Richard Oswald
Known for
Directing
Born
November 5, 1880
Birthplace
Vienna, Austria
Died
September 11, 1963 (aged 82)
Biography
Richard Oswald was an Austrian director, producer, actor and screenwriter. He directed more than 100 feature films from 1914 to 1951. Among them the classics "Nachtgestalten" (1920), "Unheimliche Geschichten" (1919/1932), "Die Prostitution 1-2" (1919) and "Alraune" (1930).
Being Jewish, Oswald was forced to flee Nazi Germany, first for occupied France and later emigrating to the United States.
Best known work
Different from the Others
1919
The Eternal Jew
1940
Eerie Tales
1919
Alraune
1930
Cagliostro
1929
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1929
Lucrezia Borgia
1922
Earth Spirit
1923
A Song Goes Round the World
1933
Dreyfus
1930Filmography
1949
The Lovable CheatAdaptation, Director, Producer
1942
Isle of Missing MenDirector, Adaptation
1941
I Was a CriminalDirector
1940
The Eternal Jewas Self (archive footage)
1938
Tempête sur l'AsieDirector
1936
Heut' ist der schönste Tag in meinem LebenDirector, Writer
1934
My Song Goes Round the WorldDirector, Producer
1934
Bleeke BetDirector
1934
1933
Adventure on the LidoDirector
1933
A Song Goes Round the WorldDirector, Producer
1933
The Flower of HawaiiDirector
1933
Crook's HonorDirector
1932
Countess MarizaDirector
1932
The Living DeadDirector, Writer, Producer
1931
The Captain from KöpenickDirector, Producer
1931
Poor as a Church MouseDirector
1931
Victoria and Her HussarDirector
1931
Schubert's Dream of SpringDirector, Producer
1931
1914: The Last Days Before the WarDirector, Producer
1930
The Tender RelativesDirector, Producer
1930
DreyfusDirector, Producer
1930
Vienna, City of SongProducer, Director
1930
AlrauneDirector, Producer
1929
The Mistress and Her ServantDirector