1928Winner
Best Director
Villa Falconieri
Richard Oswald
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
Vienna, Austria
November 5, 1880
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1919Nominee
Best Performance
Eerie Tales
1931Winner
Best Director
Schubert's Dream of Spring
Career Highlights
1916Highlight
Best Performance
Tales of Hoffmann
1929Highlight
Best Director
Cagliostro
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Eerie Tales