Robert Leffler

Robert Leffler

Born: January 9, 1866
Died: March 15, 1940
in Aschersleben, Germany
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).

Movies for Robert Leffler...

Rosen blühen auf dem Heidegrab
Title: Rosen blühen auf dem Heidegrab
Character: Pfarrer
Released: December 25, 1929
Type: Movie
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Crucified Girl
Title: Crucified Girl
Released: August 26, 1929
Type: Movie
The young student Mary spends the beginning of her holiday with boat trips, visits to her wealthy groom, and gardening. In fast-paced, rhythmic cuts, Louise and Jakob Fleck draw their audience into a carefree, urban romantic comedy. With a single scene, however, it turns into a melodrama about sexual violence, shame and perpetrator-victim reversal.
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The Old Fritz
Title: The Old Fritz
Character: General Krusemarck
Released: January 20, 1928
Type: Movie
Silent epic on the final years of Frederick II.
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The Golden Abyss
Title: The Golden Abyss
Character: Pater Ambrosius, der Missionar
Released: September 26, 1927
Type: Movie
An eccentric millionaire brings together four men who, under different circumstances, wanted to commit suicide. The proposal made to them is the following: they will travel to an islet that, according to legend, emerged from the sea when Atlantis sank and that houses a fabulous treasure buried by the Incas. But that territory is populated by the worst band of pirates and evildoers the world has ever known.
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Schwester Veronica
Title: Schwester Veronica
Character: Chefarzt
Released: February 12, 1927
Type: Movie
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Bismarck 1862 - 1898
Title: Bismarck 1862 - 1898
Released: January 7, 1927
Type: Movie
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Only a Dancing Girl
Title: Only a Dancing Girl
Released: November 4, 1926
Type: Movie
Heinrich Zentler is a successful man, both on football and in his legal career.
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The Blackguard
Title: The Blackguard
Character: Leidner
Released: September 4, 1925
Type: Movie
A French violinist saves his beloved princess from the Russian revolution..
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Die Buddenbrooks
Title: Die Buddenbrooks
Character: Kapitän Kloot
Released: August 30, 1923
Type: Movie
Four-generation story-saga dealing with the decline of a middle-class Lübeck family. The first adaptation of a Thomas Mann book was also Gerhard Lamprecht’s first major film.
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Friedrich Schiller - Eine Dichterjugend
Title: Friedrich Schiller - Eine Dichterjugend
Character: Pastor Christoph Moser
Released: March 26, 1923
Type: Movie
In his film version, Curt Goetz shifts the focus away from the poetic output towards the young Friedrich Schiller himself: on the misery of his soul whilst a pupil of the ducal military academy, his opposition to the strict physical drill and the narrow intellectual confines of the "Karlsschule", his juvenile passion for the works of Shakespeare, Klopstock and Lessing, his anger at unjust authorities, his devotion to women, and finally his inability to cope with financial matters
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The Circle of Death
Title: The Circle of Death
Released: April 4, 1922
Type: Movie
This anti-communist propaganda film discusses the revolutionary curse of communism in the Soviet-Union shortly before and after the fall of czardom in Russia, told from the point of view of Belarusians in exile. Anti-communist copy in color which has been discovered, restored and printed by the Royal Belgian Filmarchive.
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Die Furcht vor dem Weibe
Title: Die Furcht vor dem Weibe
Released: June 23, 1921
Type: Movie
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Der Dämon von Kolno
Title: Der Dämon von Kolno
Released: May 6, 1921
Type: Movie
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The Haunted Castle
Title: The Haunted Castle
Character: Majordomus
Released: April 7, 1921
Type: Movie
The sinister Count Oetsch scandalizes the aristocratic social gathering at Castle Vogelod as he announces his intention to "crash" the festivities. Baroness Safferstätt is expected shortly, and the guests are well-aware of the rumors that Count Oetsch murdered the baroness' late husband. Oetsch refuses to leave, vowing that he will reveal the identity of the real killer. Before the weekend is through, the Count and Baroness will reveal secrets too shocking to be believed!