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Richard Oswald is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Second Assistant Director Autrichien born on 5 november 1880 at Vienna (Austria)

Richard Oswald

Richard Oswald
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Nationality Austria
Birth 5 november 1880 at Vienna (Austria)
Death 11 september 1963 (at 82 years) at Düsseldorf (German)

Richard Oswald (5 November 1880 - 11 September 1963) was an Austrian director, producer, and screenwriter.

Best films

Ted
Ted
(2012)
(Second Assistant Director) Battleship
Battleship
(2012)
(Second Assistant Director) Battle: Los Angeles
Battle: Los Angeles
(2011)
(Second Assistant Director) The House with a Clock in Its Walls
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
(2018)
(Second Assistant Director)

Usually with

Conrad Veidt
Conrad Veidt
(13 films)
Werner Krauss
Werner Krauss
(8 films)
Friedrich Kühne
Friedrich Kühne
(7 films)
Anita Berber
Anita Berber
(6 films)
Clementine Plessner
Clementine Plessner
(5 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Richard Oswald (63 films)

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Actor

The Eternal Jew
The Eternal Jew (1940)
, 1h2
Directed by Fritz Hippler
Genres Documentary, Historical
Themes Politique, Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Harry Giese, Curt Bois, Fritz Kortner, Peter Lorre, Ernst Lubitsch
Roles Self (archive footage)
Rating45% 2.2543952.2543952.2543952.2543952.254395
Le Juif éternel est une contribution à l’idéologie nazie. Il dépeint l’idée d’un complot international ourdi par les Juifs de l’Est (de nombreuses scènes ont été tournées en Pologne) et les Juifs de l’Ouest, dans la tradition des Protocoles des Sages de Sion. Il met tout en œuvre pour dépeindre les Juifs comme des sous-hommes et a pour but de montrer qu’ils sont un peuple auquel il faut s’opposer, dénonçant leur façon de vivre, leur histoire, leurs coutumes… Ainsi, le documentaire prétend dévoiler les véritables traits du « Juif éternel », d’après les nazis.

Director

The Lovable Cheat
The Lovable Cheat (1949)
, 1h15
Directed by Richard Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Charles Ruggles, Peggy Ann Garner, Richard Ney, Alan Mowbray, Iris Adrian, Ludwig Donath
Rating63% 3.173583.173583.173583.173583.17358
in France back in 1860, a gentleman by the name of Claude Mercadet, lived in grandeur with his wife Pauline and his daughter Julie in a very well decorated mansion in the Bois de Bologne. Claude was one of the wealthiest men around Paris. unfortunately he was a fraud, and he had been running up bills for quite some time, paying one creditor with the money he got from another, creating a downwards spiral of unfortune. His house was in fact not built with bricks but with straws, and it was about to collapse. As it does, a bailiff calls on him to confiscate his property as security for his long overdue loan and tax payments. The bailiff starts to reclaim all of Claude's possessions, and Claude also gets a note from each of his creditors, Pierquin, Goulard and Violette, and they threaten to throw him in jail unless the debts are paid in full.
The Captain from Köpenick
The Captain from Köpenick (1945)
, 1h11
Directed by Richard Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Albert Bassermann, Mary Brian, Eric Blore, Herman Bing, George Chandler, Luis Alberni
Rating74% 3.746243.746243.746243.746243.74624
Shoemaker Wilhelm Voigt is released from prison after many years of hard labor. His freedom is new to him and, as he tries to navigate this strange new world, he promptly finds himself in the midst of a Prussian catch-22: To get a residence permit (passport), he must have a job, but he can only get a job if he has a residence permit. No one in the Prussian-German bureaucracy feels compelled to help him, everything must go by the book. To escape this vicious circle, out of desperation Voigt breaks into a police station to forge the much needed permit.
Isle of Missing Men
Isle of Missing Men (1942)

Directed by Richard Oswald
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors John Howard, Gilbert Roland, Alan Mowbray, Bradley Page, George Chandler, Ernie Adams
Rating55% 2.771642.771642.771642.771642.77164
Merrill Hammond, governor on the prison island of Caruba, is traveling with S.S. Bombay towards Australia. The ship is attacked by japanese bombers and the ship has to rwturn to Caruba. Merrill invites one of the other passengers, a woman named Diana Bryce, to stay at his place while they wait for another transport.
Tempête sur l'Asie
Tempête sur l'Asie (1938)
, 1h35
Directed by Richard Oswald
Origin France
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Conrad Veidt, Sessue Hayakawa, Madeleine Robinson, Lucas Gridoux, Serge Grave, Paul Azaïs

Un aventurier tente de s'emparer de gisements de pétrole en Mongolie.
Adventure on the Lido
Adventure on the Lido (1933)
, 1h31
Directed by Richard Oswald, Gerd Oswald
Origin Austria
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors S.Z. Sakall, Nora Gregor, Walter Rilla, Susi Lanner, Hermine Sterler, John Mylong
Rating59% 2.961722.961722.961722.961722.96172
Gennaro Mattei, ancien chanteur célèbre, a abandonné sa carrière il y a dix ans à la suite d'un scandale et s'est retiré dans un petit village de pêcheurs italien avec son manager Michael et Lucena, un proche parent. Il regrette cette décision précipitée. Cependant, Gennaro n'a pas cessé de chanter. Alors qu’il entame un air sur son bateau, une jeune femme l’entend et nage vers la chanson mais perd ses forces. Gennaro sauve la jeune femme et la met dans son bateau. C'est Evelyn Norman, un riche Américain qui est actuellement à Venise, socialement au centre de toutes les attentions, et qui s'est rendue dans le village de pêcheurs pour un voyage.
The Living Dead
The Living Dead (1932)
, 1h29
Directed by Richard Oswald
Genres Horror
Actors Paul Wegener, Maria Koppenhöfer, Gerhard Bienert, Blandine Ebinger, Eugen Gottlob Klöpfer, Paul Henckels
Rating64% 3.2326453.2326453.2326453.2326453.232645
A crazed scientist, Morder (Paul Wegener), driven even crazier by his nagging wife, murders her and walls her up in a basement, a la Poe's The Black Cat. He then flees as the police and a reporter, Frank Briggs (Harald Paulsen), set out to track him down. Morder eventually escapes, by pretending to be insane, into an asylum. Though here the patients has managed to free themselves, lock up the guards, and take charge (inspired by Poe's The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether). After Morder's final escape, he turns up as president of a secret Suicide Club (based on the short story by Stevenson).
The Captain from Köpenick
The Captain from Köpenick (1931)
, 1h47
Directed by Richard Oswald
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Max Adalbert, Paul Otto, Max Gülstorff, Käthe Haack, Friedrich Kayßler, Hans Leibelt
Rating70% 3.529683.529683.529683.529683.52968
Der Hauptmann von Köpenick is based on a true story that took place in Germany in 1906. A poor cobbler named Wilhelm Voigt purchased the second-hand uniform of a Prussian infantry captain. Wearing this, he travelled to the borough of Köpenick and ordered a troop of guardsmen to place themselves under his command. He then declared the town hall to be under military law, ordering the arrest of the mayor and treasurer and confiscating all the funds in the exchequer. In this film version it's a considerable sum of 4,000 reichsmarks. Voigt's orders were obeyed without question and he temporarily got away with the caper, although he was eventually caught.