Robert Leffler
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).
The Haunted Castle
as MajordomusThe sinister Count Oetsch scandalizes the aristocratic social gathering at Castle Vogelod as he...
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as LeidnerA French violinist saves his beloved princess from the Russian revolution..
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as Kapitän KlootFour-generation story-saga dealing with the decline of a middle-class Lübeck family. The first...
Movie pageThe Old Fritz
as General KrusemarckSilent epic on the final years of Frederick II.
Movie pageCrucified Girl
as uncreditedThe young student Mary spends the beginning of her holiday with boat trips, visits to her...
Movie pageThe Golden Abyss
as Pater Ambrosius, der MissionarAn eccentric millionaire brings together four men who, under different circumstances, wanted to...
Movie pageFriedrich Schiller - Eine Dichterjugend
as Pastor Christoph MoserIn his film version, Curt Goetz shifts the focus away from the poetic output towards the young...
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as uncreditedHeinrich Zentler is a successful man, both on football and in his legal career.
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