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Richard Oswald

Film Director / Screenwriter / Film Producer | * 11/05/1880 († 82, 09/11/1963) | Vienna (Austria)
Richard Oswald (5 November 1880 – 11 September 1963) was an Austrian film director, producer, screenwriter, and father of German-American film director Gerd Oswald. ()

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.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

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Movies with Richard Oswald as Actor(3)

as (archive footage)1940 The Eternal Jew

Movies with Richard Oswald as Crew(163)

Directing/Director1949 The Lovable Cheat
Writing/Adaptation1949 The Lovable Cheat
Directing/Director1945 I Was a Criminal
Directing/Director1942 Isle of Missing Men
Writing/Adaptation1942 Isle of Missing Men
Directing/Director1938 Tempête sur l'Asie
Directing/Director1934 My Song Goes Round the World
Production/Producer1934 My Song Goes Round the World
Directing/Director1934 Bleeke Bet
Directing/Director1933 Adventure on the Lido
Directing/Director1933 A Song Goes Round the World
Production/Producer1933 A Song Goes Round the World
Directing/Director1933 The Flower of Hawaii
Directing/Director1933 Crook's Honor
Directing/Director1932 The Living Dead
Production/Producer1932 The Living Dead
Writing/Writer1932 The Living Dead
Directing/Director1932 Countess Mariza
Directing/Director1931 1914
Production/Producer1931 1914
Directing/Director1931 Victoria and Her Hussar
Directing/Director1931 Schubert's Dream of Spring
Production/Producer1931 Schubert's Dream of Spring
Directing/Director1931 Poor as a Church Mouse
Directing/Director1931 The Captain from Köpenick
Production/Producer1931 The Captain from Köpenick
Directing/Director1930 Alraune
Production/Producer1930 Alraune
Directing/Director1930 Vienna, City of Song
Production/Producer1930 Vienna, City of Song
Directing/Director1930 Dreyfus
Production/Producer1930 Dreyfus
Directing/Director1930 The tender relatives
Production/Producer1930 The tender relatives
Directing/Director1929 The Hound of the Baskervilles
Directing/Director1929 Cagliostro
Production/Executive Producer1929 Cagliostro
Directing/Director1929 Spring Awakening
Production/Producer1929 Spring Awakening
Directing/Director1929 The Mistress and Her Servant
Directing/Director1929 Ehe in Not
Directing/Director1928 Villa Falconieri
Directing/Director1928 The Green Alley
Directing/Director1927 Lützow's Wild Hunt
Production/Producer1927 Lützow's Wild Hunt
Directing/Director1927 The Transformation of Dr. Bessel
Production/Producer1927 The Transformation of Dr. Bessel
Directing/Director1927 Assassination
Directing/Director1927 A Crazy Night
Production/Producer1927 A Crazy Night
Writing/Writer1927 A Crazy Night
Directing/Director1927 Laws of Love: Innocently Outlawed!
Directing/Director1927 Radio Magic
Directing/Director1927 Agitated Woman
Directing/Director1926 Should We Be Silent?
Writing/Writer1926 Should We Be Silent?
Directing/Director1926 When I Came Back
Directing/Director1926 The White Horse Inn
Directing/Director1925 Lumpen und Seide
Production/Producer1925 Lumpen und Seide
Writing/Idea1925 Lumpen und Seide
Directing/Director1924 Don Carlos und Elisabeth
Production/Producer1924 Don Carlos und Elisabeth
Writing/Writer1924 Don Carlos und Elisabeth
Production/Producer1923 Earth Spirit
Production/Producer1922 Das Logierhaus für Gentleman
Production/Producer1922 Dr. Gyllenborgs doppeltes Gesicht
Directing/Director1922 Lucrezia Borgia
Writing/Writer1922 Lucrezia Borgia
Directing/Director1921 Lady Hamilton
Writing/Writer1921 Lady Hamilton
Directing/Director1921 The Golden Plague
Production/Producer1921 The Golden Plague
Directing/Director1920 Manolescu's Memoirs
Writing/Screenplay1920 Manolescu's Memoirs
Directing/Director1920 Kurfürstendamm
Writing/Writer1920 Kurfürstendamm
Production/Producer1920 Ewiger Strom
Directing/Director1920 The Merry-Go-Round
Writing/Screenplay1920 The Merry-Go-Round
Directing/Director1920 Nachtgestalten
Writing/Screenplay1920 Nachtgestalten
Directing/Director1919 The Arc
Writing/Screenplay1919 The Arc
Directing/Director1919 Prostitution
Writing/Writer1919 Prostitution
Directing/Director1919 Different from the Others
Production/Producer1919 Different from the Others
Writing/Writer1919 Different from the Others
Directing/Director1919 Prostitution II
Writing/Writer1919 Prostitution II
Directing/Director1919 Around the World in 80 Days
Writing/Writer1919 Around the World in 80 Days
Directing/Director1919 Eerie Tales
Production/Producer1919 Eerie Tales
Writing/Story1919 Eerie Tales
Directing/Director1918 Es werde Licht! 3. Teil
Writing/Writer1918 Es werde Licht! 3. Teil
Directing/Director1918 Der Weg ins Freie
Writing/Writer1918 Der Weg ins Freie
Directing/Director1918 Rennfieber
Directing/Director1918 Der ewige Zweifel
Directing/Director1918 Das Dreimäderlhaus
Writing/Writer1918 Das Dreimäderlhaus
Directing/Director1918 Der lebende Leichnam
Writing/Writer1918 Der lebende Leichnam
Directing/Director1918 Das Tagebuch einer Verlorenen
Directing/Director1918 Es werde Licht! 2. Teil
Writing/Writer1918 Es werde Licht! 2. Teil
Directing/Director1918 The Story of Dida Ibsen
Writing/Writer1918 The Story of Dida Ibsen
Directing/Director1917 Es werde Licht!
Writing/Writer1917 Es werde Licht!
Directing/Director1917 The Picture of Dorian Gray
Directing/Director1917 A Night of Horror
Directing/Director1916 Das unheimliche Haus
Writing/Writer1916 Das unheimliche Haus
Directing/Director1916 Zirkusblut
Production/Producer1916 Zirkusblut
Writing/Writer1916 Zirkusblut
Directing/Director1916 Tales of Hoffmann
Writing/Writer1916 Tales of Hoffmann
Writing/Writer1915 The Sun's Revenge
Directing/Director1915 Dämon und Mensch
Writing/Screenplay1915 Dämon und Mensch
Directing/Director1915 Lache, Bajazzo!
Writing/Writer1915 Lache, Bajazzo!
Directing/Director1915 Das Laster
Writing/Writer1915 Das Laster
Directing/Director1914 Das eiserne Kreuz
Writing/Writer1914 Das eiserne Kreuz
Directing/Director1914 The Silent Mill
Writing/Writer1914 The Silent Mill
Writing/Writer1914 A Strange Case
Directing/Director1914 Ivan Koschula
Writing/Writer1914 Ivan Koschula

Full Name: Rikhard Oswald
Citizenship: Austria
Born: Friday, 11/05 1880 (November) in Vienna (Austria)
Died: Wednesday, 09/11 1963 (September) in Düsseldorf (aged: 82)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: German (DE)
Spouses (current/former): Käte Oswald
Children: Gerd Oswald
Other names for Richard Oswald (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Richard W. Ornstein"
Richard Oswald frequently works together with these people:
Conrad Veidt (22x, Actor)
Reinhold Schünzel (13x, Actor)
Werner Krauß (13x, Actor)
Max Fassbender (11x, Crew)
Friedrich Kühne (10x, Actor)
Anita Berber (9x, Actress)
Käte Oswald (9x, Actress)
Heinz Goldberg (9x, Crew)
Paul Morgan (8x, Actor)
Alfred Abel (7x, Actor)
Leo Connard (7x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:58331, Added: 05/17/2018, Last updated: 03/23/2024