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.

Directed

1. Different from the Others (1919) — Director
2. Eerie Tales (1919) — Director
3. Alraune (1930) — Director
4. Cagliostro (1929) — Director
5. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1929) — Director
6. Lucrezia Borgia (1922) — Director
7. A Song Goes Round the World (1933) — Director
8. Dreyfus (1930) — Director
9. The Captain from Köpenick (1931) — Director
10. Laws of Love: Innocently Outlawed! (1927) — Director
11. The Living Dead (1932) — Director
12. Tales of Hoffmann (1916) — Director
13. Isle of Missing Men (1942) — Director
14. Lady Hamilton (1921) — Director
15. The Flower of Hawaii (1933) — Director
16. The Lovable Cheat (1949) — Director
17. 1914: The Last Days Before the War (1931) — Director
18. Adventure on the Lido (1933) — Director
19. Poor as a Church Mouse (1931) — Director
20. Bleeke Bet (1934) — Director
21. Victoria and Her Hussar (1931) — Director
22. Around the World in 80 Days (1919) — Director
23. Schubert's Dream of Spring (1931) — Director
24. Der ewige Zweifel (1918) — Director
25. Should We Be Silent? (1926) — Director
26. The Tender Relatives (1930) — Director
27. My Song Goes Round the World (1934) — Director
28. The Merry-Go-Round (1920) — Director
29. Villa Falconieri (1928) — Director
30. Heut' ist der schönste Tag in meinem Leben (1936) — Director
31. A Crazy Night (1927) — Director
32. Don Carlos und Elisabeth (1924) — Director
33. Countess Mariza (1932) — Director
34. The Uncanny House (1916) — Director
35. Die Liebschaften des Hektor Dalmore (1921) — Director
36. Crook's Honor (1933) — Director
37. When You're Young, the World Belongs to You (1934) — Director
38. Das eiserne Kreuz (1914) — Director
39. The Picture of Dorian Gray (1917) — Director
40. The Arc (1919) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Eternal Jew (1940) — Self (archive footage)
2. Eerie Tales (1919)
3. Tales of Hoffmann (1916)