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...

employing experienced European technicians, the most prominent of whom was Franz Osten. Bombay Talkies set a high technical standard for film making in India...

and early talkie days. He was a close associate of Himanshu Rai and Franz Osten, with whom he was a founding member of Bombay Talkies. Born on 17 August...

production house and were the two final films directed by German director Franz Osten. After a long break of 14 years, during which he appeared only in one...

the movie Prem Sanyas, "The Light of Asia", under the German director Franz Osten. Sarada was the father of Shantanu Ukil, one of the early pioneers of...

Dice (Prapancha Pash) is a 1929 silent film by German-born director Franz Osten, based on an episode from the Indian epic Mahabharata. The movie is about...

was one of several successful Bombay Talkies collaborations between Franz Osten, Niranjan Pal, Himanshu Rai, and their leading lady, Devika Rani. Music...

(1936) in Marathi. In 1937, Savitri was produced in Hindi directed by Franz Osten. Sathyavaan Savithiri (1933), Savithri (1941) by Y. V. Rao were also...

Jeevan Naiya is a 1936 Hindi film directed by Franz Osten, and produced by Himanshu Rai for his studio Bombay Talkies. It is famous for being the screen...

virtuous) is a 1938 Indian Hindi-language social drama film directed by Franz Osten and produced by Bombay Talkies. Devika Rani as Nirmala Ashok Kumar as...

by Franz Osten for Bombay Talkies, with story by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. Based on the short story "Bisher Dhoan". Vachan (1938) directed by Franz Osten...

films in English almost disappeared. In the 1920s, films directed by Franz Osten and Himansu Rai, including The Light of Asia and A Throw of Dice, could...

of Bombay Talkies. Her first film for them was Navjeevan, directed by Franz Osten and released in 1939. Filmindia April 1939 issue, commented on the absence...

and Sephora. In 2006, Sawhney composed a new symphony to accompany Franz Osten's 1929 silent film, A Throw of Dice, which premiered with the London Symphony...

Look up Osten in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The German-language surname Osten may refer to: Franz Osten, German filmmaker Maria Osten, German and...

Romance of India, a 1928 silent film about the Taj Mahal directed by Franz Osten, starting Himanshu Rai and Enakshi Rama Rao Shiraz (grape), a synonym...

to the making of a film, The Light of Asia, which he co-directed with Franz Osten. Rai was also one of the main actors in this film. While making his third...

Prem Kahani (English: "Love Story") is a 1937 Hindi film, by Franz Osten and starring Ashok Kumar, N.M. Joshi, Mayadevi, Vimala Devi, Madhurika Devi and...

(Hindi title: Prem Sanyas). This movie was made by the German filmmaker Franz Osten (1875–1956). Himansu Rai (1892–1940) played the Buddha. Its title suggests...

his first movie in the early 1930s. It was directed by German director Franz Osten, who worked in Bombay Talkies at the time. The movie, named Vachan (1938)...

with Indian cinema started in 1925, when he worked with another German, Franz Osten, in the Indo-European collaboration, The Light of Asia. Thereafter he...

it was published in 1907. A film adaptation of the poem directed by Franz Osten and Himansu Rai titled Prem Sanyas (The Light of Asia in English, Die...

The von der Osten family [ ˈoːstən ] is an ancient and distinguished aristocratic family from Pomerania that has been established in Pomerania since 1248...

role. Prem Sanyas (The Light of Asia), a 1925 silent film, directed by Franz Osten and Himansu Rai based on Arnold's epic poem with Rai also portraying...

these films were made through the collaboration of German film director Franz Osten and Indian actor-producer Himanshu Rai along with Bavarian company Emelka...

Asia) (Die Leuchte Asiens in German) is a 1925 silent film, directed by Franz Osten and Himansu Rai. It was adapted from the book, The Light of Asia (1879)...

and Pakistan Izzat (1937 film), an Indian Hindi-language drama film by Franz Osten, starting Ashok Kumar and Devika Rani Izzat (1960 film), a Pakistani...

Maximilian von Maillinger (1820–1901), General of Infantry of Bavarian Army Franz Osten (1876–1956), German film director, who lived after the Second World War...

Munich, where he collaborated frequently with the local directors Franz Osten and Franz Seitz. He was the cinematographer for many Ludwig Ganghofer adaptions...

(GB) Prem Sanyas (Die Leuchte Asiens | The Light of Asia), directed by Franz Osten and Himanshu Rai – (Germany/India) Pretty Ladies, directed by Monta Bell...