Richard Oswald

Actor · Director · Writer· Vienna, Austria

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.

Filmography

28 credits across 5 departments.

Year	Title	Role	Type
1949	The Lovable Cheat	Director	Film
1949	The Lovable Cheat	Producer	Film
1942	Isle of Missing Men	Director	Film
1941	I Was a Criminal	Director	Film
1940	The Eternal Jew	Self (archive footage)	Film
1933	Adventure on the Lido	Director	Film
1933	A Song Goes Round the World	Director	Film
1933	A Song Goes Round the World	Producer	Film
1932	The Living Dead	Director	Film
1932	The Living Dead	Writer	Film
1932	The Living Dead	Producer	Film
1931	Schubert's Dream of Spring	Director	Film
1931	Schubert's Dream of Spring	Producer	Film
1930	Alraune	Director	Film
1930	Alraune	Producer	Film
1928	Villa Falconieri	Director	Film
1927	Agitated Woman	Director	Film
1927	The Transformation of Dr. Bessel	Director	Film
1927	The Transformation of Dr. Bessel	Producer	Film
1919	Eerie Tales		Film
1919	Different from the Others	Director	Film
1919	Eerie Tales	Director	Film
1919	Different from the Others	Writer	Film
1919	Different from the Others	Producer	Film
1919	Eerie Tales	Producer	Film
1918	Der ewige Zweifel	Director	Film
1917	A Night of Horror	Director	Film
1915	The Sun's Revenge	Writer	Film

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