Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 09, 1866
Died
Mar 15, 1940
Place of Birth
Aschersleben, Germany
Credits
19 titles
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).
Known For
Filmography
Rosen blühen auf dem Heidegrab
Pfarrer
Crucified Girl
The Old Fritz
General Krusemarck
The Golden Abyss
Pater Ambrosius, der Missionar
Schwester Veronica
Chefarzt
Bismarck 1862 - 1898
Only a Dancing Girl
Der krasse Fuchs
Professor Hollerbaum
The Blackguard
Leidner
The Expulsion
Pfarrer
The Buddenbrooks
Kapitän Kloot
Friedrich Schiller - Eine Dichterjugend
Pastor Christoph Moser
The Circle of Death
Die Furcht vor dem Weibe
Der Dämon von Kolno
The Haunted Castle
Majordomus
Angelo, das Mysterium des Schlosses Drachenegg
Director
Im Schatten des Glücks
Der Mut zur Sünde
Director