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Robert Leffler
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 a…
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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).
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1929
Rosen blühen auf dem Heidegrab
Movie Pfarrer
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1929
Crucified Girl
Movie
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1928
The Old Fritz
Movie General Krusemarck
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1927
The Golden Abyss
Movie Pater Ambrosius, der Missionar
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1927
Schwester Veronica
Movie Chefarzt
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1927
Bismarck 1862 - 1898
Movie
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1926
Only a Dancing Girl
Movie
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1926
Der krasse Fuchs
Movie Professor Hollerbaum
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1925
The Blackguard
Movie Leidner
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1923
The Expulsion
Movie Pfarrer
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1923
The Buddenbrooks
Movie Kapitän Kloot
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1923
Friedrich Schiller - Eine Dichterjugend
Movie Pastor Christoph Moser
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1922
The Circle of Death
Movie
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1921
Die Furcht vor dem Weibe
Movie
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1921
Der Dämon von Kolno
Movie
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1921
The Haunted Castle
Movie Majordomus
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1920
Angelo, das Mysterium des Schlosses Drachenegg
Movie Director
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1919
Im Schatten des Glücks
Movie
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1918
Der Mut zur Sünde
Movie Director
