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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).


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Born:
Jan 9, 1866 In Aschersleben, Germany
Movie/TV Credits:
14
First Appeared:
In the movie The Haunted Castle 1921-04-07
Latest Project:
Movie Rosen blühen auf dem Heidegrab 1929-12-25
Known For
Poster of The Golden Abyss
Poster of Bismarck 1862 - 1898
Poster of Die Furcht vor dem Weibe
Poster of Der Dämon von Kolno
Filmography
Movie Crucified Girl 1929-08-26
Movie Rosen blühen auf dem Heidegrab Pfarrer 1929-12-25
Movie The Old Fritz General Krusemarck 1928-01-20
Movie Bismarck 1862 - 1898 1927-01-07
Movie Schwester Veronica Chefarzt 1927-02-12
Movie The Golden Abyss Pater Ambrosius, der Missionar 1927-09-26
Movie Only a Dancing Girl 1926-11-04
Movie The Blackguard Leidner 1925-09-04
Movie Friedrich Schiller - Eine Dichterjugend Pastor Christoph Moser 1923-03-26
Movie Die Buddenbrooks Kapitän Kloot 1923-08-30
Movie The Circle of Death 1922-04-04
Movie The Haunted Castle Majordomus 1921-04-07
Movie Der Dämon von Kolno 1921-05-06
Movie Die Furcht vor dem Weibe 1921-06-23