Der lebende Leichnam
Ozep was born into a Jewish merchant family in Moscow; his parents Khonon and Basya Otsep owned an umbrella factory. During the production of "The Living Corpse" in Germany, he decided to remain and worked throughout Europe during the 1930s, enjoying international acclaim for films including "The Murderer Dimitri Karamazov" and "Amok". With the advent of World War II he moved to Hollywood but was unable to establish a career there, directing only one film. His last two films were made in Canada. He died of a heart attack in Los Angeles in 1949.