Richard Oswald

Known for Directing

Born

November 5, 1880

Died

September 11, 1963 (82 years old)

Place of Birth

Vienna, Austria

Also Known As

Рихард Освальд

Biography

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.