Richard Oswald

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

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.

Acting

Crew