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Georg Hurdalek(1908-1980)

  • Writer
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Director
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Georg Hurdalek was born on 6 February 1908 in Görlitz, Germany. He was a writer and assistant director, known for Roses for the Prosecutor (1959), The Sound of Music (1965) and Der große Zapfenstreich (1952). He was married to Barbara Eff and Eva Ingeborg Scholz. He died on 15 June 1980 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany.
BornFebruary 6, 1908
DiedJune 15, 1980(72)
BornFebruary 6, 1908
DiedJune 15, 1980(72)
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  • Awards
    • 1 win total

Known for

Roses for the Prosecutor (1959)
Roses for the Prosecutor
7.3
  • Writer(as George Hurdalek)
  • 1959
Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Charmian Carr, Angela Cartwright, Duane Chase, Nicholas Hammond, Kym Karath, Heather Menzies, and Debbie Turner in The Sound of Music (1965)
The Sound of Music
8.1
  • Writer
  • 1965
Der große Zapfenstreich (1952)
Der große Zapfenstreich
  • Writer(as George Hurdalek)
  • 1952
Liselotte Pulver and Hardy Krüger in The Last Summer (1954)
The Last Summer
6.4
  • Writer
  • 1954

Credits

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Writer

  • Malte Thorsten in Verbrechen nach Schulschluß (1975)
    Verbrechen nach Schulschluß
    5.3
    • screenplay (as G. Hurdalek)
    • 1975
  • Horst Frank, Christiane Krüger, and Heinz Reincke in Fluchtweg St. Pauli - Großalarm für die Davidswache (1971)
    Fluchtweg St. Pauli - Großalarm für die Davidswache
    6.1
    • Writer (as George Hurdalek)
    • 1971
  • Mein Vater, der Affe und ich (1971)
    Mein Vater, der Affe und ich
    4.4
    • Writer (uncredited)
    • 1971
  • Zwanzig Mädchen und die Pauker - Heute steht die Penne kopf (1971)
    Zwanzig Mädchen und die Pauker - Heute steht die Penne kopf
    4.6
    • adaptation
    • 1971
  • Alte Kameraden
    9.6
    TV Movie
    • teleplay (as George Hurdalek)
    • 1969
  • Hafenkrankenhaus (1968)
    Hafenkrankenhaus
    8.8
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1968
  • Die Flucht nach Holland
    9.6
    TV Movie
    • screenplay (as George Hurdalek)
    • 1967
  • Birke Bruck and George Nader in Die Rechnung - eiskalt serviert (1966)
    Die Rechnung - eiskalt serviert
    5.7
    • Writer
    • 1966
  • Simone Rethel in Die fromme Helene (1965)
    Die fromme Helene
    6.4
    • Writer (as George Hurdalek)
    • 1965
  • The Violin Case Murders (1965)
    The Violin Case Murders
    5.6
    • Writer
    • 1965
  • Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Charmian Carr, Angela Cartwright, Duane Chase, Nicholas Hammond, Kym Karath, Heather Menzies, and Debbie Turner in The Sound of Music (1965)
    The Sound of Music
    8.1
    • with the partial use of ideas by
    • 1965
  • The Indian Scarf (1963)
    The Indian Scarf
    6.6
    • screenplay (as George Hurdalek)
    • 1963
  • Götz George and Johanna von Koczian in Unser Haus in Kamerun (1961)
    Unser Haus in Kamerun
    6.9
    • Writer (as George Hurdalek)
    • 1961
  • Das letzte Kapitel (1961)
    Das letzte Kapitel
    7.0
    • Writer (as George Hurdalek)
    • 1961
  • Kirk Douglas, Richard Jaeckel, Robert Blake, Christine Kaufmann, Mal Sondock, and Frank Sutton in Town Without Pity (1961)
    Town Without Pity
    7.2
    • screenplay (as George Hurdalek)
    • 1961

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Tonelli (1943)
    Tonelli
    • assistant director
    • 1943
  • Golowin geht durch die Stadt (1940)
    Golowin geht durch die Stadt
    • assistant director (as George Hurdalek)
    • 1940
  • Der Feuerteufel (1940)
    Der Feuerteufel
    3.7
    • assistant director
    • 1940
  • Giuseppe Becce, Luis Trenker, and Viktoria von Ballasko in The Kaiser of California (1936)
    The Kaiser of California
    6.4
    • assistant director (as George Hurdalek)
    • 1936
  • Heinz im Mond (1934)
    Heinz im Mond
    5.8
    • assistant director (as Georg Hurdaleck)
    • 1934

Director

  • Der eiserne Gustav (1958)
    Der eiserne Gustav
    6.5
    • Director
    • 1958
  • Der große Zapfenstreich (1952)
    Der große Zapfenstreich
    • Director (as George Hurdalek)
    • 1952
  • Die Zeit mit dir
    8.6
    • Director
    • 1948

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Georg Hurdaleck
  • Born
    • February 6, 1908
    • Görlitz, Germany
  • Died
    • June 15, 1980
    • Munich, Bavaria, West Germany(undisclosed)
  • Spouses
      Barbara Eff1969 - June 15, 1980 (his death)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    German author, screenwriter and director, a former stage actor. He became an assistant film director in 1934, but subsequently concentrated chiefly on writing screenplays. He is particularly noted for his work on the satirical Roses for the Prosecutor (1959) and (in collaboration with Helmut Käutner) the powerful wartime drama The Devil's General (1955).

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