Richard Oswald

Regisseur, Producer, Schrijver, Acteur

5 november 1880 — 11 september 1963 (82 years)
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

  • Different from the Others
    Different from the Others1919
  • Eerie Tales
    Eerie Tales1919
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles
    The Hound of the Baskervilles1929
  • Isle of Missing Men
    Isle of Missing Men1942
  • The Captain from Köpenick
    The Captain from Köpenick1931
  • The Lovable Cheat
    The Lovable Cheat1949
  • Bleeke Bet
    Bleeke Bet1934
  • 1914, die letzten Tage vor dem Weltbrand
    1914, die letzten Tage vor dem Weltbrand1931

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