Richard Oswald

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Known For Directing

Known Credits 88

Gender Male

Birthday 1880-11-05

Day of Death 1963-09-11 (82 years old)

Place of Birth Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]

Also Known As

Richard W. Ornstein

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Richard Oswald

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.

Known For

Directing

1949

… Director

1945

… Director

1942

… Director

1938

… Director

1936

… Director

1934		My Song Goes Round the World … Director
1934		Bleeke Bet … Director
1934		When You're Young, the World Belongs to You … Director

1933		Adventure on the Lido … Director
1933		A Song Goes Round the World … Director
1933		The Flower of Hawaii … Director
1933		Crook's Honor … Director

1932		Gräfin Mariza … Director
1932		The Living Dead … Director

1931		The Captain from Köpenick … Director
1931		Victoria and Her Hussar … Director
1931		Schuberts Frühlingstraum … Director
1931		1914 … Director
1931		Arm wie eine Kirchenmaus … Director

1930		Die zärtlichen Verwandten … Director
1930		Dreyfus … Director
1930		Alraune … Director
1930		Vienna, City of Song … Director

1929		The Mistress and Her Servant … Director
1929		The Hound of the Baskervilles … Director
1929		Cagliostro … Director
1929		Spring Awakening … Director

1928

… Director

1927		Dr. Bessels Verwandlung … Director
1927		Laws of Love: Innocently Outlawed! … Director
1927		Radio Magic … Director
1927		Assassination … Director
1927		Agitated Woman … Director
1927		Lützow's Wild Hunt … Director
1927		A Crazy Night … Director

1926		When I Came Back … Director
1926		The White Horse Inn … Director
1926		Should We Be Silent? … Director

1924

… Director

1922

… Director

1921		The Golden Plague … Director
1921		Lady Hamilton … Director
1921		Die Liebschaften des Hektor Dalmore … Director

1920		Manolescu's Memoirs … Director
1920		Kurfürstendamm … Director
1920		The Merry-Go-Round … Director
1920		Nachtgestalten … Director

1919		Eerie Tales … Director
1919		Die Arche. 2. Teil: Die letzten Menschen … Director
1919		The Arc … Director
1919		Prostitution II … Director
1919		Different from the Others … Director
1919		Around the World in 80 Days … Director
1919		Prostitution … Director

1918		Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 2. Henriette Jacoby … Director
1918		The Story of Dida Ibsen … Director
1918		Es werde Licht! 4. Teil: Sündige Mütter … Director
1918		Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 1. Jettchen Gebert … Director
1918		Das Tagebuch einer Verlorenen … Director
1918		Das Dreimäderlhaus … Director
1918		Der lebende Leichnam … Director
1918		Es werde Licht! 3. Teil … Director
1918		Rennfieber … Director
1918		Der ewige Zweifel … Director
1918		Es werde Licht! 2. Teil … Director
1918		Der Weg ins Freie … Director

1917		Die Memoiren des Satans, 1. Teil - Doktor Mors … Director
1917		The Picture of Dorian Gray … Director
1917		Es werde Licht! … Director
1917		A Night of Horror … Director

1916		Das unheimliche Haus … Director
1916		Tales of Hoffmann … Director

1915		Der Hund von Baskerville, 4. Teil - Die Sage vom Hund von Baskerville … Director
1915		Dämon und Mensch … Director
1915		Das Laster … Director
1915		Der Hund von Baskerville, 3. Teil - Das unheimliche Zimmer … Director

1914		The Silent Mill … Director
1914		Das eiserne Kreuz … Director

Writing

1949

… Adaptation

1942

… Adaptation

1936

… Writer

1932

… Writer

1927

… Writer

1926

… Writer

1924

… Writer

1922

… Writer

1921		Lady Hamilton … Writer
1921		Die Liebschaften des Hektor Dalmore … Writer

1920		Manolescu's Memoirs … Screenplay
1920		Kurfürstendamm … Writer
1920		The Merry-Go-Round … Screenplay
1920		Nachtgestalten … Screenplay

1919		Eerie Tales … Story
1919		Die Arche. 2. Teil: Die letzten Menschen … Screenplay
1919		The Arc … Screenplay
1919		Prostitution II … Writer
1919		Different from the Others … Writer
1919		Around the World in 80 Days … Writer
1919		Prostitution … Writer

1918		Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 2. Henriette Jacoby … Writer
1918		The Story of Dida Ibsen … Writer
1918		Es werde Licht! 4. Teil: Sündige Mütter … Writer
1918		Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 1. Jettchen Gebert … Writer
1918		Das Tagebuch einer Verlorenen … Writer
1918		Das Dreimäderlhaus … Writer
1918		Der lebende Leichnam … Writer
1918		Es werde Licht! 3. Teil … Writer
1918		Es werde Licht! 2. Teil … Writer
1918		Der Weg ins Freie … Writer

1917

… Writer

1916		Das unheimliche Haus … Writer
1916		Tales of Hoffmann … Writer

1915		The Sun's Revenge … Writer
1915		Der Hund von Baskerville, 4. Teil - Die Sage vom Hund von Baskerville … Writer
1915		Dämon und Mensch … Screenplay
1915		Das Laster … Writer
1915		Der Hund von Baskerville, 3. Teil - Das unheimliche Zimmer … Writer

1914		The Silent Mill … Writer
1914		A Strange Case … Writer
1914		Der Hund von Baskerville, 2. Teil - Das einsame Haus … Writer
1914		The Hound of the Baskervilles … Writer
1914		Das eiserne Kreuz … Writer

Production

1934

… Producer

1933

… Producer

1932

… Producer

1931		The Captain from Köpenick … Producer
1931		1914 … Producer

1930		Die zärtlichen Verwandten … Producer
1930		Dreyfus … Producer
1930		Alraune … Producer
1930		Vienna, City of Song … Producer

1929		Cagliostro … Executive Producer
1929		Spring Awakening … Producer

1927		Dr. Bessels Verwandlung … Producer
1927		Lützow's Wild Hunt … Producer
1927		A Crazy Night … Producer

1924

… Producer

1923

… Producer

1922		Dr. Gyllenborgs doppeltes Gesicht … Producer
1922		Das Logierhaus für Gentleman … Producer

1921

… Producer

1919		Eerie Tales … Producer
1919		Different from the Others … Producer
1919		Peer Gynt - 2. Teil: Peer Gynts Wanderjahre und Tod … Producer
1919		Peer Gynt - 1. Teil: Peer Gynts Jugend … Producer

Acting

1940

as (archive footage)

1919

1916

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