George Hurdalek

George Hurdalek
Born(1908-02-06)6 February 1908
Died15 June 1980(1980-06-15) (aged 72)
OccupationsScreenwriter
Film director
Years active1934–1975

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.

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.