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Richard Oswald

Director

Richard Oswald

Born November 5, 1880 in Vienna, AustriaDied September 11, 196395 films

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).

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Being Jewish, Oswald was forced to flee Nazi Germany, first for occupied France and later emigrating to the United States.

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Different from the Others posterFirst watchDifferent from the Others19197.1Conrad Veidt plays a famous musician who is blackmailed for being gay. Eventually he stands trial and is convicted. At the end the film pleads for the abolition of §175 (the law that…View film

Filmography

95 films as director
  1. 1949The Lovable CheatDirector
  2. 1942Isle of Missing MenDirector
  3. 1941I Was a CriminalDirector
  4. 1938Tempête sur l'AsieDirector
  5. 1936Heut' ist der schönste Tag in meinem LebenDirector
  6. 1934My Song Goes Round the WorldDirector
  7. 1934Bleeke BetDirector
  8. 1934When You're Young, the World Belongs to YouDirector
  9. 1933Adventure on the LidoDirector
  10. 1933A Song Goes Round the WorldDirector
  11. 1933The Flower of HawaiiDirector
  12. 1933Crook's HonorDirector
  13. 1932Countess MarizaDirector
  14. 1932The Living DeadDirector
  15. 1931The Captain from KöpenickDirector
  16. 1931Poor as a Church MouseDirector
  17. 1931Victoria and Her HussarDirector
  18. 1931Schubert's Dream of SpringDirector
  19. 19311914: The Last Days Before the WarDirector
  20. 1930The Tender RelativesDirector
  21. 1930DreyfusDirector
  22. 1930Vienna, City of SongDirector
  23. 1930AlrauneDirector
  24. 1929The Mistress and Her ServantDirector
  25. 1929Ehe in NotDirector
  26. 1929The Hound of the BaskervillesDirector
  27. 1929CagliostroDirector
  28. 1929Spring AwakeningDirector
  29. 1928Villa FalconieriDirector
  30. 1928The Green AlleyDirector
  31. 1927The Fugitive LoverDirector
  32. 1927Laws of Love: Innocently Outlawed!Director
  33. 1927Radio MagicDirector
  34. 1927AssassinationDirector
  35. 1927Agitated WomanDirector
  36. 1927Lützow's Wild HuntDirector
  37. 1927A Crazy NightDirector
  38. 1926When I Came BackDirector
  39. 1926Vorderhaus und HinterhausDirector
  40. 1926The White Horse InnDirector
  41. 1926Should We Be Silent?Director
  42. 1925HalbseideDirector
  43. 1925Die Frau von vierzig JahrenDirector
  44. 1925Rags and SilkDirector
  45. 1924Don Carlos und ElisabethDirector
  46. 1922Lucrezia BorgiaDirector
  47. 1921The Golden PlagueDirector
  48. 1921Lady HamiltonDirector
  49. 1921The House in Dragon StreetDirector
  50. 1921Die Liebschaften des Hektor DalmoreDirector
  51. 1920Das vierte GebotDirector
  52. 1920Manolescu's MemoirsDirector
  53. 1920KurfürstendammDirector
  54. 1920The Merry-Go-RoundDirector
  55. 1920Figures of the NightDirector
  56. 1919Eerie TalesDirector
  57. 1919Die Arche. 2. Teil: Die letzten MenschenDirector
  58. 1919The ArcDirector
  59. 1919Prostitution IIDirector
  60. 1919Different from the OthersDirector
  61. 1919Around the World in 80 DaysDirector
  62. 1919ProstitutionDirector
  63. 1918Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 2. Henriette JacobyDirector
  64. 1918The Story of Dida IbsenDirector
  65. 1918Es werde Licht! 4. Teil: Sündige MütterDirector
  66. 1918Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 1. Jettchen GebertDirector
  67. 1918Diary of a Lost WomanDirector
  68. 1918Das DreimäderlhausDirector
  69. 1918Der lebende LeichnamDirector
  70. 1918Es werde Licht! 3. TeilDirector
  71. 1918RennfieberDirector
  72. 1918Der ewige ZweifelDirector
  73. 1918Es werde Licht! 2. TeilDirector
  74. 1918The Way OutDirector
  75. 1917Die Memoiren des Satans. 1. Teil - Doktor MorsDirector
  76. 1917The Picture of Dorian GrayDirector
  77. 1917Es werde Licht!Director
  78. 1917A Night of HorrorDirector
  79. 1916Freitag, der 13. Das unheimliche Haus. 2. TeilDirector
  80. 1916Der chinesische Götze. Das unheimliche Haus. 3. TeilDirector
  81. 1916The Uncanny HouseDirector
  82. 1916Revenge of the DeadDirector
  83. 1916ZirkusblutDirector
  84. 1916Tales of HoffmannDirector
  85. 1916Die silberne KugelDirector
  86. 1915Dämon und MenschDirector
  87. 1915Der Hund von Baskerville, 4. Teil - Die Sage vom Hund von BaskervilleDirector
  88. 1915Das LasterDirector
  89. 1915Lache, Bajazzo!Director
  90. 1915Und wandern sollst du ruhelos …Director
  91. 1915SchlemihlDirector
  92. 1915Der Hund von Baskerville, 3. Teil - Das unheimliche ZimmerDirector
  93. 1914The Silent MillDirector
  94. 1914Ivan KoschulaDirector
  95. 1914Das eiserne KreuzDirector