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Austrian film director (1880–1963) For the British diplomat, see Richard Oswald (merchant). For the Scottish Liberal politician, see Richard Alexander Oswald.
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Richard Oswald
Film Director
BornRichard W. Ornstein
(1880-11-05)5 November 1880
Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Died11 September 1963(1963-09-11) (aged 82)
Düsseldorf, West Germany
OccupationFilm director

Richard Oswald (5 November 1880 – 11 September 1963) was an Austrian film director, producer, screenwriter, and father of German-American film director Gerd Oswald.

Early career

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 The Iron Cross (1914) and worked a number of times for Jules Greenbaum. 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 (1919), the once scandalous Different from the Others (1919) 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 horror film Unheimliche Geschichten (1932), produced by no less than Gabriel Pascal, would seem to refute this claim as it is viewed by some to be a forgotten classic.

He made a significant number of Operetta films during his career.

Exile

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 adaptation of a Balzac story which boasted a 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.

Partial filmography

External links

The films of Richard Oswald
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