Franz Osten

Franz Osten, born Franz Ostermayr in Munich on 23 December 1876, was at first a photographer like his father. In 1907 he founded a travelling cinema with his brother Peter, made his first feature film in 1911, was a war correspondent, then worked for his brother's company, Emelka. He then filmed in India and in 1934 settled at the Bombay Talkies studios. Interned by the British in 1939, he returned to Germany, later ran a spa and died in Bad Aibling on 2 December 1956.

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• CinemaThe Light of Asiaप्रेम संन्यासFranz Osten · 1925Cinema