Robert Leffler
Acting·January 9, 1866·† March 15, 1940 — 74 years old·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.
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1929Rosen blühen auf dem HeidegrabPfarrer1929Crucified Girl1928The Old FritzGeneral Krusemarck1927The Golden AbyssPater Ambrosius, der Missionar1927Schwester VeronicaChefarzt1927Bismarck 1862 - 18981926Only a Dancing Girl1926Der krasse FuchsProfessor Hollerbaum1925The BlackguardLeidner1923The ExpulsionPfarrer1923The BuddenbrooksKapitän Kloot1923Friedrich Schiller - Eine DichterjugendPastor Christoph Moser1922The Circle of Death1921Die Furcht vor dem Weibe1921Der Dämon von Kolno1921The Haunted CastleMajordomus1920Angelo, das Mysterium des Schlosses DracheneggDirector1919Im Schatten des GlücksDirector1918Der Mut zur SündeDirector