Adrienne Gessner

Acting

Adrienne Gessner

Born 1896-07-23 · Maria Schutz, Austria

Acting credits

Der Feldherrnhügel poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der Feldherrnhügel

1953

A Breath of Scandal poster
5.5

A European princess jeopardizes her crown when she falls for an American millionaire.

A Breath of Scandal

1960

No artwork available
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die goldene Brücke

1956

Der erste Kuß poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

Der erste Kuß

1954

The Model Boy poster
4.7

Since Benno Geyer fails to pass his Abitur due to his panicky exam anxiety, Dr. Fritz Geyer enrolls in high school under his brother's name. As a model student, he has no trouble getting good grades, but he quickly becomes unpopular among the students. From then on, he tries to impress with the craziest pranks.

The Model Boy

1963

Das Liebesleben des schönen Franz poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Das Liebesleben des schönen Franz

1956

Fräulein Else poster
1.0

Else is the pretty daughter of a Viennese lawyer. The young lady has been invited by her aunt to spend a few days on a summer holiday in San Martino. There she receives an express letter from her mother requesting her to ask the wealthy art dealer Dorsday for a much-needed loan. Her father is facing bankruptcy due to embezzlement. Else approaches Dorsday and describes the difficult family situation. Dorsday is willing to lend the necessary money, but stipulates that Else must expose herself to him naked for a quarter of an hour. Else reacts indignantly to this request, but over the course of the evening realizes the dilemma she faces. Caught between unconditional loyalty to her father and a strong longing for autonomy and self-determined femininity, she cannot commit to either alternative.

Fräulein Else

1975

Tales from the Vienna Woods poster
6.1

Based on a popular 1931 play, the film tells the fate of a naive young woman named Marianne, who breaks off her reluctant engagement with Oskar the butcher after falling in love with a fop named Alfred who, however, has no serious interest in returning her love. For this error, she must pay bitterly.

Tales from the Vienna Woods

1979

I Often Think of Piroschka poster
7.2

Andreas, a young German student comes to Hungary on an exchange programme. In the Hungarian village he falls in love with the stationmaster's daughter Piroschka and spends much of his time with her. They have an enchanting summer until Andreas gets an invitation to join another young woman at a nearby resort. Piroschka is jealous and follows him there, causing trouble. It takes a long time for Andreas and Piroschka to even talk to each other again. When Andreas has to leave Hungary at the end of his holiday, he is determined to return some day.

I Often Think of Piroschka

1955

Die Deutschmeister poster
7.2

Young Stanzi who is visiting Vienna helps a young corporal and musician to become famous for his marching song "Die Deutschmeister".

Die Deutschmeister

1955

No Time for Flowers poster
9.0

A young girl's loyalty to the Communist Party is tested in Prague when she falls in love with an attache who has just arrived from the United States.

No Time for Flowers

1952

Hannerl: Ich tanze mit Dir in den Himmel hinein poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Hannerl: Ich tanze mit Dir in den Himmel hinein

1953

Das Riesenrad poster
6.7

The story of a marriage over time, based on a play by Jan de Hartog. Maria Schell and O. W. Fischer play an aristocratic Austrian couple who meet during the imperial era and experience the first five decades of the 20th century together: temptations and transgressions, world wars, economic crisis, the death of their son in the war. They experience good times and bad times and always remain cheerful, just as the Ferris wheel in Vienna's Prater continues to turn.

Das Riesenrad

1961

No artwork available
8.0

Film based on a play written by Elias Canetti.

Hochzeit

1972

An der schönen blauen Donau poster
10.0

A young king and a princess are engaged to be married but have never met. Both are reluctant to take part in an arranged marriage but they meet in Vienna and fall in love.

An der schönen blauen Donau

1955

The Merry Farmer poster
10.0

Matthias Scheichelroither is a poor but always cheerful, or rather, jolly farmer. He has grand plans for his son Heini, nicknamed "Heinerle": He intends for him to one day become a trained academic, a doctor. To achieve this, the old man scrims and saves to give Heinerle a perfect education. But Heini has other plans: Instead of focusing on his studies, he is drawn to music. With the help of Vivian Harrison, a wealthy American woman who is in love with him, he finally manages to organize his first concert as a composer.

The Merry Farmer

1951

Herrn Josefs letzte Liebe poster
7.0

Mr. Josef is an old-school servant who works in the house of the banker Türkheim. One day, he falls in love with a stray little dog and secretly takes the trusting animal into his home. But then bitter times begin for the old servant: Türkheim's domineering sister Auguste will not tolerate the dog in the house under any circumstances.

Herrn Josefs letzte Liebe

1959

Salzburg Stories poster
7.0

A wealthy citizen of Salzburg wants to write a play about ordinary people.

Salzburg Stories

1957

Bekenntnisse eines möblierten Herrn poster
7.0

Munich-based graphic artist Lukas is an artist with no fixed abode and no desire for commitment, who never stays in the same place for long. His only possessions are his duck, his clothes and a few everyday objects with which he moves from apartment to apartment as a lodger. There he prefers to devote himself entirely to his amorous adventures. With his unconventional manner, he drives philistines, aristocrats and the nouveau riche up the wall.

Bekenntnisse eines möblierten Herrn

1963

No artwork available
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ich heirate Herrn Direktor

1960

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Familie Schimek

1957

The Angel with the Trumpet poster
6.1

A long time-span of Austrian history (from the late 19th century to the years after world war II) is reflected in the ups and downs of a family of piano-makers in Vienna.

The Angel with the Trumpet

1948

The Trapp Family in America poster
6.4

The von Trapp family are struggling to survive in America, where their performances of European church music are not popular with the audiences. Only when they start performing more upbeat Austrian folk songs and even some American numbers do they become a success and finally find security and a new home.

The Trapp Family in America

1958

Adventures in Vienna poster
8.2

Taking place over 12 hours on New Years Eve, a concert pianist murders his wife's lover, then frames an innocent man.

Adventures in Vienna

1952