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Richard Oswald

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
3

Gender
Male

Birthday
November 5, 1880 (145 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

Directing

1949The Lovable Cheat...Director
1942Isle of Missing Men...Director
1941I Was a Criminal...Director
1938Tempête sur l'Asie...Director
1936Heut' ist der schönste Tag in meinem Leben...Director
1934My Song Goes Round the World...Director
1934Bleeke Bet...Director
1934When You're Young, the World Belongs to You...Director
1933Adventure on the Lido...Director
1933A Song Goes Round the World...Director
1933The Flower of Hawaii...Director
1933Crook's Honor...Director
1932Countess Mariza...Director
1932The Living Dead...Director
1931The Captain from Köpenick...Director
1931Poor as a Church Mouse...Director
1931Victoria and Her Hussar...Director
1931Schubert's Dream of Spring...Director
19311914: The Last Days Before the War...Director
1930The Tender Relatives...Director
1930Dreyfus...Director
1930Vienna, City of Song...Director
1930Alraune...Director
1929The Mistress and Her Servant...Director
1929Ehe in Not...Director
1929The Hound of the Baskervilles...Director
1929Cagliostro...Director
1929Spring Awakening...Director
1928Villa Falconieri...Director
1928The Green Alley...Director
1927The Transformation of Dr. Bessel...Director
1927Laws of Love: Innocently Outlawed!...Director
1927Radio Magic...Director
1927Assassination...Director
1927Agitated Woman...Director
1927Lützow's Wild Hunt...Director
1927A Crazy Night...Director
1926When I Came Back...Director
1926Vorderhaus und Hinterhaus...Director
1926The White Horse Inn...Director
1926Should We Be Silent?...Director
1925Halbseide...Director
1925Die Frau von vierzig Jahren...Director
1925Rags and Silk...Director
1924Don Carlos und Elisabeth...Director
1922Lucrezia Borgia...Director
1921The Golden Plague...Director
1921Lady Hamilton...Director
1921The House in Dragon Street...Director
1921Die Liebschaften des Hektor Dalmore...Director
1920Das vierte Gebot...Director
1920Manolescu's Memoirs...Director
1920Kurfürstendamm...Director
1920The Merry-Go-Round...Director
1920Figures of the Night...Director
1919Eerie Tales...Director
1919Die Arche. 2. Teil: Die letzten Menschen...Director
1919The Arc...Director
1919Prostitution II...Director
1919Different from the Others...Director
1919Around the World in 80 Days...Director
1919Prostitution...Director
1918Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 2. Henriette Jacoby...Director
1918The Story of Dida Ibsen...Director
1918Es werde Licht! 4. Teil: Sündige Mütter...Director
1918Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 1. Jettchen Gebert...Director
1918Diary of a Lost Woman...Director
1918Das Dreimäderlhaus...Director
1918Der lebende Leichnam...Director
1918Es werde Licht! 3. Teil...Director
1918Rennfieber...Director
1918Der ewige Zweifel...Director
1918Es werde Licht! 2. Teil...Director
1918The Way Out...Director
1917Die Memoiren des Satans. 1. Teil - Doktor Mors...Director
1917The Picture of Dorian Gray...Director
1917Es werde Licht!...Director
1917A Night of Horror...Director
1916Freitag, der 13. Das unheimliche Haus. 2. Teil...Director
1916Der chinesische Götze. Das unheimliche Haus. 3. Teil...Director
1916The Uncanny House...Director
1916Revenge of the Dead...Director
1916Zirkusblut...Director
1916Tales of Hoffmann...Director
1916Die silberne Kugel...Director
1915Dämon und Mensch...Director
1915Der Hund von Baskerville, 4. Teil - Die Sage vom Hund von Baskerville...Director
1915Das Laster...Director
1915Lache, Bajazzo!...Director
1915Der Hund von Baskerville, 3. Teil - Das unheimliche Zimmer...Director
1915Schlemihl...Director
1915Und wandern sollst du ruhelos …...Director
1914The Silent Mill...Director
1914Ivan Koschula...Director
1914Das eiserne Kreuz...Director

Writing

1949The Lovable Cheat...Adaptation
1942Isle of Missing Men...Adaptation
1936Heut' ist der schönste Tag in meinem Leben...Writer
1932The Living Dead...Writer
1927A Crazy Night...Writer
1926Vorderhaus und Hinterhaus...Writer
1926Should We Be Silent?...Writer
1925Rags and Silk...Idea
1924Don Carlos und Elisabeth...Writer
1922Lucrezia Borgia...Writer
1921Lady Hamilton...Writer
1921Die Liebschaften des Hektor Dalmore...Writer
1920Manolescu's Memoirs...Screenplay
1920Kurfürstendamm...Writer
1920The Merry-Go-Round...Screenplay
1920Figures of the Night...Screenplay
1919Eerie Tales...Story
1919Die Arche. 2. Teil: Die letzten Menschen...Screenplay
1919The Arc...Screenplay
1919Prostitution II...Writer
1919Different from the Others...Writer
1919Around the World in 80 Days...Writer
1919Prostitution...Writer
1918Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 2. Henriette Jacoby...Writer
1918The Story of Dida Ibsen...Writer
1918Es werde Licht! 4. Teil: Sündige Mütter...Writer
1918Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 1. Jettchen Gebert...Writer
1918Diary of a Lost Woman...Writer
1918Das Dreimäderlhaus...Writer
1918Der lebende Leichnam...Writer
1918Es werde Licht! 3. Teil...Writer
1918Es werde Licht! 2. Teil...Writer
1918The Way Out...Writer
1917The Picture of Dorian Gray...Screenplay
1917Es werde Licht!...Writer
1916Freitag, der 13. Das unheimliche Haus. 2. Teil...Screenplay
1916Der chinesische Götze. Das unheimliche Haus. 3. Teil...Writer
1916The Uncanny House...Writer
1916Revenge of the Dead...Writer
1916Zirkusblut...Writer
1916Tales of Hoffmann...Writer
1915The Sun's Revenge...Writer
1915Dämon und Mensch...Screenplay
1915Der Hund von Baskerville, 4. Teil - Die Sage vom Hund von Baskerville...Writer
1915Das Laster...Writer
1915Lache, Bajazzo!...Writer
1915Der Hund von Baskerville, 3. Teil - Das unheimliche Zimmer...Writer
1915Schlemihl...Screenplay
1915Und wandern sollst du ruhelos …...Writer
1914The Silent Mill...Writer
1914A Strange Case...Writer
1914Ivan Koschula...Writer
1914Der Hund von Baskerville, 2. Teil - Das einsame Haus...Writer
1914The Hound of the Baskervilles...Writer
1914Das eiserne Kreuz...Writer

Production

1949The Lovable Cheat...Producer
1934My Song Goes Round the World...Producer
1933A Song Goes Round the World...Producer
1932The Living Dead...Producer
1931The Captain from Köpenick...Producer
1931Schubert's Dream of Spring...Producer
19311914: The Last Days Before the War...Producer
1930The Tender Relatives...Producer
1930Dreyfus...Producer
1930Vienna, City of Song...Producer
1930Alraune...Producer
1929Cagliostro...Executive Producer
1929Spring Awakening...Producer
1927The Transformation of Dr. Bessel...Producer
1927Lützow's Wild Hunt...Producer
1927A Crazy Night...Producer
1925Rags and Silk...Producer
1924Don Carlos und Elisabeth...Producer
1923Earth Spirit...Producer
1922Die Dame und ihr Friseur...Producer
1922Dr. Gyllenborgs doppeltes Gesicht...Producer
1922Das Logierhaus für Gentleman...Producer
1921The Golden Plague...Producer
1920Ewiger Strom...Producer
1920Die Nacht auf Goldenhall...Producer
1919Eerie Tales...Producer
1919Different from the Others...Producer
1919Peer Gynt - 1. Teil: Peer Gynts Jugend...Producer
1919Peer Gynt - 2. Teil: Peer Gynts Wanderjahre und Tod...Producer
1918The Story of Dida Ibsen...Producer
1918The Way Out...Producer
1917The Picture of Dorian Gray...Producer
1916The Uncanny House...Producer
1916Zirkusblut...Producer
1915Und wandern sollst du ruhelos …...Production Manager

Acting

1940The Eternal Jewas Self (archive footage)
1919Eerie Talesas
1916Tales of Hoffmannas