Richard Oswald

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1880-11-05

Deathday 1963-09-11 (82 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

Director

2012
Jeff, Who Lives at Home

as Second Assistant Director

1949
The Lovable Cheat

as Director

1942
1941
I Was a Criminal

as Director

1938
1934
Bleeke Bet

as Director

1933
1933
Crook's Honor

as Director

1933
1932
The Living Dead

as Director

1932
Countess Mariza

as Director

1931
1914

as Director

1931
1931
1930
Alraune

as Director

1930
Dreyfus

as Director

1930
1929
Cagliostro

as Director

1929
Ehe in Not

as Director

1929
Spring Awakening

as Director

1928
Villa Falconieri

as Director

1928
The Green Alley

as Director

1927
Assassination

as Director

1927
Radio Magic

as Director

1927
A Crazy Night

as Director

1927
1927
Agitated Woman

as Director

1926
1926
When I Came Back

as Director

1926
1925
Rags and Silk

as Director

1925
Halbseide

as Director

1924
1922
Lucrezia Borgia

as Director

1921
The Golden Plague

as Director

1921
Lady Hamilton

as Director

1920
The Merry-Go-Round

as Director

1920
Das vierte Gebot

as Director

1920
1920
Kurfürstendamm

as Director

1920
1919
Eerie Tales

as Director

1919
The Arc

as Director

1919
Prostitution

as Director

1919
Prostitution II

as Director

1918
Der ewige Zweifel

as Director

1918
Rennfieber

as Director

1918
1918
1918
1918
1918
1918
Der Weg ins Freie

as Director

1918
1917
A Night of Horror

as Director

1917
Es werde Licht!

as Director

1916
Tales of Hoffmann

as Director

1916
Zirkusblut

as Director

1916
1916
Die silberne Kugel

as Director

1916
The Uncanny House

as Director

1915
Lache, Bajazzo!

as Director

1915
Schlemihl

as Director

1915
Das Laster

as Director

1915
Dämon und Mensch

as Director

1914
Das eiserne Kreuz

as Director

1914
Ivan Koschula

as Director

1914
The Silent Mill

as Director

Writer

1949
The Lovable Cheat

as Adaptation

1942
Isle of Missing Men

as Adaptation

1932
The Living Dead

as Writer

1927
A Crazy Night

as Writer

1926
1925
1922
Lucrezia Borgia

as Writer

1921
Lady Hamilton

as Writer

1920
The Merry-Go-Round

as Screenplay

1920
Kurfürstendamm

as Writer

1920
Manolescu's Memoirs

as Screenplay

1920
Figures of the Night

as Screenplay

1919
Prostitution

as Writer

1919
Prostitution II

as Writer

1919
Eerie Tales

as Story

1919
The Arc

as Screenplay

1918
1918
1918
1918
1917
1917
Es werde Licht!

as Writer

1916
Zirkusblut

as Writer

1916
1916
1916
1915
Lache, Bajazzo!

as Writer

1915
Schlemihl

as Screenplay

1915
1915
Das Laster

as Writer

1915
Dämon und Mensch

as Screenplay

1914
1914
Ivan Koschula

as Writer

1914
A Strange Case

as Writer

1914
The Silent Mill

as Writer

Producer

1932
The Living Dead

as Producer

1931
1914

as Producer

1930
1930
Alraune

as Producer

1930
Dreyfus

as Producer

1929
Spring Awakening

as Producer

1929
Cagliostro

as Executive Producer

1927
1927
A Crazy Night

as Producer

1925
Rags and Silk

as Producer

1924
1923
Earth Spirit

as Producer

1922
1921
The Golden Plague

as Producer

1920
Ewiger Strom

as Producer

1920
1919
Eerie Tales

as Producer

1918
1916
Zirkusblut

as Producer

1916
The Uncanny House

as Producer

1915
Und wandern sollst du ruhelos …

as Production Manager

Actor