Actor
Robert Leffler
Born January 9, 1866 in Aschersleben, Germany
Died March 15, 194017 films
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.
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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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First watchThe Haunted Castle19216.3as MajordomusThe sinister Count Oetsch scandalizes the aristocratic social gathering at Castle Vogelod as he announces his intention to "crash" the festivities.View filmFilmography
17 films as actor- 1929Rosen blühen auf dem HeidegrabPfarrer
- 1929Crucified Girl
- 1928The Old FritzGeneral Krusemarck
- 1927The Golden AbyssPater Ambrosius, der Missionar
- 1927Schwester VeronicaChefarzt
- 1927Bismarck 1862 - 1898
- 1926Only a Dancing Girl
- 1926Der krasse FuchsProfessor Hollerbaum
- 1925The BlackguardLeidner
- 1923The ExpulsionPfarrer
- 1923The BuddenbrooksKapitän Kloot
- 1923Friedrich Schiller - Eine DichterjugendPastor Christoph Moser
- 1922The Circle of Death
- 1921Die Furcht vor dem Weibe
- 1921Der Dämon von Kolno
- 1921The Haunted CastleMajordomus
- 1919Im Schatten des Glücks