother Heinz' apartment. Heinz, an honest taxi-driver, believes in his innocence and helps him - until Willy kills another man in a robbery. After an argument Willy takes his wife Vera, who now lives with Heinz, as hostage on his further flight from the police. Heinz feels responsible for his brother and trails him, which makes it look to the police as if he's helping his brother.

Jailbreak in Hamburg

1971

Verbrechen nach Schulschluss poster
7.0

Report composed of three episodes about crimes in which students are involved: A disinterested classmate is harassed with nude photos; a fake kidnapping is intended to facilitate a jealous murder; rockers go on a "Hell's Angels" style rampage.

Verbrechen nach Schulschluss

1975

Goodbye, Francesca! poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Goodbye, Francesca!

1957

No artwork available
10.0

A young man plans to emigrate to the United States with his fiancee but becomes extremely fearful about the ocean crossing due to a local superstition. Eventually he decides to stay at home and marry his girl.

The Valiant Navigator

1935