Portrait of Richard Oswald

Directing

Richard Oswald

Career

Active from 1914 to 1949, busiest in 1918 with 12 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for Different from the Others
Different from the Others
GoodWatch score68/100

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Silent Film 3
  • Nostalgic Tone 2
  • Charming Performances 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Moral Decay 2
  • Melodrama 2
  • German Expressionism 2
  • Historical Drama 2
  • German Cinema 2
  • Historical Adventure 2
  • Family-Friendly 2
  • Early Cinema 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

107
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1940s

3 titles
The Lovable Cheat
The Lovable Cheat (1949)

Adaptation, Director

Isle of Missing Men
Isle of Missing Men (1942)

Director, Adaptation

I Was a Criminal
I Was a Criminal (1941)

Director

1930s

20 titles
Bleeke Bet
Bleeke Bet (1934)

Director

Adventure on the Lido
Adventure on the Lido (1933)

Director

A Song Goes Round the World
A Song Goes Round the World (1933)

Director, Producer

The Flower of Hawaii
The Flower of Hawaii (1933)

Director

Countess Mariza
Countess Mariza (1932)

Director

The Living Dead
The Living Dead (1932)

Producer, Director

The Captain from Köpenick
The Captain from Köpenick (1931)

Director, Producer

Schubert's Dream of Spring
Schubert's Dream of Spring (1931)

Producer, Director

Poor as a Church Mouse
Poor as a Church Mouse (1931)

Director

Alraune
Alraune (1930)

Producer, Director

Dreyfus
Dreyfus (1930)

Director, Producer

The Tender Relatives
The Tender Relatives (1930)

Director, Producer

1920s

38 titles · average score 66
Cagliostro
Cagliostro (1929)

Director, Executive Producer

Spring Awakening
Spring Awakening (1929)

Producer, Director

The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1929)
GoodWatch score 66

Director

The Green Alley
The Green Alley (1928)

Director

The Fugitive Lover
The Fugitive Lover (1927)

Director, Producer

Laws of Love: Innocently Outlawed!
Laws of Love: Innocently Outlawed! (1927)

Director

A Crazy Night
A Crazy Night (1927)

Director, Writer

Don Carlos und Elisabeth
Don Carlos und Elisabeth (1924)

Director, Producer

Lucrezia Borgia
Lucrezia Borgia (1922)

Writer, Director

Lady Hamilton
Lady Hamilton (1921)

Writer, Director

The Merry-Go-Round
The Merry-Go-Round (1920)

Screenplay, Director

Figures of the Night
Figures of the Night (1920)

Director, Screenplay

1910s

46 titles · average score 59
Eerie Tales
Eerie Tales (1919)
GoodWatch score 62

Producer, Story

Different from the Others
Different from the Others (1919)
GoodWatch score 68

Writer, Director

Around the World in 80 Days
Around the World in 80 Days (1919)

Director, Writer

Der ewige Zweifel
Der ewige Zweifel (1918)

Director

The Story of Dida Ibsen
The Story of Dida Ibsen (1918)

Producer, Director

Diary of a Lost Woman
Diary of a Lost Woman (1918)

Director, Writer

A Night of Horror
A Night of Horror (1917)

Director

Tales of Hoffmann
Tales of Hoffmann (1916)

Writer, Director

Der Hund von Baskerville, 3. Teil - Das unheimliche Zimmer
Der Hund von Baskerville, 3. Teil - Das unheimliche Zimmer (1915)

Writer, Director

The Sun's Revenge
The Sun's Revenge (1915)

Writer

The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1914)
GoodWatch score 48

Writer

A Strange Case
A Strange Case (1914)

Writer