Robert Leffler
Date of birth: 1866-01-09
Place of birth: Aschersleben, Germany
Known for: Acting
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Biography
Robert Leffler (9 January 1866 – 15 March 1940) was a German actor, film director and opera singer (bass). Leffler was trained as a singer in Berlin. He began his career in 1889 as a singer and actor at the Basel City Theater, where he stayed until 1891. Leffler initially appeared primarily as a bass singer at various opera houses such as Nuremberg, Meiningen, Lübeck, Riga, Moscow and Düsseldorf, where he was senior director and opera director at the city theater for 17 years. From 1919 to 1936 he appeared in 54 films, including the first silent film adaptation of the Buddenbrooks and alongside Hans Albers in several silent films. He also directed 15 films himself. His older brother Hermann (1864–1929) was also an actor. His brother's wife, his sister-in-law, was the opera singer Martha Leffler-Burkhard (1865–1954).
Movie Credits
The Haunted Castle
1921-04-07
The sinister Count Oetsch scandalizes the aristocratic social gathering at Castle Vogelod as he anno
Rosen blühen auf dem Heidegrab
1929-12-25
The Circle of Death
1922-04-04
This anti-communist propaganda film discusses the revolutionary curse of communism in the Soviet-Uni
The Blackguard
1925-09-04
A French violinist saves his beloved princess from the Russian revolution..
Only a Dancing Girl
1926-11-04
Heinrich Zentler is a successful man, both on football and in his legal career.
The Old Fritz
1928-01-20
Silent epic on the final years of Frederick II.
Im Schatten des Glücks
1919-01-01
This silent German drama contained the screen debut of the legendary Marlene Dietrich in a small rol
The Buddenbrooks
1923-08-30
Four-generation story-saga dealing with the decline of a middle-class Lübeck family. The first adapt
Schwester Veronica
1927-02-12
Friedrich Schiller - Eine Dichterjugend
1923-03-26
In his film version, Curt Goetz shifts the focus away from the poetic output towards the young Fried
The Golden Abyss
1927-09-26
An eccentric millionaire brings together four men who, under different circumstances, wanted to comm
Crucified Girl
1929-08-26
The young student Mary spends the beginning of her holiday with boat trips, visits to her wealthy gr
Bismarck 1862 - 1898
1927-01-07
Die Furcht vor dem Weibe
1921-06-23
Der Dämon von Kolno
1921-05-06
The Expulsion
1923-10-23
The extended Steyer family lives together in a cottage in the mountains. The younger Steyer's wife L
Der krasse Fuchs
1926-03-04