Richard Oswald

Directing

Born 1880-11-05 · died 1963-09-11 · Vienna, Austria

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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.

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Eerie TalesTales of HoffmannThe Eternal Jew