Richard Oswald

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Richard Oswald

Directing November 5, 1880

Vienna, Austria

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" (19…

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Different from the Others

Different from the Others

7.1 1919 Movie
The Eternal Jew

The Eternal Jew

4.7 1940 Movie
Eerie Tales

Eerie Tales

5.5 1919 Movie
Cagliostro

Cagliostro

4.8 1929 Movie
Lady Hamilton

Lady Hamilton

5.9 1921 Movie
The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles

6.9 1929 Movie
Lucrezia Borgia

Lucrezia Borgia

5.1 1922 Movie
Isle of Missing Men

Isle of Missing Men

6.8 1942 Movie
Spring Awakening

Spring Awakening

10.0 1929 Movie
The Captain from Köpenick

The Captain from Köpenick

6.0 1931 Movie
Alraune

Alraune

6.1 1930 Movie
Dreyfus

Dreyfus

5.6 1930 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1949
    The Lovable Cheat

    Movie Adaptation

  2. 1942
    Isle of Missing Men

    Movie Director

  3. 1941
    I Was a Criminal

    Movie Director

  4. 1940
    The Eternal Jew

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  5. 1938
    Tempête sur l'Asie

    Movie Director

  6. 1936
    Heut' ist der schönste Tag in meinem Leben

    Movie Director

  7. 1934
    My Song Goes Round the World

    Movie Director

  8. 1934
    Bleeke Bet

    Movie Director

  9. 1934
    When You're Young, the World Belongs to You

    Movie Director

  10. 1933
    Adventure on the Lido

    Movie Director

  11. 1933
    A Song Goes Round the World

    Movie Director

  12. 1933
    The Flower of Hawaii

    Movie Director

  13. 1933
    Crook's Honor

    Movie Director

  14. 1932
    Countess Mariza

    Movie Director

  15. 1932
    The Living Dead

    Movie Director

  16. 1931
    The Captain from Köpenick

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 1931
    Poor as a Church Mouse

    Movie Director

  2. 1931
    Victoria and Her Hussar

    Movie Director

  3. 1931
    Schubert's Dream of Spring

    Movie Director

  4. 1931
    1914: The Last Days Before the War

    Movie Director

  5. 1930
    The Tender Relatives

    Movie Director

  6. 1930
    Dreyfus

    Movie Director

  7. 1930
    Vienna, City of Song

    Movie Producer

  8. 1930
    Alraune

    Movie Director

  9. 1929
    The Mistress and Her Servant

    Movie Director

  10. 1929
    Ehe in Not

    Movie Director

  11. 1929
    The Hound of the Baskervilles

    Movie Director

  12. 1929
    Cagliostro

    Movie Director

  13. 1929
    Spring Awakening

    Movie Director

  14. 1928
    Villa Falconieri

    Movie Director

  15. 1928
    The Green Alley

    Movie Director

  16. 1927
    The Fugitive Lover

    Movie Producer

  17. 1927
    Laws of Love: Innocently Outlawed!

    Movie Director

  18. 1927
    Radio Magic

    Movie Director

  19. 1927
    Assassination

    Movie Director

  20. 1927
    Agitated Woman

    Movie Director

  21. 1927
    Lützow's Wild Hunt

    Movie Producer

  22. 1927
    A Crazy Night

    Movie Director

  23. 1926
    When I Came Back

    Movie Director

  24. 1926
    Vorderhaus und Hinterhaus

    Movie Director