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

Die zärtlichen Verwandten (Trailer)

August 1, 1930

Different from the Others

May 28, 1919

Different from the Others

May 28, 1919

Different from the Others

Acting roles

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
1940	The Eternal Jew	Self (archive footage)
1930	Die zärtlichen Verwandten (Trailer)	self
1919	Eerie Tales
1916	Tales of Hoffmann

Credits

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
1949	The Lovable Cheat	Adaptation
1949	The Lovable Cheat	Director
1942	Isle of Missing Men	Director
1942	Isle of Missing Men	Adaptation
1941	I Was a Criminal	Director
1938	Tempête sur l'Asie	Director
1936	Heut' ist der schönste Tag in meinem Leben	Director
1936	Heut' ist der schönste Tag in meinem Leben	Writer
1934	My Song Goes Round the World	Director
1934	My Song Goes Round the World	Producer
1934	Bleeke Bet	Director
1934	When You're Young, the World Belongs to You	Director
1933	A Song Goes Round the World	Director
1933	A Song Goes Round the World	Producer
1933	The Flower of Hawaii	Director
1933	Adventure on the Lido	Director
1933	Crook's Honor	Director
1932	The Living Dead	Director
1932	The Living Dead	Writer
1932	The Living Dead	Producer
1932	Countess Mariza	Director
1931	The Captain from Köpenick	Director
1931	The Captain from Köpenick	Producer
1931	Poor as a Church Mouse	Director
1931	Victoria and Her Hussar	Director
1931	Schubert's Dream of Spring	Director
1931	1914	Director
1931	1914	Producer
1931	Schubert's Dream of Spring	Producer
1930	Alraune	Director
1930	Dreyfus	Director
1930	Alraune	Producer
1930	Dreyfus	Producer
1930	Vienna, City of Song	Producer
1930	Die zärtlichen Verwandten	Director
1930	Die zärtlichen Verwandten (Trailer)	Director
1930	Vienna, City of Song	Director
1930	Die zärtlichen Verwandten	Producer
1929	The Hound of the Baskervilles	Director
1929	Cagliostro	Director
1929	Cagliostro	Executive Producer
1929	Ehe in Not	Director
1929	Spring Awakening	Director
1929	The Mistress and Her Servant	Director
1929	Spring Awakening	Producer
1928	Villa Falconieri	Director
1928	The Green Alley	Director
1927	Laws of Love: Innocently Outlawed!	Director
1927	A Crazy Night	Director
1927	A Crazy Night	Writer
1927	A Crazy Night	Producer
1927	Assassination	Director
1927	Radio Magic	Director
1927	Lützow's Wild Hunt	Producer
1927	Lützow's Wild Hunt	Director
1927	The Transformation of Dr. Bessel	Producer
1927	The Transformation of Dr. Bessel	Director
1927	Agitated Woman	Director
1926	Should We Be Silent?	Director
1926	Should We Be Silent?	Writer
1926	When I Came Back	Director
1926	The White Horse Inn	Director
1925	Rags and Silk	Director
1925	Rags and Silk	Idea
1925	Rags and Silk	Producer
1925	Halbseide	Director
1925	Die Frau von vierzig Jahren	Director
1924	Don Carlos und Elisabeth	Director
1924	Don Carlos und Elisabeth	Producer
1924	Don Carlos und Elisabeth	Writer
1923	Earth Spirit	Producer
1922	Lucrezia Borgia	Director
1922	Lucrezia Borgia	Writer
1922	Dr. Gyllenborgs doppeltes Gesicht	Producer
1922	Das Logierhaus für Gentleman	Producer
1922	Die Dame und ihr Friseur	Producer
1921	Lady Hamilton	Director
1921	Lady Hamilton	Writer
1921	Die Liebschaften des Hektor Dalmore	Writer
1921	Die Liebschaften des Hektor Dalmore	Director
1921	Das Haus in der Dragonergasse	Director
1921	The Golden Plague	Producer
1921	The Golden Plague	Director
1920	Der Reigen - Ein Werdegang	Director
1920	Der Reigen - Ein Werdegang	Screenplay
1920	Ewiger Strom	Producer
1920	Das vierte Gebot	Director
1920	Figures of the Night	Director
1920	Kurfürstendamm	Writer
1920	Kurfürstendamm	Director
1920	Manolescu's Memoirs	Director
1920	Manolescu's Memoirs	Screenplay
1920	Figures of the Night	Screenplay
1919	Different from the Others	Director
1919	Different from the Others	Writer
1919	Different from the Others	Producer
1919	Eerie Tales	Producer
1919	Eerie Tales	Director
1919	Eerie Tales	Story
1919	Around the World in 80 Days	Writer
1919	Around the World in 80 Days	Director
1919	The Arc	Director
1919	Prostitution	Writer
1919	Prostitution	Director
1919	Prostitution II	Writer
1919	Prostitution II	Director
1919	Die Arche. 2. Teil: Die letzten Menschen	Director
1919	The Arc	Screenplay
1919	Die Arche. 2. Teil: Die letzten Menschen	Screenplay
1919	Peer Gynt - 1. Teil: Peer Gynts Jugend	Producer
1919	Peer Gynt - 2. Teil: Peer Gynts Wanderjahre und Tod	Producer
1918	Der ewige Zweifel	Director
1918	The Story of Dida Ibsen	Producer
1918	Es werde Licht! 2. Teil	Director
1918	Rennfieber	Director
1918	Es werde Licht! 2. Teil	Writer
1918	The Story of Dida Ibsen	Writer
1918	Diary of a Lost Woman	Director
1918	The Story of Dida Ibsen	Director
1918	Diary of a Lost Woman	Writer
1918	Der lebende Leichnam	Director
1918	Der lebende Leichnam	Writer
1918	Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 1. Jettchen Gebert	Director
1918	Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 1. Jettchen Gebert	Writer
1918	Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 2. Henriette Jacoby	Director
1918	Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 2. Henriette Jacoby	Writer
1918	Das Dreimäderlhaus	Writer
1918	Das Dreimäderlhaus	Director
1918	Der Weg ins Freie	Director
1918	Der Weg ins Freie	Writer
1918	Es werde Licht! 3. Teil	Director
1918	Es werde Licht! 4. Teil: Sündige Mütter	Writer
1918	Es werde Licht! 4. Teil: Sündige Mütter	Director
1918	Es werde Licht! 3. Teil	Writer
1917	The Picture of Dorian Gray	Director
1917	The Picture of Dorian Gray	Producer
1917	The Picture of Dorian Gray	Screenplay
1917	Die Memoiren des Satans. 1. Teil - Doktor Mors	Director
1917	A Night of Horror	Director
1917	Es werde Licht!	Writer
1917	Es werde Licht!	Director
1916	Tales of Hoffmann	Director
1916	Tales of Hoffmann	Writer
1916	Zirkusblut	Writer
1916	Zirkusblut	Producer
1916	Zirkusblut	Director
1916	Revenge of the Dead	Writer
1916	Revenge of the Dead	Director
1916	Die silberne Kugel	Director
1916	The Uncanny House	Producer
1916	Der chinesische Götze. Das unheimliche Haus. 3. Teil	Director
1916	Freitag, der 13. Das unheimliche Haus. 2. Teil	Director
1916	Der chinesische Götze. Das unheimliche Haus. 3. Teil	Writer
1916	Freitag, der 13. Das unheimliche Haus. 2. Teil	Screenplay
1916	The Uncanny House	Director
1916	The Uncanny House	Writer
1915	Lache, Bajazzo!	Director
1915	Lache, Bajazzo!	Writer
1915	Und wandern sollst du ruhelos …	Director
1915	Und wandern sollst du ruhelos …	Writer
1915	Und wandern sollst du ruhelos …	Production Manager
1915	Schlemihl	Screenplay
1915	Schlemihl	Director
1915	The Sun's Revenge	Writer
1915	Das Laster	Director
1915	Das Laster	Writer
1915	Dämon und Mensch	Screenplay
1915	Dämon und Mensch	Director
1915	Der Hund von Baskerville, 3. Teil - Das unheimliche Zimmer	Director
1915	Der Hund von Baskerville, 4. Teil - Die Sage vom Hund von Baskerville	Director
1915	Der Hund von Baskerville, 3. Teil - Das unheimliche Zimmer	Writer
1915	Der Hund von Baskerville, 4. Teil - Die Sage vom Hund von Baskerville	Writer
1914	The Hound of the Baskervilles	Writer
1914	Das eiserne Kreuz	Writer
1914	Das eiserne Kreuz	Director
1914	Ivan Koschula	Writer
1914	Ivan Koschula	Director
1914	A Strange Case	Writer
1914	The Silent Mill	Director
1914	The Silent Mill	Writer
1914	Der Hund von Baskerville, 2. Teil - Das einsame Haus	Writer