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Richard Oswald
Director 1880 - 1963

Richard Oswald

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"... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

5 titles
Der Hauptmann von Köpenick

Der Hauptmann von Köpenick

Richard Oswald 1931 1h 47m

Based on the true story of a cobbler who bought a second-hand captain's uniform, assumed command of a troop of guardsmen, declared the town of Köpenick under military law, arrested the mayor and confiscated the town treasury.

Der Hund von Baskerville

Der Hund von Baskerville

Richard Oswald 1929 1h 6m 6.0

One of the last of the silent Sherlock films.

Cagliostro - Liebe und Leben eines großen Abenteurers

Cagliostro - Liebe und Leben eines großen Abenteurers

Richard Oswald 1929 59m 9.0

Cagliostro, an Italian adventurer rises through the French aristocracy on account of his magical tricks, medical knowledge and ability to foretell the future. When he falls from grace after a divination that predicts a dire future for Marie Antoinette, he sets in motion a plan that will result in revenge, but at a great price.

Alraune

Alraune

Richard Oswald 1929 1h 43m

A scientist, Professor Jakob ten Brinken, interested in the laws of heredity, impregnates a prostitute in a laboratory with the semen of a hanged murderer. The prostitute conceives a female child who has no concept of love, whom the professor adopts.

Anders als die Andern

Anders als die Andern

Richard Oswald 1919 51m 6.5

Conrad 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 Paragraph which punishes homosexuality).

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