Direction: Franz Osten

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Franz Osten. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


The Light of Asia

1925 · Movie · 97 min. · India

7.0

68 votes

7.0

68 votes

Throw of the Dice

1929 · Movie · 74 min. · India

Direction Franz Osten

Cast Seeta Devi · Himansu Rai · Charu Roy · Modhu Bose

Synopsis A Throw of Dice (Prapancha Pash) is a 1929 silent film by German-born director, Franz Osten, based on an episode from the Indian epic The Mahabharata. Franz Osten made 19 films in India between 1926 and 1939, and the film...

6.0

47 votes

6.0

47 votes

Achhut Kanya

1936 · Movie · 142 min. · India

Direction Franz Osten

Cast Devika Rani · Ashok Kumar · Monorama · Pramila

Synopsis An "untouchable" girl and a Brahmin boy fall in love, but the strict caste system and the gossip of the villagers threaten to keep them apart.

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The Lady in Black

1928 · Movie · 65 min. · Germany

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Shiraz

1928 · Movie · 97 min. · India

Direction Franz Osten

Cast Himansu Rai · Charu Roy · Seeta Devi · Enakashi Rama Rao

Synopsis A historical romance set in the Mughal Empire. Selima (Enakshi) is a princess-foundling raised by a potter and loved by her brother, Shiraz (Rai). She is abducted and sold as a slave to Prince Khurram, later Emperor Shah Jehan (Roy),...

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Der Ochsenkrieg

1920 · Movie · 69 min. · Germany

Direction Franz Osten

Cast Thea Steinbrecher · Fritz Greiner · Carl Dalmonico · Lia Eibenschütz

Synopsis In Berchtesgaden 15th Century: Between Lambert, son a bailiff, and the farmer’s daughter, Jula, a developed Love relationship. But their fathers come about through a misunderstanding the grazing rights in a bitter dispute. As the chalet of Julas Father burns...

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The Villa in the Tiergarten

1927 · Movie · 73 min. · Germany

Direction Franz Osten

Cast Joe Stöckel · Aud Egede Nissen · Elsa Krueger · Charles Willy Kayser

Synopsis Willy owns huge villa in the Tiergarten (Berlin's Central Park). Due to housing shortage he is forced to take in lodgers. He invites his other bachelor buddies, all idle playboys like himself. Then a pretty and determined lady applies for...

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