Viktor Gertler

Directing

Viktor Gertler

Born August 24, 1901 · Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]

Died July 5, 1969 · aged 67

Viktor Gertler (24 August 1901 – 5 July 1969) was a Hungarian film editor and director active between the 1930s and 1960s.

Known For

The Man of GoldThe Man of Gold · 1962
The Man of Gold
★ 6.91962
MovieRomanceDrama
Adaptation of Mór Jókai's classic 19th century novel on Mihály Tímár, the captain of a commercial Danube ship in the 1830s, who finds unexpected fortune by meeting a Turkish aristocrat fleeing from his home country with his daughter Tímea. On their journey, they find an unknown island on the Danube, called the Senki szigete (the Island of No-one), a sort of earthly paradise, with only an old woman and her young daughter Noémi living on it.
FeverFever · 1957
Fever
★ 9.01957
MovieDrama
Set between the First and Second World Wars, a “tale of an industrialist's rise to power and his destruction through his own greed” - BFI.
The Three from the Filling StationThe Three from the Filling Station · 1930
The Three from the Filling Station
★ 6.11930
MovieComedyDrama
Willy, Kurt and Hans are broke, so they sell their car and open a filling station. Then, they all fall in love with the same girl.
Congress DancesCongress Dances · 1931
Congress Dances
★ 7.21931
MovieHistoryComedy
An Austrian prince hatches a plan to keep his rival, the Russian czar, busy by keeping him surrounded by beautiful women and away from the negotiating table. The Czar, however, has his own plan—he hires a man who is his exact double to impersonate him and confuse the Austrians by appearing to be everywhere at once. In addition, both the Czar and his double fall for the same woman.
The Man in Search of His MurdererThe Man in Search of His Murderer · 1931
The Man in Search of His Murderer
★ 7.21931
MovieComedyDrama
A man in bad sorts hires a burglar to later kill him, then changes his mind when his fortunes turn and must find the contracted murderer before it is too late.
TokajerglutTokajerglut · 1933
Tokajerglut
1933
MovieComedy
Elcserélt emberElcserélt ember · 1938
Elcserélt ember
★ 9.01938
MovieDrama
In World War I, two men who look almost identical fight in the same battalion at the front. One of them, Peter Benedek, a landowner, is killed, while István Pongrácz, a mechanical engineer, is hit while wearing Benedek's coat. The severe head injury causes temporary amnesia, and Pongrácz is mistakenly sent to the Benedek estate. Mrs. Benedek is pleased to see that her card-playing husband has become a solid, hard-working man after his wound. But Pongrácz begins to remember...
Red InkRed Ink · 1960
Red Ink
★ 8.21960
MovieDramaRomance
Most of her colleagues take Mária, the new teacher to be a communist party-worker, only Irma and the drawing teacher Zoli treat her kindly. Mária starts working with great enthusiasm, and her class learns to love her in a short time.

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