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.
Full Filmography
Directing
Ivan Koschula
(1914)
Director
The Silent Mill
(1914)
Director
Das eiserne Kreuz
(1914)
Director
Lache, Bajazzo!
(1915)
Director
Dämon und Mensch
(1915)
Director
Der Hund von Baskerville, 3. Teil - Das unheimliche Zimmer
(1915)
Director
Der Hund von Baskerville, 4. Teil - Die Sage vom Hund von Baskerville
(1915)
Director
Schlemihl
(1915)
Director
Das Laster
(1915)
Director
Zirkusblut
(1916)
Director
Tales of Hoffmann
(1916)
Director
Revenge of the Dead
(1916)
Director
Die silberne Kugel
(1916)
Director
Freitag, der 13. Das unheimliche Haus. 2. Teil
(1916)
Director
The Uncanny House
(1916)
Director
Der chinesische Götze. Das unheimliche Haus. 3. Teil
(1916)
Director
Die Memoiren des Satans. 1. Teil - Doktor Mors
(1917)
Director
A Night of Horror
(1917)
Director
The Picture of Dorian Gray
(1917)
Director
Es werde Licht!
(1917)
Director
Es werde Licht! 3. Teil
(1918)
Director
Das Dreimäderlhaus
(1918)
Director
Diary of a Lost Woman
(1918)
Director
Der ewige Zweifel
(1918)
Director
Der Weg ins Freie
(1918)
Director
Der lebende Leichnam
(1918)
Director
Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 2. Henriette Jacoby
(1918)
Director
Es werde Licht! 2. Teil
(1918)
Director
Es werde Licht! 4. Teil: Sündige Mütter
(1918)
Director
The Story of Dida Ibsen
(1918)
Director
Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 1. Jettchen Gebert
(1918)
Director
Rennfieber
(1918)
Director
Prostitution II
(1919)
Director
Around the World in 80 Days
(1919)
Director
Die Arche. 2. Teil: Die letzten Menschen
(1919)
Director
Prostitution
(1919)
Director
The Arc
(1919)
Director
Different from the Others
(1919)
Director
Eerie Tales
(1919)
Director
Kurfürstendamm
(1920)
Director
Figures of the Night
(1920)
Director
Der Reigen - Ein Werdegang
(1920)
Director
Das vierte Gebot
(1920)
Director
Manolescu's Memoirs
(1920)
Director
Lady Hamilton
(1921)
Director
The Golden Plague
(1921)
Director
Das Haus in der Dragonergasse
(1921)
Director
Die Liebschaften des Hektor Dalmore
(1921)
Director
Lucrezia Borgia
(1922)
Director
Don Carlos und Elisabeth
(1924)
Director
Die Frau von vierzig Jahren
(1925)
Director
Halbseide
(1925)
Director
Rags and Silk
(1925)
Director
The White Horse Inn
(1926)
Director
When I Came Back
(1926)
Director
Should We Be Silent?
(1926)
Director
Agitated Woman
(1927)
Director
The Transformation of Dr. Bessel
(1927)
Director
Lützow's Wild Hunt
(1927)
Director
Radio Magic
(1927)
Director
A Crazy Night
(1927)
Director
Assassination
(1927)
Director
Laws of Love: Innocently Outlawed!
(1927)
Director
The Green Alley
(1928)
Director
Villa Falconieri
(1928)
Director
The Hound of the Baskervilles
(1929)
Director
The Mistress and Her Servant
(1929)
Director
Ehe in Not
(1929)
Director
Cagliostro
(1929)
Director
Spring Awakening
(1929)
Director
Die zärtlichen Verwandten (Trailer)
(1930)
Director
Vienna, City of Song
(1930)
Director
Die zärtlichen Verwandten
(1930)
Director
Dreyfus
(1930)
Director
Alraune
(1930)
Director
Victoria and Her Hussar
(1931)
Director
Poor as a Church Mouse
(1931)
Director
The Captain from Köpenick
(1931)
Director
Schubert's Dream of Spring
(1931)
Director
1914
(1931)
Director
The Living Dead
(1932)
Director
Countess Mariza
(1932)
Director
Crook's Honor
(1933)
Director
The Flower of Hawaii
(1933)
Director
Adventure on the Lido
(1933)
Director
A Song Goes Round the World
(1933)
Director
Bleeke Bet
(1934)
Director
My Song Goes Round the World
(1934)
Director
When You're Young, the World Belongs to You
(1934)
Director
Heut' ist der schönste Tag in meinem Leben
(1936)
Director
Tempête sur l'Asie
(1938)
Director
I Was a Criminal
(1941)
Director
Isle of Missing Men
(1942)
Director
The Lovable Cheat
(1949)
Director
Acting
Tales of Hoffmann
(1916)
Eerie Tales
(1919)
Die zärtlichen Verwandten (Trailer)
(1930)
self
The Eternal Jew
(1940)
Self (archive footage)
Writing
The Silent Mill
(1914)
Writer
Ivan Koschula
(1914)
Writer
The Hound of the Baskervilles
(1914)
Writer
Das eiserne Kreuz
(1914)
Writer
Der Hund von Baskerville, 2. Teil - Das einsame Haus
(1914)
Writer
A Strange Case
(1914)
Writer
The Sun's Revenge
(1915)
Writer
Das Laster
(1915)
Writer
Der Hund von Baskerville, 3. Teil - Das unheimliche Zimmer
(1915)
Writer
Der Hund von Baskerville, 4. Teil - Die Sage vom Hund von Baskerville
(1915)
Writer
Dämon und Mensch
(1915)
Screenplay
Lache, Bajazzo!
(1915)
Writer
Schlemihl
(1915)
Screenplay
Der chinesische Götze. Das unheimliche Haus. 3. Teil
(1916)
Writer
Revenge of the Dead
(1916)
Writer
Zirkusblut
(1916)
Writer
Tales of Hoffmann
(1916)
Writer
The Uncanny House
(1916)
Writer
Freitag, der 13. Das unheimliche Haus. 2. Teil
(1916)
Screenplay
Es werde Licht!
(1917)
Writer
The Picture of Dorian Gray
(1917)
Screenplay
Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 2. Henriette Jacoby
(1918)
Writer
Das Dreimäderlhaus
(1918)
Writer
Der lebende Leichnam
(1918)
Writer
Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 1. Jettchen Gebert
(1918)
Writer
Der Weg ins Freie
(1918)
Writer
The Story of Dida Ibsen
(1918)
Writer
Es werde Licht! 4. Teil: Sündige Mütter
(1918)
Writer
Es werde Licht! 3. Teil
(1918)
Writer
Es werde Licht! 2. Teil
(1918)
Writer
Diary of a Lost Woman
(1918)
Writer
Prostitution II
(1919)
Writer
Around the World in 80 Days
(1919)
Writer
The Arc
(1919)
Screenplay
Prostitution
(1919)
Writer
Different from the Others
(1919)
Writer
Die Arche. 2. Teil: Die letzten Menschen
(1919)
Screenplay
Eerie Tales
(1919)
Story
Kurfürstendamm
(1920)
Writer
Der Reigen - Ein Werdegang
(1920)
Screenplay
Manolescu's Memoirs
(1920)
Screenplay
Figures of the Night
(1920)
Screenplay
Lady Hamilton
(1921)
Writer
Die Liebschaften des Hektor Dalmore
(1921)
Writer
Lucrezia Borgia
(1922)
Writer
Don Carlos und Elisabeth
(1924)
Writer
Rags and Silk
(1925)
Idea
Should We Be Silent?
(1926)
Writer
A Crazy Night
(1927)
Writer
The Living Dead
(1932)
Writer
Heut' ist der schönste Tag in meinem Leben
(1936)
Writer
Isle of Missing Men
(1942)
Adaptation
The Lovable Cheat
(1949)
Adaptation
Production
Zirkusblut
(1916)
Producer
The Uncanny House
(1916)
Producer
The Picture of Dorian Gray
(1917)
Producer
Peer Gynt - 2. Teil: Peer Gynts Wanderjahre und Tod
(1919)
Producer
Different from the Others
(1919)
Producer
Peer Gynt - 1. Teil: Peer Gynts Jugend
(1919)
Producer
Eerie Tales
(1919)
Producer
Ewiger Strom
(1920)
Producer
The Golden Plague
(1921)
Producer
Dr. Gyllenborgs doppeltes Gesicht
(1922)
Producer
Das Logierhaus für Gentleman
(1922)
Producer
Earth Spirit
(1923)
Producer
Don Carlos und Elisabeth
(1924)
Producer
Rags and Silk
(1925)
Producer
Lützow's Wild Hunt
(1927)
Producer
The Transformation of Dr. Bessel
(1927)
Producer
A Crazy Night
(1927)
Producer
Spring Awakening
(1929)
Producer
Cagliostro
(1929)
Executive Producer
Dreyfus
(1930)
Producer
Die zärtlichen Verwandten
(1930)
Producer
Alraune
(1930)
Producer
Vienna, City of Song
(1930)
Producer
The Captain from Köpenick
(1931)
Producer
1914
(1931)
Producer
Schubert's Dream of Spring
(1931)
Producer
The Living Dead
(1932)
Producer
A Song Goes Round the World
(1933)
Producer
My Song Goes Round the World
(1934)
Producer