Acting

Ossi Oswalda

Born January 31, 1897 · Berlin, Germany

Died March 7, 1947 · aged 50

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 bein…

Known For

The Merry Jail

The Merry Jail · 1917

A neglected wife disguises herself in order to lure her wastrel husband into a compromising position.

The Oyster Princess

The Oyster Princess · 1919

The Oyster Princess

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.

The Doll

The Doll · 1919

MovieComedyFantasy

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 dollmaker’s flesh-and-blood daughter in disguise.

The Girl on a Swing

The Girl on a Swing · 1927

The Girl on a Swing

The Girl on a Swing is a 1926 German silent film directed by Felix Basch and starring Ossi Oswalda, Harry Liedtke, and Lotte Lorring.

I Don't Want to Be a Man

I Don't Want to Be a Man · 1918

I Don't Want to Be a Man

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.

Pinkus's Shoe Palace

Pinkus's Shoe Palace · 1916

Pinkus's Shoe Palace

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.

Ossis Tagebuch

Ossis Tagebuch · 1917

Directed by Ernst Lubitsch.

The chaste Joseph

The chaste Joseph · 1930

The chaste Joseph

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The Merry Jail

The Merry Jail · 1917

A neglected wife disguises herself in order to lure her wastrel husband into a compromising position.

The Oyster Princess

The Oyster Princess · 1919

The Oyster Princess

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.

Ossi, his daughter

The Doll

The Doll · 1919

MovieComedyFantasy

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 dollmaker’s flesh-and-blood daughter in disguise.

Ossi, the Dollmaker’s Daughter / The Doll

The Girl on a Swing

The Girl on a Swing · 1927

The Girl on a Swing

The Girl on a Swing is a 1926 German silent film directed by Felix Basch and starring Ossi Oswalda, Harry Liedtke, and Lotte Lorring.

I Don't Want to Be a Man

I Don't Want to Be a Man · 1918

I Don't Want to Be a Man

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.

Ossi

Pinkus's Shoe Palace

Pinkus's Shoe Palace · 1916

Pinkus's Shoe Palace

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.

Apprentice

Ossis Tagebuch

Ossis Tagebuch · 1917

Directed by Ernst Lubitsch.

Ossi

The chaste Joseph

The chaste Joseph · 1930

The chaste Joseph

Herrn Filip Collins Abenteuer

Herrn Filip Collins Abenteuer · 1926

Herrn Filip Collins Abenteuer

Daisy Cuffler

A Crazy Night

A Crazy Night · 1927

Margot Olschinsky

Sir or Madame

Sir or Madame · 1928

A girl posing as a knight's male valet is vamped by his fiancée

Der Stern von Valencia

Der Stern von Valencia · 1933

Der Stern von Valencia

White slave traders kidnap a cabaret singer aboard a ship headed for South America,but they have not counted on her husband aboard a nearby coast guard cutter.

Rita

Gräfin Plättmamsell

Gräfin Plättmamsell · 1926

Gräfin Plättmamsell

The fun-loving laundress Mieze spends a romantic evening with the womanizer and fashion designer Max, who, however, wants nothing to do with her the next day. This only changes when Mieze appears to be the daughter of a count and "Countess Radebeul" moves into the elegant Hotel Bristol. After all sorts of complications and embarrassments, the countess turns out to be a misunderstanding, and Mieze and Max find each other after all.

The Toboggan Cavalier

The Toboggan Cavalier · 1918

The Toboggan Cavalier

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.

Ossi Hannemann

Meyer from Berlin

Meyer from Berlin · 1919

Meyer from Berlin

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.

Das Mädel mit der Maske

Das Mädel mit der Maske · 1922

Das Mädel mit der Maske

Hothilde van Erlenkamp

Frühere Verhältnisse

Frühere Verhältnisse · 1927

Frühere Verhältnisse

Pepi

My Wife, the Movie Star

My Wife, the Movie Star · 1919

My Wife, the Movie Star

While making a movie in the Alps, the female star falls in love with a nobleman.

Ossi, der Filmstar der Fabrik

Prinz Sami

Prinz Sami · 1918

Prince Sami comes from Nigeria and is an uncivilized "nature boy." He is sent to the highly civilized court of Duchess Maria of Arragon, where he initially causes chaos. In the end, however, he becomes the duchess's husband.

Herzogin Maria

Die Fahrt ins Abenteuer

Die Fahrt ins Abenteuer · 1926

Die Fahrt ins Abenteuer

Die Kleine vom Varieté

Die Kleine vom Varieté · 1926

Die Kleine vom Varieté

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.

Rositta, die Kleine vom Varieté

Die Puppe

Die Puppe · 1990

A child is moved around like a doll

Der Hilferuf

Der Hilferuf · 1916

Čtrnáctý u stolu

Čtrnáctý u stolu · 1943

Čtrnáctý u stolu

MovieComedyCrime

Thirteen people have gathered at Mayor Bartoš's. The company is uneasy about this number and therefore warmly welcomes the fourteenth guest, who is the new librarian Pavel Čtrnáctý...

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