
Robert Leffler
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).
Filmografi
The Demon of Kolno1921 ·
The Golden Abyss1927 · Pater Ambrosius, der Missionar
Only a Dancing Girl1926 ·
The Haunted Castle1921 · Majordomus
The Blackguard1925 · Leidner
The Old Fritz1928 · General Krusemarck
The Buddenbrooks1923 · Kapitän Kloot
Friedrich Schiller - Eine Dichterjugend1923 · Pastor Christoph Moser
Crucified Girl1929 ·
Hans Albers
Max Ruhbeck
Marlene Dietrich
Otto Gebühr
Hermann Vallentin
Liane Haid
Jakob Tiedtke
Loni Nest
Paul Bildt
Hermann Picha
Arnold Korff
Karin Swanström