Ossi Oswalda
Also Known As: Oswalda Stäglich
Biography: Ossi Oswalda (born Oswalda Amalie Anna Stäglich, 2 February 1897 – 7 March 1947) was a German actress, who mostly appeared in silent films. She was given the nickname 'The German Mary Pickford' due to her popularity at the time. Oswalda trained as a ballerina and became a dancer for a theater in Berlin. She made her film debut in Richard Oswald's Nächte des Grauens (Night of Horrors) before being discovered by the actor and screenwriter Hanns Kräly, who in turn recommended her to director Ernst Lubitsch. During her early career, she starred in several films by Lubitsch, including The Merry Jail, I Don't Want to Be a Man, The Oyster Princess and The Doll. Her popularity at the time earned her the nickname 'The German Mary Pickford'. In 1921, Oswalda started her own film production company with her husband at the time, the Hungarian Baron Gustav Wilhelm Viktor Freiherr von Koczian-Miskolczy (1877–1958). However, during the next four years they only produced four films, all starring Oswalda. From 1925 on, she was contracted to Ufa. The couple divorced in 1925, and Oswalda began a high profile affair with Wilhelm, German Crown Prince. Oswalda's career waned along with the silent film era, and she only acted in two sound films, making her final appearance on screen in the 1933 film The Star of Valencia. She escaped Nazi Germany and emigrated to Prague with her partner Julius Aubenberg in the 1930s. Later on, she became a stage actor, and in 1943, wrote the screenplay for the Czechoslovakian film Čtrnáctý u stolu. By spring 1947, Oswalda went bankrupt and was suffering from multiple health problems. Oswalda died penniless in Prague at the age of 50. She is buried at Olsany Cemetery.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Berlin, Germany
Adult: No
Birthday: January 31, 1897
Age: 128 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: March 07, 1947
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Amor am Steuer
Overview: A millionaire daughter is to be married to a man unknown to her. To get to know him, she slips into men's clothes, sticks on a mustache and is hired as a chauffeur.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-10-07
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Die Fahrt ins Abenteuer
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1926-04-16
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I Don't Want to Be a Man
Overview: A teenage tomboy, tired of being bossed around by her strict guardian, impersonates a man so she can have more fun. She quickly discovers that being the opposite sex isn’t as easy as she had hoped for. What ensues is a gender-bending comedy decades ahead of its time.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1918-10-01
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The Doll
Overview: The misadventures of an effete young man who must get married in order to inherit a fortune. He opts to purchase a remarkably lifelike doll and marry it instead, not realizing that the doll is actually the puppet-maker’s flesh-and-blood daughter in disguise.
Genres: Comedy Romance Fantasy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1919-12-05
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The Oyster Princess
Overview: A pampered American oyster tycoon decides to buy a husband for his daughter, but things don’t go quite as planned. Along the way there are mishaps, misunderstandings and a foxtrot sequence that must be seen to be believed.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1919-06-26
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Kakadu und Kiebitz
Overview: German silent film directed by Erich Schönfelder.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1920-06-26
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Die vierte von rechts
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1929-02-04
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Ossis Tagebuch
Overview: Directed by Ernst Lubitsch.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1917-10-05
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Pinkus's Shoe Palace
Overview: Sally Pinkus is an German-Jewish boy who takes a job as a shoe store clerk after being expelled from school for goofing around. Soon fired for trying to court the owner's daughter, Pinkus lands another job in a more 'upmarket' shoe salon, only to be fired again, before charming a rich benefactress to fund his ultimate dream: Pinkus' Shoe Palace.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1916-06-09
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Die Kleine vom Varieté
Overview: Peter Verdy falls in love with Lola (Ossi Oswalda) who is mistaken for a boy when she appears in stage regalia before a rich uncle who has other marriage plans for his nephew. The tangle ensuing is finally sorted out with excellent results all round.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1926-10-25
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When Four Do the Same
Overview: Directed by Ernst Lubitsch. Lubitsch plays a book shop employee who falls in love with Jannings' daughter.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1917-11-16
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Der Stern von Valencia
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1933-07-04
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Der Hilferuf
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1916-07-01
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Die Puppe
Overview: A child is moved around like a doll
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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A Night of Horror
Overview: An extremely jealous artist slips into a monkey costume and kills all those men who come too close to his wife, another artist.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1917-02-09
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Express Train of Love
Overview: Silent romantic comedy set on a train.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1925-05-06
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Amsterdam Artists from the Film 'Housing Shortage' on a Trip to Volendam
Overview: In the summer of 1920, the staff of the Rembrandt Theatre in Amsterdam went on strike, which was especially unfortunate for the management of the theatre, since they had invited the German film stars Ossi Oswalda, Marga Köhler, and Victor Janson to the Dutch premiere of their film Wohnungsnot (Ernst Lubitsch, 1920). For this special occasion, there were even two extra segments shot with Ossi Oswalda playing the lead role. In one of those films, we see how Oswalda, dressed in traditional Volendam costume, cheerfully makes contact with the local inhabitants. But not every Volendammer seems charmed by the advances of the German diva. Because of the strike, the film could only be screened one time in the presence of the three stars.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1920-01-01
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The Tenor, Inc.
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1916-12-22
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Prinz Sami
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1918-01-01
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The Ballet Girl
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1918-06-06
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The Swabian Maiden
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1919-02-21
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My Wife, the Movie Star
Overview: While making a movie in the Alps, the female star falls in love with a nobleman.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1919-01-24
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The Toboggan Cavalier
Overview: A young woman is forced by her father to marry a man she doesn't love and flees before the marriage takes place. In a small village she falls in love with a young man, but her father disapproves of the match.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1918-03-01
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Meyer from Berlin
Overview: Sally Meyer, a young Berliner, persuades his Doctor to convince his wife that he is ill, so that he is able to take a holiday in the Austrian Alps in order to pursue women. Meyer dresses up in what he considers Tyrolean attire. However, he mistakenly travels to the Bavarian Alps rather than Austria. Meyer becomes infatuated with Kitty, a young, attractive woman at the hotel where he is staying. His pursuit of her angers many of her other suitors who are also staying at the hotel. In order to impress Kitty, Meyer agrees rather reluctantly to climb Mount Watzmann. While they are approaching the summit, both Meyer's wife and Kitty's fiancee unexepectedly arrive from Berlin.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1919-01-17
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The Housing Shortage
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1920-02-06
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Der Dieb im Schlafcoupée
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1929-07-11
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Frühere Verhältnisse
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1927-06-15
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Herrn Filip Collins Abenteuer
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1926-02-19
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A Crazy Night
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1927-01-21
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Schatz, mach' Kasse
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1926-11-25
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Das Mädel mit der Maske
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1922-02-24
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Gräfin Plättmamsell
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1926-11-25
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Niniche
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1925-02-13
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Sir or Madame
Overview: A girl posing as a knight's male valet is vamped by his fiancée
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1928-11-13
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The chaste Joseph
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1930-09-19
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Hundemamachen
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1920-02-13
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Colibri
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1924-03-01
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Eddy Polo mit Pferd und Lasso
Overview: Eddie Polo appears in this short showing his dexterity with a horse and lasso.
Genres: Western
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1928-03-16
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The Merry Jail
Overview: A neglected wife disguises herself in order to lure her wastrel husband into a compromising position.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1917-11-30
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The Girl with a Patron
Overview: The Girl with a Patron (German: Das Mädchen mit der Protektion) is a 1925 German silent comedy film directed by Max Mack and starring Ossi Oswalda, Willy Fritsch, and Nora Gregor. It was one of a number of popular comedies released by UFA during the era alongside its more prestigious art films.
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1925-12-21
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