Richard Oswald
Birth date
November 5, 1880
Death date
September 11, 1963
Place of birth
Vienna, Austria
Profession
Directing
Age
82 years
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.
Also known as
Рихард Освальд
