Gustav Ucicky

Directing

Gustav Ucicky

Born — Died

1898-07-06 — 1961-04-27

Place of birth

Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]

Known for

Directing

Credits

40 titles

Gustav Ucicky was an Austrian film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer. He was one of the more successful directors in Austria and Germany from the 1930s through to the early 1960s. His work covered a wide variety of genres, but he is most acclaimed for his work in romantic drama and drama films.

Known for

Der Seelenbräu poster
6.9

In Alt-Köstendorf in the Salzburg region, the dean, known as Seelenbräu, and the brewer Hochleithner, known in the village as Leibesbräu, are fighting for supremacy. As their nicknames suggest, Leibesbräu is primarily concerned with the physical well-being of the villagers, while Seelenbräu cares deeply about the faith of his congregation. This leads to repeated clashes between the two men, who could perhaps be described as stubborn. When Hochleitner's niece Clementine leaves the convent and wants to stay at home, a new dispute flares up between Seelenbräu and Leibesbräu.

Der Seelenbräu

1950

Frau Sixta poster
7.5

The story of the upright Mrs. Sixta, who in 1861 ran the post office in a village in the Otztaler Alps right on the Italian border. When her husband dies, she must also take care of the farm. The mayor, Forcher, hopes to make her his wife. But then a stranger arrives with the stagecoach, the mayor must contend with a rival .

Frau Sixta

1938

No artwork available
10.0

A drama about marriage in a small town, which takes place at the turn of the 19th into the 20th Century.

Späte Liebe

1943

Joan of Arc poster
6.2

France in the 15th Century: The country is marked by the wars with England and internal power struggles. King Charles sees himself powerless against the state. As emerges from the people suddenly a young woman named Johanna, who claimed that the Archangel Gabriel to be appointed, to save France. First of all doubt the king in their words, but he remembers that the people through this "help of God" is gaining new courage. With the slogan "God and the Virgin!" pulls the revivified victorious army into battle against the English-Burgundian alliance. After Johanna King Charles is crowned at Reims, there breaks the plague over the country in. Now Johanna all the blame on the disaster: God would punish believe in the country for that a heretic; if Johanna were actual a holy, she would deal also with the plague. The waning faith weakens France, England is again on the rise. But Johanna is executed as a witch. Only years later annulled the verdict of the Holy and Johanna explained.

Joan of Arc

1935

Refugees poster
6.2

Propaganda film detailing the plight of ethnic Germans, known as "Volga Germans", in the Soviet province of Manchuria.

Refugees

1933

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Un homme sans nom

1932

Behind the camera

Der Seelenbräu poster
6.9

In Alt-Köstendorf in the Salzburg region, the dean, known as Seelenbräu, and the brewer Hochleithner, known in the village as Leibesbräu, are fighting for supremacy. As their nicknames suggest, Leibesbräu is primarily concerned with the physical well-being of the villagers, while Seelenbräu cares deeply about the faith of his congregation. This leads to repeated clashes between the two men, who could perhaps be described as stubborn. When Hochleitner's niece Clementine leaves the convent and wants to stay at home, a new dispute flares up between Seelenbräu and Leibesbräu.

Der Seelenbräu

1950

Frau Sixta poster
7.5

The story of the upright Mrs. Sixta, who in 1861 ran the post office in a village in the Otztaler Alps right on the Italian border. When her husband dies, she must also take care of the farm. The mayor, Forcher, hopes to make her his wife. But then a stranger arrives with the stagecoach, the mayor must contend with a rival .

Frau Sixta

1938

No artwork available
10.0

A drama about marriage in a small town, which takes place at the turn of the 19th into the 20th Century.

Späte Liebe

1943

Joan of Arc poster
6.2

France in the 15th Century: The country is marked by the wars with England and internal power struggles. King Charles sees himself powerless against the state. As emerges from the people suddenly a young woman named Johanna, who claimed that the Archangel Gabriel to be appointed, to save France. First of all doubt the king in their words, but he remembers that the people through this "help of God" is gaining new courage. With the slogan "God and the Virgin!" pulls the revivified victorious army into battle against the English-Burgundian alliance. After Johanna King Charles is crowned at Reims, there breaks the plague over the country in. Now Johanna all the blame on the disaster: God would punish believe in the country for that a heretic; if Johanna were actual a holy, she would deal also with the plague. The waning faith weakens France, England is again on the rise. But Johanna is executed as a witch. Only years later annulled the verdict of the Holy and Johanna explained.

Joan of Arc

1935

Refugees poster
6.2

Propaganda film detailing the plight of ethnic Germans, known as "Volga Germans", in the Soviet province of Manchuria.

Refugees

1933

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Un homme sans nom

1932

The Young Baron Neuhaus poster
6.0

Vienna, 1753. Baron Neuhaus is flirting with two ladies-in-waiting, hoping to get a job at the imperial court. He succeeds, and the empress orders him to investigate the immoral conduct in the palace of which Neuhaus himself is the cause.

The Young Baron Neuhaus

1934

The Immortal Vagabond poster
7.0

Prevented from wedding a postman's daughter (her father prefers she marry a farmer) a Tyrol schoolteacher succeeds instead in having an opera of his acceptance in Vienna. But this isn't the happiness he wanted, he becomes a hobo.

The Immortal Vagabond

1930

The Heart Must Be Silent poster
6.0

On New Year's Eve 1900, Paul Holzgruber started a new praxis as a radiologist. The young Maximiliane Frey is his assistant and they have worked side by side for years helping people. Holzgruber repeatedly points out the dangers of radiation to Maximiliane, but is silent about the ulcers on his hand and the severe pain they have caused. Maximiliane has gotten to know the widower Axel von Bonin and has fallen in love with him. But then she is diagnosed with incurable cancer. To spare Axel the inevitable grief over her impending death, she leaves him and dedicates what is left her life to medicine.

The Heart Must Be Silent

1944

Der Edelweißkönig poster
5.2

No synopsis available yet.

Der Edelweißkönig

1957

Until we meet again poster
5.7

This is the tear-jerking love story between young Pamela and casino owner Mayrhoefer.

Until we meet again

1952

The Flute Concert of Sans-souci poster
7.7

In 1756, a masked ball was officially celebrated in the Dresden Palais of the Saxon Minister Heinrich von Brühl. Unofficially, however, talks are taking place with the envoys of Austria, Russia and France with the aim of conspiring against the Prussian King Frederick II. The Prussian envoy, Major von Lindeneck, succeeded in bringing a copy of the concluded secret treaty to the Prussian king. Friedrich consults with his generals, who urge caution. Friedrich is stunned by the reaction and now develops a counter-plan. To do this, he sends von Lindeneck back to Dresden. However, the latter is not very enthusiastic about this, as he thinks he has reason to doubt his wife Blanche's marital fidelity, and he now has to leave her alone.

The Flute Concert of Sans-souci

1930

The Girl from the Marsh Croft poster
8.2

Beautiful young Helga gets publicly shamed because a rich land owner seduced and impregnated her but refuses to take responsibility in a story of love and death in Sweden.

The Girl from the Marsh Croft

1958

Cordula poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Cordula

1950

No artwork available
9.0

Feature film directed by Gustav Ucicky

Tingel Tangel

1927

Aimless Hearts poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Aimless Hearts

1928

Der Jäger von Fall poster
6.2

No synopsis available yet.

Der Jäger von Fall

1957

No artwork available
5.4

A Nazi propaganda film which aims to justify the invasion of Poland by portraying the plight of ethnic Germans in Poland who were discriminated against and oppressed by the Poles, and how they were saved by the intervention of the German army.

Homecoming

1941

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Night in May

1934

No artwork available
5.1

Nazi propaganda film contrasting Germany in the days of the Weimar Republic with contemporary Germany under Adolf Hitler.

Word and Deed

1938

Under Blazing Heavens poster
8.0

In this exotic adventure, unscrupulous gun runners threaten a captain, and a ship is in danger of sinking.

Under Blazing Heavens

1936

Savoy-Hotel 217 poster
4.6

A Moscow hotel waiter, found at the scene of a murder, tries to locate the real killer among a series of suspects.

Savoy-Hotel 217

1936

Heroes' War in Snow and Ice poster
NR

Heroic Struggle in Snow and Ice is a 1917 Austro-Hungarian propaganda newsreel film produced by Sascha-Film for the Imperial and Royal War Press Headquarters. The film is hand-colored and presented in two parts. It depicts the fighting on the Alpine Front between Italy and Austria-Hungary.

Heroes' War in Snow and Ice

1917

Heritage of Bjorndal poster
6.2

Peace has returned to Björndal. After his father's death, young Dag succeeds him and strives to build a good relationship with his neighbor von Gall. The young farmer is determined to return the Borgland farm, which his father acquired by secretly purchasing bills of exchange. Dag leaves the old man in charge of the estate and assigns Aunt Elo, a lovely relative of his wife Adelheid, to assist him. He also brings Adelheid's father, Major Barre, to Björndal, where he is to spend his retirement with the young family. According to the Lexicon of International Films, the film is a Heimatfilm of a relatively respectable standard.

Heritage of Bjorndal

1960

A Life for Do poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

A Life for Do

1954

At the End of the World poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

At the End of the World

1934

No artwork available
9.0

Verona in the 1950s. Don Stefano, the chaplain of San Lorenzo, was once a passionate race car driver and tennis player. Deeply affected by his wartime experiences, he decided to become a priest. He has given up racing, but now and then he still plays a game of tennis, preferably with the wealthy art dealer Catani, whose family he is friends with and in whose home he is a frequent guest. His connections to the Catanis have also enabled Don Stefano to place his protégé, Gilda, a young girl in need, with them as a housekeeper. However, Signora Catani gradually becomes suspicious of the fact that Gilda wears a new yellow rose on her dress every day. She believes the girl receives the flowers from her husband; that he is her secret lover. This leads not only to a heated argument between the couple but also to a confrontation between the lady of the house and the maid.

The Chaplain of San Lorenzo

1953

The Convict from Stamboul poster
6.5

Zezi, on being released from prison for smuggling, is ordered to leave the country. His incarceration has not lessened his craving for female society, but he finds his mistress false. A young girl, trying to sell vacuum-cleaners, calls at his home. Half-starved, she collapses. The blackleg’s heart is touched, and he befriends her. Gratitude on her side develops to love. Though she takes the place of the false one, she urges the man to marry her. This he does, though he has a wife, from whom he is separated.

The Convict from Stamboul

1929

The Broken Jug poster
7.2

Today is a fateful day for village judge Adam. Who broke Widow Kull’s jug fleeing head over heels after his nightly visit to her daughter? As the trial unfolds, it becomes clear to everyone that the judge himself is the culprit. Judge Adam twists and turns, invents countless explanations, and piles up the most absurd lies. But he is conducting a trial against himself—one he cannot win.

The Broken Jug

1937

The Postmaster poster
6.6

When two Russian captains of cavalry came to a German post station one of them recalls what happened long time ago. He begins to tell the story: Ten years ago a comrade of them made a resting at the post station and fell in love with the station master's daughter. He promised everything to her and finally convinced her to come with him to St. Petersburg. When both arrived there she had to realize that her captain never had the intention to marry her.

The Postmaster

1940

In the Employ of the Secret Service poster
8.0

During WWI a German agent receives an order to find out when the Russian army will carry out its expected attack against the German lines.

In the Employ of the Secret Service

1931

Inherited Passions poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Inherited Passions

1929

The Temporary Widow poster
7.0

Kitty Kellermann is put on trial for murdering her husband, a failed painter. When her counsel resigns from his mandate, the mysterious Peter Bille steps in, though it becomes apparent that he actually is not an advocate but Kitty's lover and moreover confesses the murder. The widow has to admit that the pictures by her deceased spouse sell much better, only for him to suddenly appear alive.

The Temporary Widow

1930

The Priest and the Girl poster
7.0

A priest falls in love with a rich man's daughter.

The Priest and the Girl

1958

Die Heilige und ihr Narr poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Heilige und ihr Narr

1957

Der gebieterische Ruf poster
5.8

No synopsis available yet.

Der gebieterische Ruf

1944

Yorck poster
10.0

The story of General Yorck von Wartenburg, a commander in the army of Prussian King Wilhelm, who defied the king's orders for the Prussian army to join Napoleon in his invason of Russia.

Yorck

1931

Dawn poster
5.8

Released three days after Adolf Hitler became Reichskanzler, it was the first film to have its screening in Nazi Germany. It became a symbol of the new times touted by the Nazi regime. The title (literally "morning-red") is the German term for the reddish coloring of the east sky about a half hour before the sunrise. On patrol Captain Liers and his submarine crew sink an important British ship, but while returning to harbour, they're lured into a trap by a British vessel disguised as a neutral Danish one. They sink it after it attacks them without warning, but while they prepare to rescue survivors, a British destroyer sinks the sub. On the sea bed 60 feet down, with all but the bridge flooded, the 10 surviving crew have only 8 rescue devices. Liers orders the crew to use them, but they disobey - either all escape or nobody does.

Dawn

1933

The Man Without a Name poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Man Without a Name

1932

Singende Engel poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Singende Engel

1947