George Hurdalek

George Hurdalek (6 February 1908, Görlitz, Germany – 15 June 1980, Munich, Germany) was a German screenwriter. He wrote for more than 40 films between 1934 and 1975.^[1]

George Hurdalek
Born	(1908-02-06)6 February 1908 Görlitz, Silesia, Prussia, Germany
Died	15 June 1980(1980-06-15) (aged 72) Munich, Bavaria, West Germany
Occupation(s)	Screenwriter Film director
Years active	1934–1975

The opening credits of The Sound of Music (1965) include a credit reading, "With the partial use of ideas by Georg Hurdalek." Hurdalek wrote the screenplay for The Trapp Family (1956), a German-language film that provided the basis for both the stage and screen versions of The Sound of Music.^[2]

Selected filmography

• The Valiant Navigator (1935)
• The King's Prisoner (1935)
• Women for Golden Hill (1938)
• Five Million Look for an Heir (1938)
• Front Theatre (1942)
• The Time with You (1948, director)
• The Sergeant's Daughter (1952, director)
• His Royal Highness (1953)
• Ludwig II (1955)
• The Last Man (1955)
• Without You All Is Darkness (1956)
• The Trapp Family (1956)
• Queen Louise (1957)
• Goodbye, Franziska (1957)
• Iron Gustav (1958, director)
• Sweetheart of the Gods (1960)
• Our House in Cameroon (1961)
• Town Without Pity (1961)
• The Indian Scarf (1963)
• Jailbreak in Hamburg (1971)
• My Father, the Ape and I (1971)
• Crime After School (1975)