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Richard Oswald

Directing • 1880-11-05 • 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.

Known For

Different from the Others

Different from the Others

1919

Eerie Tales

Eerie Tales

1919

The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1929

Alraune

Alraune

1930

Cagliostro

Cagliostro

1929

Earth Spirit

Earth Spirit

1923

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Filmography

1949
The Lovable CheatFilm
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★ 6.0
1942
Isle of Missing MenFilm
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★ 6.8
1941
I Was a CriminalFilm
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★ 8.0
1938
Tempête sur l'AsieFilm
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★ 9.0
1936
Heut' ist der schönste Tag in meinem LebenFilm
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★ 5.5
1934
Bleeke BetFilm
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★ 7.0
1934
When You're Young, the World Belongs to YouFilm
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★ 8.0
1934
My Song Goes Round the WorldFilm
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★ 5.0
1933
A Song Goes Round the WorldFilm
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★ 4.2
1933
The Flower of HawaiiFilm
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★ 5.8
1933
Adventure on the LidoFilm
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★ 5.7
1933
Crook's HonorFilm
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★ 9.0
1932
The Living DeadFilm
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★ 6.6
1932
Countess MarizaFilm
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★ 8.0
1931
The Captain from KöpenickFilm
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★ 6.0
1931
Poor as a Church MouseFilm
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★ 7.0
1931
Victoria and Her HussarFilm
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★ 6.7
1931
1914: The Last Days Before the WarFilm
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★ 6.3
1931
Schubert's Dream of SpringFilm
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★ 7.5
1930
AlrauneFilm
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★ 6.1
1930
DreyfusFilm
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★ 5.6
1930
The Tender RelativesFilm
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★ 7.5
1930
Vienna, City of SongFilm
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★ 7.0
1929
The Hound of the BaskervillesFilm
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★ 6.9
1929
CagliostroFilm
Director
★ 4.8
1929
Spring AwakeningFilm
Director
★ 10.0
1929
The Mistress and Her ServantFilm
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★ 10.0
1929
Ehe in NotFilm
Director
★ 10.0
1928
Villa FalconieriFilm
Director
★ 8.5
1928
The Green AlleyFilm
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★ 8.0
1927
Laws of Love: Innocently Outlawed!Film
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★ 5.8
1927
A Crazy NightFilm
Director
★ 8.0
1927
The Fugitive LoverFilm
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★ 10.0
1927
Agitated WomanFilm
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★ 10.0
1927
AssassinationFilm
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★ 8.0
1927
Lützow's Wild HuntFilm
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★ 8.0
1927
Radio MagicFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1926
Vorderhaus und HinterhausFilm
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★ 9.0
1926
Should We Be Silent?Film
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★ 6.0
1926
When I Came BackFilm
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★ 8.0
1926
The White Horse InnFilm
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★ 7.0
1925
Rags and SilkFilm
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★ 10.0
1925
Die Frau von vierzig JahrenFilm
Director
1925
HalbseideFilm
Director
1924
Don Carlos und ElisabethFilm
Director
★ 8.0
1922
Lucrezia BorgiaFilm
Director
★ 5.1
1921
Lady HamiltonFilm
Director
★ 5.9
1921
Die Liebschaften des Hektor DalmoreFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1921
The Golden PlagueFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1921
The House in Dragon StreetFilm
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★ 7.0
1920
Figures of the NightFilm
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★ 10.0
1920
KurfürstendammFilm
Director
★ 10.0
1920
Manolescu's MemoirsFilm
Director
★ 9.0
1920
The Merry-Go-RoundFilm
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★ 7.0
1920
Das vierte GebotFilm
Director
1919
Different from the OthersFilm
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★ 7.1
1919
Eerie TalesFilm
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★ 5.6
1919
Around the World in 80 DaysFilm
Director
★ 6.3
1919
The ArcFilm
Director
★ 9.0
1919
ProstitutionFilm
Director
★ 8.0
1919
Die Arche. 2. Teil: Die letzten MenschenFilm
Director
★ 8.0
1919
Prostitution IIFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1918
Es werde Licht! 4. Teil: Sündige MütterFilm
Director
★ 10.0
1918
Es werde Licht! 2. TeilFilm
Director
★ 9.0
1918
Der ewige ZweifelFilm
Director
★ 6.0
1918
The Way OutFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1918
Diary of a Lost WomanFilm
Director
★ 6.0
1918
RennfieberFilm
Director
1918
The Story of Dida IbsenFilm
Director
1918
Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 1. Jettchen GebertFilm
Director
1918
Das DreimäderlhausFilm
Director
1918
Es werde Licht! 3. TeilFilm
Director
1918
Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 2. Henriette JacobyFilm
Director
1918
Der lebende LeichnamFilm
Director
1917
Es werde Licht!Film
Director
★ 8.0
1917
The Picture of Dorian GrayFilm
Director
★ 6.0
1917
A Night of HorrorFilm
Director
★ 6.0
1917
Die Memoiren des Satans. 1. Teil - Doktor MorsFilm
Director
1916
Tales of HoffmannFilm
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★ 5.2
1916
The Uncanny HouseFilm
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★ 8.0
1916
Der chinesische Götze. Das unheimliche Haus. 3. TeilFilm
Director
★ 8.0
1916
Freitag, der 13. Das unheimliche Haus. 2. TeilFilm
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★ 7.0
1916
Circus BloodFilm
Director
1916
Revenge of the DeadFilm
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1916
Die silberne KugelFilm
Director
1915
Und wandern sollst du ruhelos …Film
Director
★ 9.0
1915
Dämon und MenschFilm
Director
★ 8.0
1915
Das LasterFilm
Director
1915
Der Hund von Baskerville, 3. Teil - Das unheimliche ZimmerFilm
Director
1915
Lache, Bajazzo!Film
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1915
SchlemihlFilm
Director
1915
Der Hund von Baskerville, 4. Teil - Die Sage vom Hund von BaskervilleFilm
Director
1914
The Iron CrossFilm
Director
★ 9.0
1914
The Silent MillFilm
Director
★ 8.0
1914
Ivan KoschulaFilm
Director