Directing

Richard Oswald

Born 1880-11-05

Vienna, Austria

Department: Directing

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

Prominent works featuring Richard Oswald

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The Eternal Jew

1940

TMDB2.4

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Different from the Others

1919

TMDB3.5

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Eerie Tales

1919

TMDB2.8

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Cagliostro

1929

TMDB2.4

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Lady Hamilton

1921

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Spring Awakening

1929

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Villa Falconieri

1928

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Tales of Hoffmann

1916

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Bleeke Bet

1934

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The Hound of the Baskervilles

1929

TMDB3.5

Filmography & Credits

Complete career catalog (188 titles)

Title	Character / Role	Type	Year
The Lovable Cheat	Adaptation	Movie	1949
The Lovable Cheat	Director	Movie	1949
The Lovable Cheat	Producer	Movie	1949
Isle of Missing Men	Director	Movie	1942
Isle of Missing Men	Adaptation	Movie	1942
I Was a Criminal	Director	Movie	1941
The Eternal Jew	Self (archive footage)	Movie	1940
Tempête sur l'Asie	Director	Movie	1938
Heut' ist der schönste Tag in meinem Leben	Director	Movie	1936
Heut' ist der schönste Tag in meinem Leben	Writer	Movie	1936
My Song Goes Round the World	Director	Movie	1934
My Song Goes Round the World	Producer	Movie	1934
Bleeke Bet	Director	Movie	1934
When You're Young, the World Belongs to You	Director	Movie	1934
Adventure on the Lido	Director	Movie	1933
A Song Goes Round the World	Director	Movie	1933
A Song Goes Round the World	Producer	Movie	1933
The Flower of Hawaii	Director	Movie	1933
Crook's Honor	Director	Movie	1933
Countess Mariza	Director	Movie	1932
The Living Dead	Director	Movie	1932
The Living Dead	Writer	Movie	1932
The Living Dead	Producer	Movie	1932
The Captain from Köpenick	Director	Movie	1931
The Captain from Köpenick	Producer	Movie	1931
Poor as a Church Mouse	Director	Movie	1931
Victoria and Her Hussar	Director	Movie	1931
Schubert's Dream of Spring	Director	Movie	1931
Schubert's Dream of Spring	Producer	Movie	1931
1914: The Last Days Before the War	Director	Movie	1931
1914: The Last Days Before the War	Producer	Movie	1931
The Tender Relatives	Director	Movie	1930
The Tender Relatives	Producer	Movie	1930
Dreyfus	Director	Movie	1930
Dreyfus	Producer	Movie	1930
Vienna, City of Song	Producer	Movie	1930
Vienna, City of Song	Director	Movie	1930
Alraune	Director	Movie	1930
Alraune	Producer	Movie	1930
The Mistress and Her Servant	Director	Movie	1929
Ehe in Not	Director	Movie	1929
The Hound of the Baskervilles	Director	Movie	1929
Cagliostro	Director	Movie	1929
Cagliostro	Executive Producer	Movie	1929
Spring Awakening	Director	Movie	1929
Spring Awakening	Producer	Movie	1929
Villa Falconieri	Director	Movie	1928
The Green Alley	Director	Movie	1928
The Fugitive Lover	Producer	Movie	1927
The Fugitive Lover	Director	Movie	1927
Laws of Love: Innocently Outlawed!	Director	Movie	1927
Radio Magic	Director	Movie	1927
Assassination	Director	Movie	1927
Agitated Woman	Director	Movie	1927
Lützow's Wild Hunt	Producer	Movie	1927
Lützow's Wild Hunt	Director	Movie	1927
A Crazy Night	Director	Movie	1927
A Crazy Night	Writer	Movie	1927
A Crazy Night	Producer	Movie	1927
When I Came Back	Director	Movie	1926
Vorderhaus und Hinterhaus	Director	Movie	1926
Vorderhaus und Hinterhaus	Writer	Movie	1926
The White Horse Inn	Director	Movie	1926
Should We Be Silent?	Director	Movie	1926
Should We Be Silent?	Writer	Movie	1926
Halbseide	Director	Movie	1925
Die Frau von vierzig Jahren	Director	Movie	1925
Rags and Silk	Director	Movie	1925
Rags and Silk	Idea	Movie	1925
Rags and Silk	Producer	Movie	1925
Don Carlos und Elisabeth	Director	Movie	1924
Don Carlos und Elisabeth	Producer	Movie	1924
Don Carlos und Elisabeth	Writer	Movie	1924
Earth Spirit	Producer	Movie	1923
Lucrezia Borgia	Director	Movie	1922
Lucrezia Borgia	Writer	Movie	1922
Die Dame und ihr Friseur	Producer	Movie	1922
Dr. Gyllenborgs doppeltes Gesicht	Producer	Movie	1922
Das Logierhaus für Gentleman	Producer	Movie	1922
The Golden Plague	Producer	Movie	1921
The Golden Plague	Director	Movie	1921
Lady Hamilton	Director	Movie	1921
Lady Hamilton	Writer	Movie	1921
The House in Dragon Street	Director	Movie	1921
Die Liebschaften des Hektor Dalmore	Writer	Movie	1921
Die Liebschaften des Hektor Dalmore	Director	Movie	1921
Das vierte Gebot	Director	Movie	1920
Manolescu's Memoirs	Director	Movie	1920
Manolescu's Memoirs	Screenplay	Movie	1920
Kurfürstendamm	Writer	Movie	1920
Kurfürstendamm	Director	Movie	1920
Ewiger Strom	Producer	Movie	1920
Die Nacht auf Goldenhall	Producer	Movie	1920
The Merry-Go-Round	Director	Movie	1920
The Merry-Go-Round	Screenplay	Movie	1920
Figures of the Night	Director	Movie	1920
Figures of the Night	Screenplay	Movie	1920
Eerie Tales	Self / Appearance	Movie	1919
Eerie Tales	Producer	Movie	1919
Eerie Tales	Director	Movie	1919
Eerie Tales	Story	Movie	1919
Die Arche. 2. Teil: Die letzten Menschen	Director	Movie	1919
Die Arche. 2. Teil: Die letzten Menschen	Screenplay	Movie	1919
The Arc	Director	Movie	1919
The Arc	Screenplay	Movie	1919
Prostitution II	Writer	Movie	1919
Prostitution II	Director	Movie	1919
Different from the Others	Director	Movie	1919
Different from the Others	Writer	Movie	1919
Different from the Others	Producer	Movie	1919
Peer Gynt - 1. Teil: Peer Gynts Jugend	Producer	Movie	1919
Peer Gynt - 2. Teil: Peer Gynts Wanderjahre und Tod	Producer	Movie	1919
Around the World in 80 Days	Writer	Movie	1919
Around the World in 80 Days	Director	Movie	1919
Prostitution	Writer	Movie	1919
Prostitution	Director	Movie	1919
Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 2. Henriette Jacoby	Director	Movie	1918
Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 2. Henriette Jacoby	Writer	Movie	1918
The Story of Dida Ibsen	Producer	Movie	1918
The Story of Dida Ibsen	Writer	Movie	1918
The Story of Dida Ibsen	Director	Movie	1918
Es werde Licht! 4. Teil: Sündige Mütter	Writer	Movie	1918
Es werde Licht! 4. Teil: Sündige Mütter	Director	Movie	1918
Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 1. Jettchen Gebert	Director	Movie	1918
Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 1. Jettchen Gebert	Writer	Movie	1918
Diary of a Lost Woman	Director	Movie	1918
Diary of a Lost Woman	Writer	Movie	1918
Das Dreimäderlhaus	Writer	Movie	1918
Das Dreimäderlhaus	Director	Movie	1918
Der lebende Leichnam	Director	Movie	1918
Der lebende Leichnam	Writer	Movie	1918
Es werde Licht! 3. Teil	Director	Movie	1918
Es werde Licht! 3. Teil	Writer	Movie	1918
Rennfieber	Director	Movie	1918
Der ewige Zweifel	Director	Movie	1918
Es werde Licht! 2. Teil	Director	Movie	1918
Es werde Licht! 2. Teil	Writer	Movie	1918
The Way Out	Director	Movie	1918
The Way Out	Writer	Movie	1918
The Way Out	Producer	Movie	1918
Die Memoiren des Satans. 1. Teil - Doktor Mors	Director	Movie	1917
The Picture of Dorian Gray	Director	Movie	1917
The Picture of Dorian Gray	Producer	Movie	1917
The Picture of Dorian Gray	Screenplay	Movie	1917
Es werde Licht!	Writer	Movie	1917
Es werde Licht!	Director	Movie	1917
A Night of Horror	Director	Movie	1917
Freitag, der 13. Das unheimliche Haus. 2. Teil	Director	Movie	1916
Freitag, der 13. Das unheimliche Haus. 2. Teil	Screenplay	Movie	1916
Der chinesische Götze. Das unheimliche Haus. 3. Teil	Director	Movie	1916
Der chinesische Götze. Das unheimliche Haus. 3. Teil	Writer	Movie	1916
The Uncanny House	Producer	Movie	1916
The Uncanny House	Director	Movie	1916
The Uncanny House	Writer	Movie	1916
Revenge of the Dead	Writer	Movie	1916
Revenge of the Dead	Director	Movie	1916
Zirkusblut	Writer	Movie	1916
Zirkusblut	Producer	Movie	1916
Zirkusblut	Director	Movie	1916
Tales of Hoffmann	Self / Appearance	Movie	1916
Tales of Hoffmann	Director	Movie	1916
Tales of Hoffmann	Writer	Movie	1916
Die silberne Kugel	Director	Movie	1916
The Sun's Revenge	Writer	Movie	1915
Dämon und Mensch	Screenplay	Movie	1915
Dämon und Mensch	Director	Movie	1915
Der Hund von Baskerville, 4. Teil - Die Sage vom Hund von Baskerville	Director	Movie	1915
Der Hund von Baskerville, 4. Teil - Die Sage vom Hund von Baskerville	Writer	Movie	1915
Das Laster	Director	Movie	1915
Das Laster	Writer	Movie	1915
Lache, Bajazzo!	Director	Movie	1915
Lache, Bajazzo!	Writer	Movie	1915
Und wandern sollst du ruhelos …	Director	Movie	1915
Und wandern sollst du ruhelos …	Writer	Movie	1915
Und wandern sollst du ruhelos …	Production Manager	Movie	1915
Schlemihl	Screenplay	Movie	1915
Schlemihl	Director	Movie	1915
Der Hund von Baskerville, 3. Teil - Das unheimliche Zimmer	Director	Movie	1915
Der Hund von Baskerville, 3. Teil - Das unheimliche Zimmer	Writer	Movie	1915
The Silent Mill	Director	Movie	1914
The Silent Mill	Writer	Movie	1914
A Strange Case	Writer	Movie	1914
Ivan Koschula	Writer	Movie	1914
Ivan Koschula	Director	Movie	1914
Der Hund von Baskerville, 2. Teil - Das einsame Haus	Writer	Movie	1914
The Hound of the Baskervilles	Writer	Movie	1914
Das eiserne Kreuz	Writer	Movie	1914
Das eiserne Kreuz	Director	Movie	1914