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Franz Osten (23 December 1876 in Munich – 2 December 1956) was a Bavarian filmmaker who along with Himansu Rai was among the first retainers of Bombay Talkies. Osten partnered with Rai on a number of India's earliest blockbuster films like Achhut Kanya and Jeevan Naiya.
Apr 29, 2017 · The crucial role that the Bavarian film director Franz Osten played in the beginnings of Bombay's film industry subverts the notion of a monolithic German national film history.
Franz Osten was born on 23 December 1876 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. He was a director and actor, known for Der Sonderling (1929), Der gelbe Gaukler (1920) and The Great Cattle War (1920). He died on 2 December 1956 in Bad Aibling, Bavaria, Germany.
- Director, Actor, Writer
- December 23, 1876
- Franz Osten
- December 2, 1956
Franz Osten was a German filmmaker, whose association with Bombay Talkies and Himanshu rai gave many landmark movies to silent era and early talkies of Indian cinema.
Dec 9, 2014 · Franz Osten. By 1935, starting with the murder mystery Jawani ki Hawa, Bombay Talkies regularly began producing Hindi films with Devika Rani as its main star. The self-sufficient studio had a ...
- Karan Bali
Franz Osten (* 23. Dezember 1876 in München; † 2. Dezember 1956 in Bad Aibling; eigentlich Franz Ostermayr) war ein deutscher Filmregisseur. Er war sowohl in Deutschland als auch in Indien tätig.
Franz Osten’s silent films tell Indian stories about the life of Buddha (The Light of Asia, 1925), dramatise the events that led to the construction of the Taj Mahal (Shiraz, 1928), and draw from the great collection of Indian myths and legends, the Mahabarata (Throw of Dice, 1929).
