Robert Leffler

Known for ActingBorn 1866-01-09Died 1940-03-15Aschersleben, 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).Read more

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Bismarck 1862 - 1898

Der krasse Fuchs

The Expulsion

Angelo, das Mysterium des Schlosses Drachenegg

Schwester Veronica

Die Furcht vor dem Weibe

Der Dämon von Kolno

Rosen blühen auf dem Heidegrab

Crucified Girl

The Golden Abyss

Only a Dancing Girl

The Blackguard

The Circle of Death

Im Schatten des Glücks

Der Mut zur Sünde

The Haunted Castle

Friedrich Schiller - Eine Dichterjugend

The Buddenbrooks

The Old Fritz