Richard Oswald

Career Overview

Richard Oswald has 188 screen credits in a career dating back to 1914. Their work spans 8 cinematic universes — most prominently Es werde Licht! with 4 titles. Signature works include The Story of Dida Ibsen, Rennfieber, The Lovable Cheat. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

188

Birth Date

1880-11-05

Birth Place

Vienna, Austria

Known For

• 

  The Story of Dida Ibsen
• Rennfieber
• 

  The Lovable Cheat
• 

  Isle of Missing Men
• 

  Tempête sur l'Asie
• 

  The Captain from Köpenick

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 8 universes

• Es werde Licht! (4 titles)
• Der Hund von Baskerville (4 titles)
• Das unheimliche Haus (3 titles)
• Die Arche (2 titles)
• Die Prostitution (2 titles)
• Jettchen Geberts Geschichte (2 titles)
• Peer Gynt (2 titles)
• Die Memoiren des Satans (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Conrad Veidt (2 collaborations)
• Alan Mowbray (2 collaborations)
• Anita Berber (1 collaborations)
• Werner Krauss (1 collaborations)
• Emil Lind (1 collaborations)
• Clementine Plessner (1 collaborations)
• Ernst Pittschau (1 collaborations)
• Eugen Rex (1 collaborations)
• Ilse von Tasso-Lind (1 collaborations)
• Maria Forescu (1 collaborations)

Credits

• directing (95 credits)

  • The Lovable Cheat

    director

    directing
    1949
  • Isle of Missing Men

    director

    directing
    1942
  • I Was a Criminal

    director

    directing
    1941
  • Tempête sur l'Asie

    director

    directing
    1938
  • Heut' ist der schönste Tag in meinem Leben

    director

    directing
    1936
  • My Song Goes Round the World

    director

    directing
    1934
  • Bleeke Bet

    director

    directing
    1934
  • When You're Young, the World Belongs to You

    director

    directing
    1934
  • Adventure on the Lido

    director

    directing
    1933
  • A Song Goes Round the World

    director

    directing
    1933
  • The Flower of Hawaii

    director

    directing
    1933
  • Crook's Honor

    director

    directing
    1933
  • Countess Mariza

    director

    directing
    1932
  • The Living Dead

    director

    directing
    1932
  • The Captain from Köpenick

    director

    directing
    1931
  • Poor as a Church Mouse

    director

    directing
    1931
  • Victoria and Her Hussar

    director

    directing
    1931
  • Schubert's Dream of Spring

    director

    directing
    1931
  • 1914: The Last Days Before the War

    director

    directing
    1931
  • The Tender Relatives

    director

    directing
    1930
  • Dreyfus

    director

    directing
    1930
  • Vienna, City of Song

    director

    directing
    1930
  • Alraune

    director

    directing
    1930
  • The Mistress and Her Servant

    director

    directing
    1929
  • Ehe in Not

    director

    directing
    1929
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles

    director

    directing
    1929
  • Cagliostro

    director

    directing
    1929
  • Spring Awakening

    director

    directing
    1929
  • Villa Falconieri

    director

    directing
    1928
  • The Green Alley

    director

    directing
    1928
  • The Fugitive Lover

    director

    directing
    1927
  • Laws of Love: Innocently Outlawed!

    director

    directing
    1927
  • Radio Magic

    director

    directing
    1927
  • Assassination

    director

    directing
    1927
  • Agitated Woman

    director

    directing
    1927
  • Lützow's Wild Hunt

    director

    directing
    1927
  • A Crazy Night

    director

    directing
    1927
  • When I Came Back

    director

    directing
    1926
  • Vorderhaus und Hinterhaus

    director

    directing
    1926
  • The White Horse Inn

    director

    directing
    1926
  • Should We Be Silent?

    director

    directing
    1926
  • Halbseide

    director

    directing
    1925
  • Die Frau von vierzig Jahren

    director

    directing
    1925
  • Rags and Silk

    director

    directing
    1925
  • Don Carlos und Elisabeth

    director

    directing
    1924
  • Lucrezia Borgia

    director

    directing
    1922
  • The Golden Plague

    director

    directing
    1921
  • Lady Hamilton

    director

    directing
    1921
  • The House in Dragon Street

    director

    directing
    1921
  • Die Liebschaften des Hektor Dalmore

    director

    directing
    1921
  • Das vierte Gebot

    director

    directing
    1920
  • Manolescu's Memoirs

    director

    directing
    1920
  • Kurfürstendamm

    director

    directing
    1920
  • The Merry-Go-Round

    director

    directing
    1920
  • Figures of the Night

    director

    directing
    1920
  • Eerie Tales

    director

    directing
    1919
  • Die Arche. 2. Teil: Die letzten Menschen

    director

    directing
    1919
  • The Arc

    director

    directing
    1919
  • Prostitution II

    director

    directing
    1919
  • Different from the Others

    director

    directing
    1919
  • Around the World in 80 Days

    director

    directing
    1919
  • Prostitution

    director

    directing
    1919
  • Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 2. Henriette Jacoby

    director

    directing
    1918
  • The Story of Dida Ibsen

    director

    directing
    1918
  • Es werde Licht! 4. Teil: Sündige Mütter

    director

    directing
    1918
  • Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 1. Jettchen Gebert

    director

    directing
    1918
  • Diary of a Lost Woman

    director

    directing
    1918
  • Das Dreimäderlhaus

    director

    directing
    1918
  • Der lebende Leichnam

    director

    directing
    1918
  • Es werde Licht! 3. Teil

    director

    directing
    1918
  • Rennfieber

    director

    directing
    1918
  • Der ewige Zweifel

    director

    directing
    1918
  • Es werde Licht! 2. Teil

    director

    directing
    1918
  • The Way Out

    director

    directing
    1918
  • Die Memoiren des Satans. 1. Teil - Doktor Mors

    director

    directing
    1917
  • The Picture of Dorian Gray

    director

    directing
    1917
  • Es werde Licht!

    director

    directing
    1917
  • A Night of Horror

    director

    directing
    1917
  • Freitag, der 13. Das unheimliche Haus. 2. Teil

    director

    directing
    1916
  • Der chinesische Götze. Das unheimliche Haus. 3. Teil

    director

    directing
    1916
  • The Uncanny House

    director

    directing
    1916
  • Revenge of the Dead

    director

    directing
    1916
  • Circus Blood

    director

    directing
    1916
  • Tales of Hoffmann

    director

    directing
    1916
  • Die silberne Kugel

    director

    directing
    1916
  • Dämon und Mensch

    director

    directing
    1915
  • Der Hund von Baskerville, 4. Teil - Die Sage vom Hund von Baskerville

    director

    directing
    1915
  • Das Laster

    director

    directing
    1915
  • Lache, Bajazzo!

    director

    directing
    1915
  • Und wandern sollst du ruhelos …

    director

    directing
    1915
  • Schlemihl

    director

    directing
    1915
  • Der Hund von Baskerville, 3. Teil - Das unheimliche Zimmer

    director

    directing
    1915
  • The Silent Mill

    director

    directing
    1914
  • Ivan Koschula

    director

    directing
    1914
  • The Iron Cross

    director

    directing
    1914

• production (35 credits)

  • The Lovable Cheat

    producer

    production
    1949
  • My Song Goes Round the World

    producer

    production
    1934
  • A Song Goes Round the World

    producer

    production
    1933
  • The Living Dead

    producer

    production
    1932
  • The Captain from Köpenick

    producer

    production
    1931
  • Schubert's Dream of Spring

    producer

    production
    1931
  • 1914: The Last Days Before the War

    producer

    production
    1931
  • The Tender Relatives

    producer

    production
    1930
  • Dreyfus

    producer

    production
    1930
  • Vienna, City of Song

    producer

    production
    1930
  • Alraune

    producer

    production
    1930
  • Cagliostro

    executive producer

    production
    1929
  • Spring Awakening

    producer

    production
    1929
  • The Fugitive Lover

    producer

    production
    1927
  • Lützow's Wild Hunt

    producer

    production
    1927
  • A Crazy Night

    producer

    production
    1927
  • Rags and Silk

    producer

    production
    1925
  • Don Carlos und Elisabeth

    producer

    production
    1924
  • Earth Spirit

    producer

    production
    1923
  • Die Dame und ihr Friseur

    producer

    production
    1922
  • Dr. Gyllenborgs doppeltes Gesicht

    producer

    production
    1922
  • Das Logierhaus für Gentleman

    producer

    production
    1922
  • The Golden Plague

    producer

    production
    1921
  • Ewiger Strom

    producer

    production
    1920
  • Die Nacht auf Goldenhall

    producer

    production
    1920
  • Eerie Tales

    producer

    production
    1919
  • Different from the Others

    producer

    production
    1919
  • Peer Gynt - Part 1: Peer Gynt’s Youth

    producer

    production
    1919
  • Peer Gynt - 2. Teil: Peer Gynts Wanderjahre und Tod

    producer

    production
    1919
  • The Story of Dida Ibsen

    producer

    production
    1918
  • The Way Out

    producer

    production
    1918
  • The Picture of Dorian Gray

    producer

    production
    1917
  • The Uncanny House

    producer

    production
    1916
  • Circus Blood

    producer

    production
    1916
  • Und wandern sollst du ruhelos …

    production manager

    production
    1915

• writing (55 credits)

  • The Lovable Cheat

    adaptation

    writing
    1949
  • Isle of Missing Men

    adaptation

    writing
    1942
  • Heut' ist der schönste Tag in meinem Leben

    writer

    writing
    1936
  • The Living Dead

    writer

    writing
    1932
  • A Crazy Night

    writer

    writing
    1927
  • Vorderhaus und Hinterhaus

    writer

    writing
    1926
  • Should We Be Silent?

    writer

    writing
    1926
  • Rags and Silk

    idea

    writing
    1925
  • Don Carlos und Elisabeth

    writer

    writing
    1924
  • Lucrezia Borgia

    writer

    writing
    1922
  • Lady Hamilton

    writer

    writing
    1921
  • Die Liebschaften des Hektor Dalmore

    writer

    writing
    1921
  • Manolescu's Memoirs

    screenplay

    writing
    1920
  • Kurfürstendamm

    writer

    writing
    1920
  • The Merry-Go-Round

    screenplay

    writing
    1920
  • Figures of the Night

    screenplay

    writing
    1920
  • Eerie Tales

    story

    writing
    1919
  • Die Arche. 2. Teil: Die letzten Menschen

    screenplay

    writing
    1919
  • The Arc

    screenplay

    writing
    1919
  • Prostitution II

    writer

    writing
    1919
  • Different from the Others

    writer

    writing
    1919
  • Around the World in 80 Days

    writer

    writing
    1919
  • Prostitution

    writer

    writing
    1919
  • Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 2. Henriette Jacoby

    writer

    writing
    1918
  • The Story of Dida Ibsen

    writer

    writing
    1918
  • Es werde Licht! 4. Teil: Sündige Mütter

    writer

    writing
    1918
  • Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 1. Jettchen Gebert

    writer

    writing
    1918
  • Diary of a Lost Woman

    writer

    writing
    1918
  • Das Dreimäderlhaus

    writer

    writing
    1918
  • Der lebende Leichnam

    writer

    writing
    1918
  • Es werde Licht! 3. Teil

    writer

    writing
    1918
  • Es werde Licht! 2. Teil

    writer

    writing
    1918
  • The Way Out

    writer

    writing
    1918
  • The Picture of Dorian Gray

    screenplay

    writing
    1917
  • Es werde Licht!

    writer

    writing
    1917
  • Freitag, der 13. Das unheimliche Haus. 2. Teil

    screenplay

    writing
    1916
  • Der chinesische Götze. Das unheimliche Haus. 3. Teil

    writer

    writing
    1916
  • The Uncanny House

    writer

    writing
    1916
  • Revenge of the Dead

    writer

    writing
    1916
  • Circus Blood

    writer

    writing
    1916
  • Tales of Hoffmann

    writer

    writing
    1916
  • The Sun's Revenge

    writer

    writing
    1915
  • Dämon und Mensch

    screenplay

    writing
    1915
  • Der Hund von Baskerville, 4. Teil - Die Sage vom Hund von Baskerville

    writer

    writing
    1915
  • Das Laster

    writer

    writing
    1915
  • Lache, Bajazzo!

    writer

    writing
    1915
  • Und wandern sollst du ruhelos …

    writer

    writing
    1915
  • Schlemihl

    screenplay

    writing
    1915
  • Der Hund von Baskerville, 3. Teil - Das unheimliche Zimmer

    writer

    writing
    1915
  • The Silent Mill

    writer

    writing
    1914
  • A Strange Case

    writer

    writing
    1914
  • Ivan Koschula

    writer

    writing
    1914
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles, Part 2 - The Lonely House

    writer

    writing
    1914
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles

    writer

    writing
    1914
  • The Iron Cross

    writer

    writing
    1914

• actors (3 credits)

  • The Eternal Jew

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Eerie Tales

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • Tales of Hoffmann

    actor

    actors
    1916