Franz Osten

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Franz Osten
Born(1876-12-23)23 December 1876
Filmmaker, Director

Franz Osten (23 December 1876 in Munich – 2 December 1956) was a

Achhut Kanya and Jeevan Naiya
.

Early life

Osten was born Franz Ostermayr in

First World War. He worked first as a correspondent, then became a soldier. After the war Osten made peasant dramas like The War of the Oxen and Chain of Guilt for EMELKA in Munich
.

Filmography

Franz Osten's

eastern religions
and offered visual splendour and escapism, featuring live elephants in festive decoration and utilising thousands of extras.

Since early 2000s, there has been a revived interest in silent films in general and the trilogy of Osten are in focus. Shiraz was shown at the Castro Theatre at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival in 2002, Prem Sanyas at the same festival in 2005, and A Throw of Dice in 2008.[1] Prapancha Pash was re-released in 2006.[2]

Director (Indian Films)

The Light of Asia

The Light of Asia was a unique collaboration which managed to satisfy the tastes of both German and Indian audiences began in 1924. The 28-year-old Indian solicitor

passion plays of Oberammergau
were a showcase for German culture and now wanted to create the Indian equivalent.

The Germans were to provide equipment,

Gautama Buddha
, who according to an omen will "follow the sad and lowly path of self denial and pious pain" if he ever faces old age, sickness or death. To prevent this, the King keeps him imprisoned behind the high walls of his palace. One day Gautama leaves his golden cage and is confronted with human misery. At night a revelation comes to him in a dream. A mysterious voice bids him to choose between the carefree life with his beloved wife Gopa and a life in pursuit of eternal truth. In the early morning hours Gautama leaves the court of the King. Attacking common religious practices of sacrifice and self-humiliation, he soon builds up a sizeable following. A young woman kneels before him asking to be received amongst his followers. The woman is Gopa.

In India the film was rejected for lack of credibility. The cost of 171,423 Rupees was ten times that of an average Indian film. Even after amendments in the contract with EMELKA, the film lost Rs 50,000. In the United States the film lacked success as "motion picture audiences in America do not care to pay an admission fee to see a prince become a beggar.[3]

Selected filmography

Director (German Films)

References

  1. ^ Movies presented at the SF Silent Film Festival
  2. ^ Website of re-released A Throw of Dice Archived 4 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "The True Fairy Tale of Lord Buddha". Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2011.

External links

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