Direction: Franz Osten
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Franz Osten. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Titles found: 7
The Light of Asia
1925 · Movie · 97 min. · India
Direction Franz Osten · Himansu Rai
Cast Seeta Devi · Himansu Rai · Sarada Ukil · Ranibala
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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
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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
Direction Franz Osten
Cast Liane Haid · Marcella Albani · Charles Lincoln · Kurt Vespermann
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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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