Nicolas Gessner

Nicolas Gessner (17 August 1931 – 22 August 2023) was a Hungarian-born filmmaker who mostly worked in France.

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Nicolas Gessner was born in Budapest, Hungary on 17 August 1931.

His films are often characterized by strange, quirky atmospheres and unusual cast mixing French and international actors. Starting from the early 1980s, Gessner mostly worked for television.

Gessner died on 22 August 2023, at the age of 92.^[1]^[2]

Auskunft im Cockpit (1959)
Der Gefangene der Botschaft [de] (1964, TV film)
Diamonds Are Brittle (1965)
The Blonde from Peking (1967)
The Thirteen Chairs (1969)
Someone Behind the Door (1971)
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)
It Rained All Night the Day I Left (1980)
Herr Herr (1982, TV film)
Le tueur triste (1984, TV film)
Intrigues (1985, TV series)
Macho (1986, TV film)
Das andere Leben (1987, TV film)
Quicker Than the Eye [de] (1988)
Tennessee Waltz (1989)
Visages suisses (1991)
Estelle (1993, TV miniseries)
Chêques en boîte (1994, TV film)
Spaceship Earth (Tous sur orbite !) (1997, TV series)^[3]

[1]
"Hommage à Nicolas Gessner". L'arp. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
[2]
"Nicolas Gessner". Uni France. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
[3]
Spaceship Earth (Television production). 1997.

Nicolas Gessner at IMDb

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Nicolas Gessner (17 August 1931 – 22 August 2023) was a Hungarian-born filmmaker who mostly worked in France.

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Nicolas Gessner was born in Budapest, Hungary on 17 August 1931.

His films are often characterized by strange, quirky atmospheres and unusual cast mixing French and international actors. Starting from the early 1980s, Gessner mostly worked for television.

Gessner died on 22 August 2023, at the age of 92.^[1]^[2]

Auskunft im Cockpit (1959)
Der Gefangene der Botschaft [de] (1964, TV film)
Diamonds Are Brittle (1965)
The Blonde from Peking (1967)
The Thirteen Chairs (1969)
Someone Behind the Door (1971)
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)
It Rained All Night the Day I Left (1980)
Herr Herr (1982, TV film)
Le tueur triste (1984, TV film)
Intrigues (1985, TV series)
Macho (1986, TV film)
Das andere Leben (1987, TV film)
Quicker Than the Eye [de] (1988)
Tennessee Waltz (1989)
Visages suisses (1991)
Estelle (1993, TV miniseries)
Chêques en boîte (1994, TV film)
Spaceship Earth (Tous sur orbite !) (1997, TV series)^[3]

[1]
"Hommage à Nicolas Gessner". L'arp. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
[2]
"Nicolas Gessner". Uni France. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
[3]
Spaceship Earth (Television production). 1997.

Nicolas Gessner at IMDb

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