Géza von Cziffra

Directing

Géza von Cziffra

Born — Died

1900-12-19 — 1989-04-28

Place of birth

Arad, Austria-Hungary (now Romania)

Known for

Directing

Credits

46 titles

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 st…

Known for

Film credits

Series credits

Behind the camera

A Tale of Five Cities poster
5.0

An Englishman has been working in the US so long he now speaks with an American accent. He is drafted into the British Army during WWII but is injured and loses his memory. Because he talks like an American, the doctors repatriate him to the States where he is housed with a New York family. After the war they all travel throughout Europe, searching for the women he still remembers in the hope of restoring his lost memory

A Tale of Five Cities

1951

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Lambert fühlt sich bedroht

1949

Kauf Dir einen bunten Luftballon poster
4.6

Hermann König, owner of an ice palace, wants to make his niece Inge a star. Inge, on the other hand, has a completely different dream - the theater stage. The talented girl then falls head over heels in love with ice hockey player Hans Haller, who also happens to work at the Palace Theater. A game of mistaken identity full of hurdles takes its course...

Kauf Dir einen bunten Luftballon

1961

Peter schießt den Vogel ab poster
6.3

Peter schießt den Vogel ab is a German film comedy first released in 1959.

Peter schießt den Vogel ab

1959

Peter schießt den Vogel ab poster
6.3

Peter schießt den Vogel ab is a German film comedy first released in 1959.

Peter schießt den Vogel ab

1959

Charley's Aunt poster
4.8

An Austrian version of the famous farce Charley's Aunt. A man impersonates his own aunt.

Charley's Aunt

1963

Höllische Liebe poster
8.0

In hell, equipped with the latest technological advances, the devils watch the happiness of a Viennese revue singer and her sculptor fiancé on a television screen. Some representatives are sent to Earth to seduce the singer and thus undermine the couple's love, but this soon leads to rebellion among the devilish emissaries, who want to emigrate.

Höllische Liebe

1949

Höllische Liebe poster
8.0

In hell, equipped with the latest technological advances, the devils watch the happiness of a Viennese revue singer and her sculptor fiancé on a television screen. Some representatives are sent to Earth to seduce the singer and thus undermine the couple's love, but this soon leads to rebellion among the devilish emissaries, who want to emigrate.

Höllische Liebe

1949

Höllische Liebe poster
8.0

In hell, equipped with the latest technological advances, the devils watch the happiness of a Viennese revue singer and her sculptor fiancé on a television screen. Some representatives are sent to Earth to seduce the singer and thus undermine the couple's love, but this soon leads to rebellion among the devilish emissaries, who want to emigrate.

Höllische Liebe

1949

So ein Millionär hat's schwer poster
6.7

Edward Collins wants nothing more than to live a modest life. But as a millionaire with a luxurious villa, chauffeur, and everything his heart desires, women are desperately after him. This time, however, Edward wants to play it safe and, together with his devoted butler, Alfons Heinz Erhardt, hatches a plan. The sweet waitress Ninette Germaine Damar, whom he meets by chance, tells Edward that he is completely penniless. Ninette promptly gets him a temporary job as a parking attendant. But that's only when the complications really begin.

So ein Millionär hat's schwer

1958

Lana: Queen of the Amazons poster
3.4

A scientist and his nephew are hosts of Lana, queen of the Amazons, while other crew men try to find and take hold of the legendary Amazons' treasure.

Lana: Queen of the Amazons

1964

Lana: Queen of the Amazons poster
3.4

A scientist and his nephew are hosts of Lana, queen of the Amazons, while other crew men try to find and take hold of the legendary Amazons' treasure.

Lana: Queen of the Amazons

1964

Das Go-Go-Girl vom Blow-Up poster
3.4

Monique finances her medical studies as a go-go dancer in a Munich nightclub. Her relatives, who are involved in local politics, want the club, which they consider immoral, closed down, but during an inspection tour they take a liking to the establishment themselves, taking indecent photos on behalf of the club owner. This leads to an intriguing story full of lies and blackmail, from which everyone involved tries to get out without losing face.

Das Go-Go-Girl vom Blow-Up

1969

The Wedding Hotel poster
10.0

A group of artists and journalists enjoy a series of romantic entanglements in a country hotel. An author, Vera von Eichberg "of whom no photo exists," has mentioned the hotel in her work, boosting its notoriety. When another female guest arrives, everyone assumes she is the author, despite her repeated assertions to the contrary.

The Wedding Hotel

1944

Junge Leute brauchen Liebe poster
4.3

The pretty young seamstress Annie works in the home of the famous Viennese fashion czar Charles Fürst. Hoping to one day win Her Majesty, as Fürst is known, Annie rejects all advances from jazz trumpeter Axel. Her efforts are vindicated when she mistakenly receives an invitation to a royal dinner and is allowed to accompany Charles on a business trip to Paris. But in the city of love, her hopes are abruptly dashed.

Junge Leute brauchen Liebe

1961

Junge Leute brauchen Liebe poster
4.3

The pretty young seamstress Annie works in the home of the famous Viennese fashion czar Charles Fürst. Hoping to one day win Her Majesty, as Fürst is known, Annie rejects all advances from jazz trumpeter Axel. Her efforts are vindicated when she mistakenly receives an invitation to a royal dinner and is allowed to accompany Charles on a business trip to Paris. But in the city of love, her hopes are abruptly dashed.

Junge Leute brauchen Liebe

1961

Die Fledermaus poster
6.5

Dr. Gabriel Eisenstein, legal counsel at Arabayam & Co., is serving an eight-day sentence in the Grinzing district prison for insulting a public official. At the same time, however, he is to attend Prince Orlofsky's ball on behalf of his employer, Basil Arabayam, posing as Marquis Renard with a fictitious wife. Said woman is to persuade the prince to donate oil-rich lands in Bakutin on the Black Sea to her, which are to be immediately transferred to Arabayam...

Die Fledermaus

1962

Die Fledermaus poster
6.5

Dr. Gabriel Eisenstein, legal counsel at Arabayam & Co., is serving an eight-day sentence in the Grinzing district prison for insulting a public official. At the same time, however, he is to attend Prince Orlofsky's ball on behalf of his employer, Basil Arabayam, posing as Marquis Renard with a fictitious wife. Said woman is to persuade the prince to donate oil-rich lands in Bakutin on the Black Sea to her, which are to be immediately transferred to Arabayam...

Die Fledermaus

1962

Der Vogelhändler poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

Der Vogelhändler

1962

Should a Schoolgirl Tell? poster
3.6

Schoolgirl Josefine learns from an early age to use sex to gain advantages. The school's gym teacher is arrested and accused of indecent behavior but the court dismisses the case when Josefine uses her female charm on the jurors.

Should a Schoolgirl Tell?

1969

Should a Schoolgirl Tell? poster
3.6

Schoolgirl Josefine learns from an early age to use sex to gain advantages. The school's gym teacher is arrested and accused of indecent behavior but the court dismisses the case when Josefine uses her female charm on the jurors.

Should a Schoolgirl Tell?

1969

Die verschleierte Maja poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die verschleierte Maja

1951

Ein Stern fällt vom Himmel poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Ein Stern fällt vom Himmel

1961

Ein Stern fällt vom Himmel poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Ein Stern fällt vom Himmel

1961

It Was a Gay Ballnight poster
7.0

1865. Katharina goes to a ball in Moscow. There she meets again Tchaikowsky, her first and only love. The young, who is now married to wealthy Michael Iwanowitsch Murakin, a man she does not love, has not forgotten Piotr Illich, the (not yet) famous composer. Both are still in love with each other but Piotr is engaged to Nastassia, a dancer, while for her part Katharina cannot leave her husband. Tchaikowky's first love then decides to sacrifice her happiness to the success of the composer, sponsoring him in secret. Something Piotr will learn only years after. When Katharina finds herself free at last it is too late: Tchaikowsky is dying of cholera and she only has time to close his eyes.

It Was a Gay Ballnight

1939

Gabriela poster
9.0

Gabriela once a famous singer who enjoyed great success. She married, had a daughter Andrea, but pursued her career. Now that Andrea has matured into a young woman, Gabriela is overwhelmed by maternal remorse.

Gabriela

1950

Schlag auf Schlag poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Schlag auf Schlag

1959

Ich bin kein Casanova poster
6.0

Peter Keller is hired as a butler by the wealthy Pirkner couple to teach them good manners, which leads to all sorts of complications.

Ich bin kein Casanova

1959

Ich bin kein Casanova poster
6.0

Peter Keller is hired as a butler by the wealthy Pirkner couple to teach them good manners, which leads to all sorts of complications.

Ich bin kein Casanova

1959

Mädchen mit schwachem Gedächtnis poster
6.4

Anny arrives in Munich to start a career as an actress, but soon ends up without money and job, sleeping on a park bench. When the police picks her up, she pretends to have amnesia and is taken to the police station. There she's surprised to get presented to her alleged parents. Not knowing yet what kind of game they play, she goes home with them and lets the rich couple coddle her.

Mädchen mit schwachem Gedächtnis

1956

The Sweet Life of Count Bobby poster
3.9

Graf Bobby and Baron Mucki founded the detective bureau Pfiff and Greif to finally make money. Shortly before the bankruptcy of their company, they receive a lucrative order from Benevenuto Socrates Socre regarding a gang of girl traders.

The Sweet Life of Count Bobby

1962

Paradies der flotten Sünder poster
5.0

Ignaz Hirnbeißer has won the lottery. Now he has the money to travel to where the smartest playboys and the hottest girls can be found. However, he is told adventurous stories about this place at the travel agency.

Paradies der flotten Sünder

1968

Paradies der flotten Sünder poster
5.0

Ignaz Hirnbeißer has won the lottery. Now he has the money to travel to where the smartest playboys and the hottest girls can be found. However, he is told adventurous stories about this place at the travel agency.

Paradies der flotten Sünder

1968

Bobby Dodd intervenes poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Bobby Dodd intervenes

1959

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der Mann, der sich selber sucht

1950

Die Abenteuer des Grafen Bobby poster
5.0

Count Bobby assumes the identity and dresses of his sick aunt because they desperately need the money for chaperoning Mary, a wealthy American heiress, on her trip through Europe. Bobby falls in love with Mary, but his dress is a handicap.

Die Abenteuer des Grafen Bobby

1961

Wehe, wenn sie losgelassen poster
6.5

Peter wants to practice for an upcoming jazz competition with his friends Willi, Oskar, and Jupp. But his uncle Tobias, on whose farm Peter lives, must not find out about it.

Wehe, wenn sie losgelassen

1958

Wehe, wenn sie losgelassen poster
6.5

Peter wants to practice for an upcoming jazz competition with his friends Willi, Oskar, and Jupp. But his uncle Tobias, on whose farm Peter lives, must not find out about it.

Wehe, wenn sie losgelassen

1958

An der Donau, wenn der Wein blüht poster
4.9

The relationship between the little half-orphan Florian and his father is very close. Nevertheless, Florian longs for a mother. He decides to help his father find a wife.

An der Donau, wenn der Wein blüht

1965

Der Weg zu Isabel poster
7.0

The German estate owner Corner travels to Marseilles, looking for his daughter. He had a relationship with a French aristocrat before the World War and knows she was pregnant, when he had to return to Germany. The War separated them however and the mother died giving birth to his child. He knows neither the name of his daughter, nor where she is living. A lawyer named Beauchamps is tasked with finding her and one days introduces a young singer named Isabel to him. She is with great probability the one, who is being sought. She follows her father back to Germany, but only with great reluctance.

Der Weg zu Isabel

1940