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🎬 Director

Richard Oswald

Lived · 82 Born · Nov 5, 1880 From · Vienna, Austria Films · 68

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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

The Lovable Cheat poster

The Lovable Cheat

Isle of Missing Men poster

Isle of Missing Men

I Was a Criminal poster

I Was a Criminal

Tempête sur l'Asie poster

Tempête sur l'Asie

Career timeline

1949

The Lovable Cheat

1942

Isle of Missing Men

1941

I Was a Criminal Notable

1938

Tempête sur l'Asie Notable

1936

Heut' ist der schönste Tag in meinem Leben

1934

My Song Goes Round the World

Bleeke Bet Notable

When You're Young, the World Belongs to You Notable

1933

Adventure on the Lido

A Song Goes Round the World

The Flower of Hawaii

1932

Countess Mariza Notable

The Living Dead

1931

The Captain from Köpenick

Poor as a Church Mouse Notable

Victoria and Her Hussar

1930

The Tender Relatives Notable

Vienna, City of Song Notable

1929

Ehe in Not Notable

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1928

Villa Falconieri Notable

The Green Alley Notable

1927

The Transformation of Dr. Bessel Notable

Laws of Love: Innocently Outlawed!

Radio Magic Notable

1926

The White Horse Inn Notable

Should We Be Silent?

1925

Rags and Silk Notable

1924

Don Carlos und Elisabeth Notable

1922

Lucrezia Borgia

1921

The Golden Plague Notable

Die Liebschaften des Hektor Dalmore Notable

1920

The Merry-Go-Round Notable

Figures of the Night Notable

1919

Prostitution II Notable

Different from the Others Notable

Frequently appears with

Charles Ruggles

Claude Mercadet

Peggy Ann Garner

Madame Mercadet

Merrill Hammond

Full filmography

The Lovable Cheat poster

The Lovable Cheat

Isle of Missing Men poster

Isle of Missing Men

I Was a Criminal poster

I Was a Criminal

Tempête sur l'Asie poster

Tempête sur l'Asie

Heut' ist der schönste Tag in meinem Leben poster

Heut' ist der schönste Tag in meinem Leben

My Song Goes Round the World poster

My Song Goes Round the World

Bleeke Bet poster

When You're Young, the World Belongs to You poster

When You're Young, the World Belongs to You

Adventure on the Lido poster

Adventure on the Lido

A Song Goes Round the World poster

A Song Goes Round the World

The Flower of Hawaii poster

The Flower of Hawaii

Crook's Honor poster

Countess Mariza poster

Countess Mariza

The Living Dead poster

The Living Dead

The Captain from Köpenick poster

The Captain from Köpenick

Poor as a Church Mouse poster

Poor as a Church Mouse

Victoria and Her Hussar poster

Victoria and Her Hussar

Schubert's Dream of Spring poster

Schubert's Dream of Spring

1914: The Last Days Before the War poster

1914: The Last Days Before the War

The Tender Relatives poster

The Tender Relatives

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