Richard Oswald
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 Film Director |
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| Born | 5 November 1880 Vienna, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 11 September 1963 (aged 82) Düsseldorf, Germany |
| Occupation | Film director |
Richard Oswald (5 November 1880 - 11 September 1963) was an Austrian director, producer, and screenwriter.
Richard Oswald, born in Vienna as Richard W. Ornstein, began his career as an actor on the Viennese stage. He made his film directorial debut at age 34 with Das Eiserne Kreuz (1914). In 1916, Oswald set up his own production company in Germany, writing and directing most of his films himself. His pre-1920 efforts include such literary adaptations as The Picture of Dorian Gray (1917), Peer Gynt (1918), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1919). Oswald directed nearly 100 films. Some critics have suggested that Oswald was more prolific than talented, but such films as his 1932 horror film Unheimliche Geschichten (a.k.a. Weird Tales or Unholy Tales), produced by no less than Gabriel Pascal, would seem to refute this claim as it is viewed by some to be a forgotten classic.
Being Jewish, Oswald was forced to flee Nazi Germany, first for occupied France and later emigrating to the United States. His last production was The Lovable Cheat (1949), an inexpensive but worthwhile adaptation of a Balzac story which boasted an impressive cast including Charles Ruggles, Alan Mowbray, and Buster Keaton. Oswald later returned to Germany following the end of the Second World War and died in Düsseldorf, West Germany in 1963.
[edit] Selected filmography
- Tales of Hoffman (1916)
- A Night of Horror (1916)
- Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray (1917)
- Peer Gynt (1918)
- Different from the Others (1919)
- Around the World in Eighty Days (1919)
- Lady Hamilton (1921)
- Carlos and Elisabeth (1924)
- The White Horse Inn (1926)
- Die Rothausgasse (1928)
- Der Hund von Baskerville (1929)
- Dreyfus (1930)
- Alraune (1930)
- Schuberts Frühlingstraum (1931)
- Victoria and Her Hussar (1931)
- The Captain from Köpenick (1931)
- Gräfin Mariza (1932)
- Unheimliche Geschichten (1932)
- Die Blume von Hawaii (1933)
- A Song Goes Round the World (1933)
- Adventures on the Lido (1933)
- Wenn du jung bist, gehört dir die Welt (1934)
- Bleeke Bet (1934)
- Tempête sur l'Asie (1938)
- Isle of Missing Men (1942)
- I Was a Criminal (1945)
- The Lovable Cheat (1949)
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