Richard Oswald
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1880-11-05
Day of Death
1963-09-11 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
Vienna, Austria
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
Acting
(1940)
The Eternal Jew
as Self (archive footage)
(1930)
(1919)
(1916)
Crew
(1949)
The Lovable Cheat
Director, Adaptation
(1942)
Isle of Missing Men
Director, Adaptation
(1941)
I Was a Criminal
Director
(1938)
Tempête sur l'Asie
Director
(1936)
Heut' ist der schönste Tag in meinem Leben
Director, Writer
(1934)
(1934)
My Song Goes Round the World
Director, Producer
(1934)
Bleeke Bet
Director
(1933)
A Song Goes Round the World
Director, Producer
(1933)
The Flower of Hawaii
Director
(1933)
Crook's Honor
Director
(1933)
Adventure on the Lido
Director
(1932)
The Living Dead
Director, Writer, Producer
(1932)
Countess Mariza
Director
(1931)
Schubert's Dream of Spring
Director, Producer
(1931)
1914
Director, Producer
(1931)
The Captain from Köpenick
Director, Producer
(1931)
Poor as a Church Mouse
Director
(1931)
Victoria and Her Hussar
Director
(1930)
Alraune
Director, Producer
(1930)
Vienna, City of Song
Producer, Director
(1930)
Dreyfus
Director, Producer
(1930)
The Tender Relatives
Director, Producer
(1930)
(1929)
Cagliostro
Director, Executive Producer
(1929)
Ehe in Not
Director
(1929)
Spring Awakening
Director, Producer
(1929)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Director
(1929)
The Mistress and Her Servant
Director
(1928)
Villa Falconieri
Director
(1928)
The Green Alley
Director
(1927)
(1927)
Assassination
Director
(1927)
Radio Magic
Director
(1927)
A Crazy Night
Director, Writer, Producer
(1927)
Lützow's Wild Hunt
Director, Producer
(1927)
The Transformation of Dr. Bessel
Producer, Director
(1927)
Agitated Woman
Director
(1926)
Should We Be Silent?
Director, Writer
(1926)
When I Came Back
Director
(1926)
The White Horse Inn
Director
(1925)
Rags and Silk
Director, Idea, Producer
(1925)
Halbseide
Director
(1925)
Die Frau von vierzig Jahren
Director
(1924)
Don Carlos und Elisabeth
Director, Producer, Writer
(1923)
Earth Spirit
Producer
(1922)
Lucrezia Borgia
Director, Writer
(1922)
Das Logierhaus für Gentleman
Producer
(1922)
(1922)
Die Dame und ihr Friseur
Producer
(1921)
The House in Dragon Street
Director
(1921)
The Golden Plague
Director, Producer
(1921)
Lady Hamilton
Director, Writer
(1921)
Die Liebschaften des Hektor Dalmore
Writer, Director
(1920)
The Merry-Go-Round
Director, Screenplay
(1920)
Ewiger Strom
Producer
(1920)
Das vierte Gebot
Director
(1920)
Figures of the Night
Director, Screenplay
(1920)
Kurfürstendamm
Director, Writer
(1920)
Manolescu's Memoirs
Director, Screenplay
(1920)
Die Nacht auf Goldenhall
Producer
(1919)
Eerie Tales
Director, Producer, Story
(1919)
Different from the Others
Director, Writer, Producer
(1919)
The Arc
Director, Screenplay
(1919)
Prostitution
Director, Writer
(1919)
Prostitution II
Director, Writer
(1919)
Around the World in 80 Days
Director, Writer
(1919)
Die Arche. 2. Teil: Die letzten Menschen
Director, Screenplay
(1919)
(1919)
(1918)
Der ewige Zweifel
Director
(1918)
The Story of Dida Ibsen
Producer, Director, Writer
(1918)
Es werde Licht! 2. Teil
Writer, Director
(1918)
Rennfieber
Director
(1918)
Diary of a Lost Woman
Director, Writer
(1918)
Der lebende Leichnam
Director, Writer
(1918)
Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 1. Jettchen Gebert
Writer, Director
(1918)
Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 2. Henriette Jacoby
Writer, Director
(1918)
Das Dreimäderlhaus
Director, Writer
(1918)
The Way Out
Writer, Director, Producer
(1918)
Es werde Licht! 3. Teil
Writer, Director
(1918)
Es werde Licht! 4. Teil: Sündige Mütter
Writer, Director
(1917)
(1917)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Director, Screenplay, Producer
(1917)
A Night of Horror
Director
(1917)
Es werde Licht!
Writer, Director
(1916)
Tales of Hoffmann
Director, Writer
(1916)
Zirkusblut
Writer, Director, Producer
(1916)
Revenge of the Dead
Director, Writer
(1916)
Die silberne Kugel
Director
(1916)
The Uncanny House
Producer, Director, Writer
(1916)
Freitag, der 13. Das unheimliche Haus. 2. Teil
Screenplay, Director
(1916)
Der chinesische Götze. Das unheimliche Haus. 3. Teil
Director, Writer
(1915)
Lache, Bajazzo!
Writer, Director
(1915)
Und wandern sollst du ruhelos …
Director, Writer, Production Manager
(1915)
Schlemihl
Director, Screenplay
(1915)
The Sun's Revenge
Writer
(1915)
Das Laster
Director, Writer
(1915)
Dämon und Mensch
Director, Screenplay
(1915)
Der Hund von Baskerville, 3. Teil - Das unheimliche Zimmer
Writer, Director
(1915)
(1914)
Das eiserne Kreuz
Writer, Director
(1914)
Ivan Koschula
Writer, Director
(1914)
A Strange Case
Writer
(1914)
(1914)
The Silent Mill
Director, Writer
(1914)