Robert Leffler
Actor
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).
Filmography
The Haunted Castle
as Majordomus 1921
The Old Fritz
as General Krusemarck 1928
Friedrich Schiller - Eine Dichterjugend
as Pastor Christoph Moser 1923
The Blackguard
as Leidner 1925
The Buddenbrooks
as Kapitän Kloot 1923
The Golden Abyss
as Pater Ambrosius, der Missionar 1927
Crucified Girl
1929
Rosen blühen auf dem Heidegrab
as Pfarrer 1929
The Circle of Death
1922
Only a Dancing Girl
1926
Im Schatten des Glücks
1919
Schwester Veronica
as Chefarzt 1927
Bismarck 1862 - 1898
1927
Die Furcht vor dem Weibe
1921
Der Dämon von Kolno
1921
The Expulsion
as Pfarrer 1923