Writing

Robert Liebmann

Born — Died

1880-06-05 — 1945-07-01

Place of birth

Berlin, Germany

Known for

Writing

Credits

40 titles

German screenwriter. Killed in Auschwitz in July of 1945.

Known for

Behind the camera

The Blue Angel poster
7.3

Prim professor Immanuel Rath finds some of his students ogling racy photos of cabaret performer Lola Lola and visits a local club, The Blue Angel, in an attempt to catch them there. Seeing Lola perform, the teacher is filled with lust, eventually resigning his position at the school to marry the young woman. However, his marriage to a coquette -- whose job is to entice men -- proves to be more difficult than Rath imagined.

The Blue Angel

1930

Congress Dances poster
7.2

An Austrian prince hatches a plan to keep his rival, the Russian czar, busy by keeping him surrounded by beautiful women and away from the negotiating table. The Czar, however, has his own plan—he hires a man who is his exact double to impersonate him and confuse the Austrians by appearing to be everywhere at once. In addition, both the Czar and his double fall for the same woman.

Congress Dances

1931

Burglars poster
6.4

The young wife of a rich old husband is prevented of a fling by a gentleman-burglar, who falls in love to her.

Burglars

1930

Flight Around the World poster
6.2

A spectacular action-adventure travelogue with stages in Genoa, Suez, Colombo, Singapore, Canton, Yokohama, Honolulu, San Francisco, New York and Brest.

Flight Around the World

1925

Die Fledermaus poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Fledermaus

1923

The Blue Angel poster
5.3

Remake of Josef von Sternberg's 1930 classic.

The Blue Angel

1959

Crossroads poster
5.8

A wealthy industrialist, Roger de Vetheuil, married, feels assured of aging in peace. Then appears a blackmailer who accuses him of being a usurper, actually called Jean Pelletier, a mobster well known to police. Vetheuil, judging himself slandered, refuses to listen to his tormentor and goes to the police. The man speaks. The scandal is public soon ...

Crossroads

1938

Looping the Loop poster
8.5

Botto the Clown is in love with the much younger Blanche but she is in love with the handsome daredevil acrobate Andre.

Looping the Loop

1928

Princess, At Your Orders! poster
10.0

Simultaneously made French version of "Ihre Hoheit Befiehlt": An officer, posing as a deli clerk, and a princess, posing as a manicurist, meet at a ball. The court especially the prime minister oppose a marriage, for political reasons.

Princess, At Your Orders!

1931

The Little Napoleon poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Little Napoleon

1923

Liliom poster
6.5

Two women love the same man in a world of few prospects. In Budapest, Liliom is a "public figure," a rascal who's a carousel barker, loved by the experienced merry-go-round owner and by a young, innocent maid. The maid, Julie, loses her job after going out with Liliom; he's fired by his jealous employer for going out with Julie. The two lovers move in with Julie's aunt; unemployment emasculates him and a local weasel tempts him with crime. Julie, now wan, is true to Liliom even in his bad temper. Meanwhile, a stolid widower, a carpenter, wants to marry Julie. Is there any future on this earth for Julie and Liliom, whose love is passionate rather than ideal?

Liliom

1934

Caravane poster
10.0

Princess Wilma is forced to wed by midnight or lose her inheritance. She impulsively chooses gypsy vagabond Latzi, offering him a huge sum of money if he'll consent. Swallowing his pride, Latzi agrees to the marriage, but soon the coy Countess falls in love with young Lieutenant de Tokay, who is himself in love with Latzi's gypsy sweetheart Tinka. This is the alternate-language version of Caravan

Caravane

1934

Man soll es nicht für möglich halten ... poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Man soll es nicht für möglich halten ...

1922

The Master of Nuremberg poster
9.0

The clerk of Nuremberg wants to use his position to marry the young Evchen, but she does not love him and to avoid this marriage she asks the village shoemaker to ask for her hand in marriage. But everything becomes complicated when a nobleman of noble birth appears who has fled from his family castle.

The Master of Nuremberg

1927

The Only Girl poster
6.2

A dashing marquis bends from his horse when he discovers a lost garter in the woods and falls. During his delirium he is serenaded by a little hairdresser. She is the person who lost the garter to begin with and has only come to get it back having borrowed it from her employer--the empress of France. The marquis mistakenly thinks he was nursed by the empress, herself, and decides to woo her.

The Only Girl

1933

Darling of the Gods poster
6.2

Also known as Darling of the Gods, this was Emil Jannings' second talkie appearance. Jannings stars as famed operatic singer Albert Winkelmann, who is greeted with cheers, applause and romantic propositions whenever he performs in his native Vienna. But when he embarks on a tour of South America, tragedy strikes. The sweltering climate causes Winkelmann to lose his voice on stage, a disaster met with hoots and cat-calls. Dispirited he returns to Europe, where he soon learns that no one is aware of what happened in South America. Intending to retire so as not to be exposed to further humiliation, Winkelmann is goaded back on stage -- where, miraculously, his gorgeous voice returns.

Darling of the Gods

1930

The Convict from Stamboul poster
6.5

Zezi, on being released from prison for smuggling, is ordered to leave the country. His incarceration has not lessened his craving for female society, but he finds his mistress false. A young girl, trying to sell vacuum-cleaners, calls at his home. Half-starved, she collapses. The blackleg’s heart is touched, and he befriends her. Gratitude on her side develops to love. Though she takes the place of the false one, she urges the man to marry her. This he does, though he has a wife, from whom he is separated.

The Convict from Stamboul

1929

Der Hund von Baskerville - 5 Teil: Dr. Macdonalds Sanatorium poster
8.0

German horror mystery movie from 1920.

Der Hund von Baskerville - 5 Teil: Dr. Macdonalds Sanatorium

1920

Die Frau ohne Seele poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Frau ohne Seele

1920

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Claire

1924

The Count of Cagliostro poster
8.0

About a lurid tale of magic and secret societies during the reign of Luis XVI, focused on the figure of the Italian occultist Giuseppe Balsamo, known under his alias of Count Alessandro di Cagliostro.

The Count of Cagliostro

1920

Waltz War poster
8.2

The quarrel between the waltz king Joseph Lanner and his still unknown violinist Johann Strauss. It comes to a break. Strauss is engaged in London and has his first successes there. Thanks to the initially unfortunate intervention of Lanner's daughter, a reconciliation is finally achieved.

Waltz War

1933

Wenn du einmal dein Herz verschenkst poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Wenn du einmal dein Herz verschenkst

1929

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Künstlerlaunen

1920

The Story of a Maid poster
10.0

A young naive country girl moves to Berlin to become a maid for the dubious family of Baron von Birthal.

The Story of a Maid

1921

I by Day, You by Night poster
6.7

A nightclub waiter and a manicurist share the same room, she sleeps there by night and he by day. They've never meet , but they can't stand each other. Then they meet by chance, not knowing who's who and fall in love.

I by Day, You by Night

1932

No artwork available
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Pflicht zu leben

1919

About an investigation poster
9.0

During an inquest after a woman is killed, the judge suspects his own son. The woman's lover had been friendly with the son and he was also supposed to be married to the judge's daughter.

About an investigation

1931

Das Geld auf der Strasse poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Das Geld auf der Strasse

1922

The Winner poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Winner

1932

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der Raub der Sabinerinnen

1928

Prostitution II poster
7.0

About a deceptive bourgeois couple that blends their acquaintances into their dubious business.

Prostitution II

1919

Das Mädel mit der Maske poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Das Mädel mit der Maske

1922

Die Boxerbraut poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Boxerbraut

1926

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Seine Exzellenz von Madagaskar. 1. Das Mädchen aus der Fremde

1922

Die Dame mit dem Tigerfell poster
9.0

As is the case every year, things get lively at the famous Nice Carnival: People travel from all over the world to join in the revelry. Wearing masks and makeup, people dance in the streets—but not all the revelers are really here for the carnival: Some use the masks merely as a disguise.

Die Dame mit dem Tigerfell

1927

Manolescu, the Prince of Swindlers poster
9.0

George Manolescu (Ivan Mosjoukine) plays a confidence man who works his way from Paris to New York. Along the way, during a train ride to Monte Carlo, he meets the voluptuous Cleo (Brigitte Helm). They have a whirlwind romance that ends suddenly after she flees from him.

Manolescu, the Prince of Swindlers

1929

Die Jagd nach dem Tode - 4. Teil: Die Goldmine von Sar-Khin poster
10.0

Malatti's father has unexpectedly survived the fall from the train and now vows to take cruel revenge on McAllan. In Lhasa, the old capital of Tibet, seat of the Dalai Lama and at the same time a "forbidden city" for all foreigners, there is another dramatic encounter between the engineer and Badhama. In a dark dungeon, he thinks he recognizes McAllan and tries to stab the man he holds responsible for all the misfortune. He does not realize who he is stabbing, killing his own daughter in the process. The Dalai Lama's servants arrest Badhama and throw him in the dungeon. Malatti's father is sentenced to death, while McAllan sees the light of day again and is released.

Die Jagd nach dem Tode - 4. Teil: Die Goldmine von Sar-Khin

1921

Lights of Paris poster
5.5

A celebrated singer in Paris meets a young woman and courts her by pretending to be a driving instructor.

Lights of Paris

1938

The Immortal Vagabond poster
7.0

Prevented from wedding a postman's daughter (her father prefers she marry a farmer) a Tyrol schoolteacher succeeds instead in having an opera of his acceptance in Vienna. But this isn't the happiness he wanted, he becomes a hobo.

The Immortal Vagabond

1930