Person
Richard Oswald
Directing · 1880–1963 · Vienna, Austria
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
Cagliostro
Director
Schubert's Dream of Spring
Director
Eerie Tales
1919
Lady Hamilton
Director
Spring Awakening
Director
The Golden Plague
Producer
Manolescu's Memoirs
Director
The Eternal Jew
Self (archive footage)
Countess Mariza
Director
Tales of Hoffmann
1916
Filmography
- 1949The Lovable CheatAdaptation
- 1942Isle of Missing MenDirector
- 1941I Was a CriminalDirector
- 1940The Eternal JewSelf (archive footage)
- 1938Tempête sur l'AsieDirector
- 1936Heut' ist der schönste Tag in meinem LebenDirector
- 1934My Song Goes Round the WorldDirector
- 1934Bleeke BetDirector
- 1934When You're Young, the World Belongs to YouDirector
- 1933Adventure on the LidoDirector
- 1933A Song Goes Round the WorldDirector
- 1933The Flower of HawaiiDirector
- 1933Crook's HonorDirector
- 1932Countess MarizaDirector
- 1932The Living DeadWriter
- 1931The Captain from KöpenickDirector
- 1931Poor as a Church MouseDirector
- 1931Victoria and Her HussarDirector
- 1931Schubert's Dream of SpringDirector
- 19311914: The Last Days Before the WarDirector
- 1930The Tender RelativesDirector
- 1930DreyfusDirector
- 1930Vienna, City of SongProducer
- 1930AlrauneDirector
- 1929The Mistress and Her ServantDirector
- 1929Ehe in NotDirector
- 1929The Hound of the BaskervillesDirector
- 1929CagliostroDirector
- 1929Spring AwakeningDirector
- 1928Villa FalconieriDirector
- 1928The Green AlleyDirector
- 1927The Transformation of Dr. BesselProducer
- 1927Laws of Love: Innocently Outlawed!Director
- 1927Radio MagicDirector
- 1927AssassinationDirector
- 1927Agitated WomanDirector
- 1927Lützow's Wild HuntDirector
- 1927A Crazy NightDirector
- 1926When I Came BackDirector
- 1926Vorderhaus und HinterhausDirector
- 1926The White Horse InnDirector
- 1926Should We Be Silent?Director
- 1925HalbseideDirector
- 1925Die Frau von vierzig JahrenDirector
- 1925Rags and SilkDirector
- 1924Don Carlos und ElisabethDirector
- 1923Earth SpiritProducer
- 1922Lucrezia BorgiaDirector
- 1922Die Dame und ihr FriseurProducer
- 1922Dr. Gyllenborgs doppeltes GesichtProducer
- 1922Das Logierhaus für GentlemanProducer
- 1921The Golden PlagueProducer
- 1921Lady HamiltonDirector
- 1921The House in Dragon StreetDirector
- 1921Die Liebschaften des Hektor DalmoreWriter
- 1920Das vierte GebotDirector
- 1920Manolescu's MemoirsDirector
- 1920KurfürstendammDirector
- 1920Ewiger StromProducer
- 1920Die Nacht auf GoldenhallProducer
- 1920The Merry-Go-RoundDirector
- 1920Figures of the NightDirector
- 1919Eerie Tales
- 1919Die Arche. 2. Teil: Die letzten MenschenScreenplay
- 1919The ArcDirector
- 1919Prostitution IIWriter
- 1919Different from the OthersDirector
- 1919Peer Gynt - 1. Teil: Peer Gynts JugendProducer
- 1919Peer Gynt - 2. Teil: Peer Gynts Wanderjahre und TodProducer
- 1919Around the World in 80 DaysWriter
- 1919ProstitutionWriter
- 1918Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 2. Henriette JacobyWriter
- 1918The Story of Dida IbsenProducer
- 1918Es werde Licht! 4. Teil: Sündige MütterWriter
- 1918Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 1. Jettchen GebertWriter
- 1918Diary of a Lost WomanDirector
- 1918Das DreimäderlhausWriter
- 1918Der lebende LeichnamDirector
- 1918Es werde Licht! 3. TeilWriter
- 1918RennfieberDirector
- 1918Der ewige ZweifelDirector
- 1918Es werde Licht! 2. TeilWriter
- 1918The Way OutDirector
- 1917Die Memoiren des Satans. 1. Teil - Doktor MorsDirector
- 1917The Picture of Dorian GrayDirector
- 1917Es werde Licht!Writer
- 1917A Night of HorrorDirector
- 1916Freitag, der 13. Das unheimliche Haus. 2. TeilDirector
- 1916Der chinesische Götze. Das unheimliche Haus. 3. TeilDirector
- 1916The Uncanny HouseProducer
- 1916Revenge of the DeadDirector
- 1916ZirkusblutWriter
- 1916Tales of Hoffmann
- 1916Die silberne KugelDirector
- 1915The Sun's RevengeWriter
- 1915Dämon und MenschScreenplay
- 1915Der Hund von Baskerville, 4. Teil - Die Sage vom Hund von BaskervilleWriter
- 1915Das LasterDirector
- 1915Lache, Bajazzo!Director
- 1915Und wandern sollst du ruhelos …Director
- 1915SchlemihlScreenplay
- 1915Der Hund von Baskerville, 3. Teil - Das unheimliche ZimmerWriter
- 1914The Silent MillWriter
- 1914A Strange CaseWriter
- 1914Ivan KoschulaWriter
- 1914Der Hund von Baskerville, 2. Teil - Das einsame HausWriter
- 1914The Hound of the BaskervillesWriter
- 1914Das eiserne KreuzDirector
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