Adrienne Gessner

Tales from the Vienna Woods (1979)

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 ...

Die Tante Jolesch oder Der Untergang des Abendlandes (1978)

Episodic film based on the book by and starring Friedrich Torberg. ...

Drei Schwestern (1977)

Fräulein Else (1975)

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 ...

Defraudanten (1973)

Hochzeit (1972)

Film based on a play written by Elias Canetti. ...

Schwester Bonaventura (1969)

Madame Legros (1968)

Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald (1964)

Marianne, the charming daughter of the "magic king," is engaged to master butcher Oskar. She meets bon vivant Alfred, who is supported by Valerie and makes a living from betting on horse races and other dubious business deals. During a picnic in the Vienna ...

Die Teepuppe (1964)

The Model Boy (1963)

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. Fro ...

Bekenntnisse eines möblierten Herrn (1963)

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 apa ...

Waldrausch (1962)

Das Riesenrad (1961)

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 tr ...

A Breath of Scandal (1960)

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

Ich heirate Herrn Direktor (1960)

Herrn Josefs letzte Liebe (1959)

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 domineer ...

The Trapp Family in America (1958)

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 ...

Jedermann (1958)

Familie Schimek (1957)

Salzburg Stories (1957)

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

Rosmarie kommt aus Wildwest (1956)

Das Liebesleben des schönen Franz (1956)

Einen Jux will er sich machen (1956)

Die goldene Brücke (1956)

Kronprinz Rudolfs letzte Liebe (1956)

The sensitive Austrian Crown Prince Rudolf is suffering from his marriage, dictated by his father, Emperor Franz Joseph, and the strict court etiquette. He meets a kindred spirit in the very young Baroness Mary Vetsera. ...

I Often Think of Piroschka (1955)

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 invi ...

Zwei Herzen und ein Thron (1955)

Die Deutschmeister (1955)

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

An der schönen blauen Donau (1955)

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. ...

Der erste Kuß (1954)

Der Feldherrnhügel (1953)

Stolen Identity (1953)

A jealous musician kills his wife and frames a cab driver. ...

Hannerl: Ich tanze mit Dir in den Himmel hinein (1953)

No Time for Flowers (1952)

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. ...

Ich hab' mich so an Dich gewöhnt (1952)

Adventures in Vienna (1952)

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

Frühlingsstimmen (1952)

The Merry Farmer (1951)

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 t ...

Vagabunden (1949)

The Angel with the Trumpet (1948)

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. ...

Catherine the Last (1936)

Story of a naive kitchen maid who falls in love with a wealthy womanizer. ...

Die grosse Liebe (1931)

Ten years after the end of World War I, Austrian soldier Franz leaves Russia and returns to his village, where he is reunited with Frieda, a woman who believes he is her long-lost son. She seeks him out and greets him with such loving joy, that Franz doesn ...