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1. Different from the Others (1919)
Not Rated | 50 min | Crime, Drama, History
Two male musicians fall in love, but blackmail and scandal makes the affair take a tragic turn.
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Conrad Veidt, Leo Connard, Ilse von Tasso-Lind, Alexandra Willegh
Votes: 1,498
2. Eerie Tales (1919)
112 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
A demon, a reaper, and the ghost of a prostitute read gothic short stories and act them out.
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Anita Berber, Conrad Veidt, Reinhold Schünzel, Hugo Döblin
Votes: 665
3. Alraune (1929)
103 min | Sci-Fi
A scientist, Professor Jakob ten Brinken, interested in the laws of heredity, impregnates a prostitute in a laboratory with the semen of a hanged murderer. The prostitute conceives a female... See full summary »
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Brigitte Helm, Albert Bassermann, Harald Paulsen, Adolf E. Licho
Votes: 120
4. Poor as a Church Mouse (1931)
101 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
General Director von Ulrich is determined to introduce the American working pace at his office. The first to get fired is his secretary; she's replaced by stenographer Sui Sachs. On a business trip to Paris, feelings evolve on both sides.
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Grete Mosheim, Anton Edthofer, Hans Thimig, Paul Hörbiger
Votes: 28
5. Der Hund von Baskerville (1914)
65 min | Crime, Mystery, Horror
In this early version the classic "Hound of the Baskervilles" mystery is not faithfully adapted, Watson's character is absent and there are two Holmes. Holmes' foe is called Stapleton and he menaces Holmes' client Lord Henry and his fiancée, Laura Lyons, masquerading himself as Holmes. Hidden passages, hand bombs and mechanical devices abound, reminding more of a serial than of a Conan Doyle ... See full summary »
Director: Rudolf Meinert | Stars: Alwin Neuß, Friedrich Kühne, Hanni Weisse, Erwin Fichtner
Votes: 151
6. Lucrezia Borgia (1922)
75 min | Drama, History, War
Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI, has three adult children: Juan, who is virtuous and has a sweetheart who is a woman of the people, Lucrezia, who is virtuous and wants to marry Alfonso, ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Conrad Veidt, Liane Haid, Albert Bassermann, Paul Wegener
Votes: 115
7. Lady Hamilton (1921)
Drama, History
The dramatic story of Lady Hamilton's rise and fall in European society during the 1700s and early 1800s, including the romantic love story with Lord Nelson.
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Liane Haid, Conrad Veidt, Werner Krauss, Reinhold Schünzel
Votes: 43
8. Dürfen wir schweigen? (1926)
89 min | Drama
A melodrama about a painter who is infected with syphilis, refuses treatment, turns to the use instead of narcotics, and withers away.
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Conrad Veidt, Walter Rilla, Henri De Vries, Mary Parker
Votes: 13
9. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1929)
65 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
After the mysterious death of Sir Charles Baskerville, Sherlock Holmes is called in to solve the mystery.
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Carlyle Blackwell, Alexander Murski, Livio Pavanelli, Betty Bird
Votes: 304
10. The Living Dead (1932)
89 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi, Horror
A crazed scientist murders his wife, walls her up, then flees. A reporter sets out to track him down.
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Paul Wegener, Maria Koppenhöfer, Blandine Ebinger, Eugen Klöpfer
Votes: 146
11. The Merry-Go-Round (1920)
65 min | Drama
Drama about street walker Elena who marries shop keeper Albert. When her former pimp Peter shows up, her life is ruined. She shoots him and poisons herself.
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Asta Nielsen, Conrad Veidt, Eduard von Winterstein, Irmgard Bern
Votes: 49
12. Ein Lied geht um die Welt (1933)
96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A diminutive tenor and his two friends,all penniless, seek work, and possibly also some fame and some romance, in picturesque Venice.
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Joseph Schmidt, Viktor de Kowa, Charlotte Ander, Fritz Kampers
Votes: 66
13. Carlos und Elisabeth (1924)
115 min | Drama
When Elisabeth of Valois becomes engaged, she believes her fiancé is the crown prince of Spain, Don Carlos, a poetic and liberal young man who is the hope of those who would like to see ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Conrad Veidt, Eugen Klöpfer, Aud Egede-Nissen, William Dieterle
Votes: 32
14. Countess Mariza (1932)
115 min
When Gräfin Mariza visits her country estate it is certainly an event. She gives a party to celebrate her engagement to a certain Koloman Zsupan, who unexpectedly shows up. Her ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Dorothea Wieck, Hubert Marischka, Charlotte Ander, Ferdinand von Alten
Votes: 23
15. Nächte des Grauens (1917)
56 min | Drama, Horror
An extremely jealous artist slips into a monkey costume and kills all those men who come too close to his wife, another artist.
Directors: Richard Oswald, Arthur Robison | Stars: Emil Jannings, Werner Krauss, Lorenz Köhler, Hans Mierendorff
Votes: 25
16. The Lovable Cheat (1949)
75 min | Comedy
A businessman and his partner are about to go bankrupt when the partner gets an idea to sail away and somehow find the money they need. Meanwhile, the one left behind has to figure out how ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Charles Ruggles, Peggy Ann Garner, Richard Ney, Alan Mowbray
Votes: 81
17. Victoria and Her Hussar (1931)
96 min | Musical, Comedy
Viktoria loves captain Stefan who is reportedly killed in action in World War I. She marries John, US ambassador in Japan. But Stefan is alive, flees from Russia to Japan and claims his older rights to Viktoria's love.
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Michael Bohnen, Friedel Schuster, Iván Petrovich, Willy Stettner
Votes: 21
18. Villa Falconieri (1928)
94 min
Count Campana, an elegant young poet, acquires an estate near Rome, mainly because he loves Maria, the beautiful wife of the tenant farmer Mariano, and feels sorry for her, as she is ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Maria Jacobini, Hans Stüwe, Eve Gray, Clifford McLaglen
19. Heut' ist der schönste Tag in meinem Leben (1935)
84 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Two twin brothers working in a Vienna fair and who are both gifted for singing meet different luck both in love and their careers.
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Joseph Schmidt, Felix Bressart, Otto Wallburg, Karl Forest
Votes: 17
20. Around the World in 80 Days (1919)
121 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
In order to win a bet, British gentleman Phileas Fogg attempts to circle the globe in eighty days, along with his French servant, Passepartout. Fogg is wrongly suspected of having robbed the Bank of England and faces the risk of arrest.
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Conrad Veidt, Anita Berber, Reinhold Schünzel, Eugen Rex
Votes: 17
21. The Captain from Köpenick (1931)
107 min | Comedy
A poor cobbler named Wilhelm Voigt purchased the second-hand uniform of a Prussian infantry captain. Wearing this, he traveled to the borough of Köpenick and ordered a troop of guardsmen to... See full summary »
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Max Adalbert, Ernst Dernburg, Willi Schur, Paul Wagner
Votes: 122
22. Nachtgestalten (1920)
106 min | Horror
Thomas Bezug, the richest man in the world, is a solitary, domineering and cruel cripple who hardly can move on his crutches. He dwells a fanatical love for his son, whom he holds like a monkey in a cage.
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Paul Wegener, Reinhold Schünzel, Erna Morena, Erik Charell
Votes: 22
23. The Story of Dida Ibsen (1918)
Drama
Dida Ibsen, daughter of impoverished farmers, has, according to her father's will, to marry the main creditor. But she refuses and decides to live with a married man as a mistress, till he ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Anita Berber, Conrad Veidt, Werner Krauss, Emil Lind
24. Earth Spirit (1923)
69 min
Dr. Schön marries a lower class girl, Lulu. Young and voluptuous she attracts the attention of the all the male gender, but the doctor will not let her go. After Lulu shoots the doctor, his son has to make a serious decision.
Director: Leopold Jessner | Stars: Asta Nielsen, Albert Bassermann, Carl Ebert, Gustav Rickelt
Votes: 92
25. 1914, die letzten Tage vor dem Weltbrand (1931)
112 min | Drama
Dramatization of the lead up to the First World War blames Czarist Russia rather than Wilhelmine Germany for precipitating "the burning of the world."
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Albert Bassermann, Hermann Wlach, Wolfgang von Schwindt, Robert Hartberg
Votes: 41
26. Cagliostro - Liebe und Leben eines großen Abenteurers (1929)
58 min | Horror, Thriller
Cagliostro, an Italian adventurer rises through the French aristocracy on account of his magical tricks, medical knowledge and ability to foretell the future. When he falls from grace after... See full summary »
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Hans Stüwe, Renée Héribel, Alfred Abel, Ivan Koval-Samborsky
Votes: 143
27. Prostitution (1919)
121 min | Drama
A scholar defends prostitution before the World Court.
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Fritz Beckmann, Anita Berber, Gussy Holl, Conrad Veidt
Votes: 16
28. Hoffmanns Erzählungen (1916)
67 min | Fantasy
Characteristic for Hoffmann's work is his life-long fight against rationalism and for the revelation of nature morte, culminating mostly in carnival-like scenes anticipating literary techniques
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Kurt Wolowsky, Erich Kaiser-Titz, Max Ruhbeck, Paula Ronay
Votes: 58
29. A Crazy Night (1927)
70 min | Comedy
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Ossi Oswalda, Harry Liedtke, Georg Berg, Mira Hildebrand
Votes: 53
30. Tempête sur l'Asie (1938)
95 min | Drama
An adventurer tries to seize oil deposits in Mongolia .
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Conrad Veidt, Sessue Hayakawa, Madeleine Robinson, Lucas Gridoux
Votes: 10
31. Gesetze der Liebe (1927)
110 min
Running 100 minutes, Gesetze der Liebe is structured as a series of lectures from Hirschfeld explaining sex and the reproductive system in the natural world.
Directors: Magnus Hirschfeld, Richard Oswald | Stars: Leo Connard, Magnus Hirschfeld, Fritz Schulz, Reinhold Schünzel
Votes: 29
32. Es werde Licht! 1. Teil (1917)
Paul Mauthner, a painter, has syphilis. A quack who promises a cure cannot help. Paul seduces his brother's wife and infects her with syphilis. While he then flees, the young, infected ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Bernd Aldor, Hugo Flink, Nelly Lagarst, Ernst Ludwig
Votes: 30
33. I Was a Criminal (1945)
71 min | Drama
In Prussia shoemaker Voigt needs a residence permit to get a job, but can only get a job if he already has a permit. He dons a captain's uniform to order a platoon of soldiers to Koepenick to take over the Town Hall to get his permit.
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Albert Bassermann, Mary Brian, Eric Blore, Herman Bing
Votes: 38
34. Jettchen Gebert's Story (1918)
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Mechthildis Thein, Conrad Veidt, Leo Connard, Martin Kettner
35. Bleeke Bet (1934)
111 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A greengrocer's shady dealings with a well-to-do margarine smuggler require that she interferes with her daughter's romance with a sailor.
Directors: Alex Benno, Richard Oswald | Stars: Aaf Bouber, Jopie Koopman, Johan Elsensohn, Fien de la Mar
Votes: 56
36. Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray (1917)
80 min | Fantasy, Thriller
A variation of the famous Oscar Wilde tale in which Dorian Gray's soul is manifested in a painting instead of his own body.
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Bernd Aldor, Ernst Pittschau, Ernst Ludwig, Andreas Van Horn
Votes: 36
37. Frühlingserwachen (1929)
95 min | Drama
About the rebellion of the youth and the increasingly debated erotic exploratory experiments - a modern theme of the late 1920s.
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Mathilde Sussin, Toni van Eyck, Paul Henckels, Carl Balhaus
Votes: 24
38. Die Liebschaften des Hektor Dalmore (1921)
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Conrad Veidt, Erna Morena, Kitty Moran, Helene Ford
39. Kurfürstendamm (1920)
89 min | Comedy
The Devil decides to go and visit Kurfürstendamm, where all His clients seem to come from. He settles at "Pension Elvira", where everybody cheats and deceives Him. He comes to the conclusion, that Hell is a much better place.
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Conrad Veidt, Asta Nielsen, Erna Morena, Henry Sze
40. The Dreyfus Case (1930)
115 min | Biography, Drama, History
In late nineteenth century Alfred Dreyfus, a French army officer of Jewish heritage, is falsely accused of espionage. Found guilty of treason he is drummed out of the army and sent to prison on Devil's Island.
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Fritz Kortner, Heinrich George, Albert Bassermann, Grete Mosheim
Votes: 67
41. Das unheimliche Haus (1916)
40 min | Short, Mystery
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Werner Krauss, Alfred Breiderhoff, Lupu Pick, Kathe Oswald
42. Flower of Hawaii (1933)
86 min | Comedy
Suzanne, aspiring artist working in a Parisian night club, is hired by two foreigners to be partnerin for the main singer, on the condition that they must travel to Hawaii. When they arrive... See full summary »
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Mártha Eggerth, Hans Fidesser, Iván Petrovich, Hans Junkermann
Votes: 24
43. Im weißen Rößl (1926)
70 min
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Liane Haid, Max Hansen, Georg Berg, Livio Pavanelli
44. Es werde Licht! 4. Teil: Sündige Mütter (1918)
About unwanted pregnancies and abortions as a result of unprotected sexual intercourse.
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Alfred Abel, Reinhold Schünzel, Conrad Veidt, Auguste Pünkösdy
45. Das Tagebuch einer Verlorenen (1918)
60 min | Drama, Thriller
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Erna Morena, Reinhold Schünzel, Werner Krauss, Paul Rehkopf
Votes: 25
46. Paganini (1923)
90 min | Biography, Music
Director: Heinz Goldberg | Stars: Conrad Veidt, Eva May, Greta Schröder, Harry Hardt
Votes: 30
47. Wir sind vom K. u. K. Infanterie-Regiment (1926)
A Viennese architect opposes the ambitions of his girlfriend to become a cabaret singer, turns away from her, joins the infantry and prepares to do his duty on the battlefront.
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Mary Kid, Paul Heidemann, Fritz Spira, Colette Brettel
48. Henriette Jacoby (1918)
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Mechthildis Thein, Conrad Veidt, Leo Connard, Martin Kettner
49. Manolescus Memoiren (1920)
70 min | Comedy, Crime
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Conrad Veidt, Erna Morena, Lilli Lohrer, Hedda Vernon
50. Es werde Licht! 3. Teil (1918)
50 min
In the third part syphilis is also at the center of the action. This time a landowner falls ill. He proves to be a real fiend, tyrannizes his wife and seduces the daughter of the forester ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Werner Krauss, Else Heims, Heinrich Schroth, Emil Lind