Acting
Robert Leffler
Born 1866-01-09 · 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 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).
Acting credits
6.4The sinister Count Oetsch scandalizes the aristocratic social gathering at Castle Vogelod as he announces his intention to "crash" the festivities. Baroness Safferstätt is expected shortly, and the guests are well-aware of the rumors that Count Oetsch murdered the baroness' late husband. Oetsch refuses to leave, vowing that he will reveal the identity of the real killer. Before the weekend is through, the Count and Baroness will reveal secrets too shocking to be believed!
The Haunted Castle
1921
8.0An eccentric millionaire brings together four men who, under different circumstances, wanted to commit suicide. The proposal made to them is the following: they will travel to an islet that, according to legend, emerged from the sea when Atlantis sank and that houses a fabulous treasure buried by the Incas. But that territory is populated by the worst band of pirates and evildoers the world has ever known.
The Golden Abyss
1927
No synopsis available yet.
Die Furcht vor dem Weibe
1921
8.0Heinrich Zentler is a successful man, both on football and in his legal career.
Only a Dancing Girl
1926
5.8Silent epic on the final years of Frederick II.
The Old Fritz
1928
7.5A French violinist saves his beloved princess from the Russian revolution..
The Blackguard
1925
The extended Steyer family lives together in a cottage in the mountains. The younger Steyer's wife Ludmilla wants money, and doesn't care if she must ruin the lives of the Steyer family to get it. Lost film.
The Expulsion
1923
6.0Four-generation story-saga dealing with the decline of a middle-class Lübeck family. The first adaptation of a Thomas Mann book was also Gerhard Lamprecht’s first major film.
The Buddenbrooks
1923
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Der Dämon von Kolno
1921
No synopsis available yet.
Der krasse Fuchs
1926
This silent German drama contained the screen debut of the legendary Marlene Dietrich in a small role. It's survival status is uncertain.
Im Schatten des Glücks
1919
No synopsis available yet.
Schwester Veronica
1927
6.3In his film version, Curt Goetz shifts the focus away from the poetic output towards the young Friedrich Schiller himself: on the misery of his soul whilst a pupil of the ducal military academy, his opposition to the strict physical drill and the narrow intellectual confines of the "Karlsschule", his juvenile passion for the works of Shakespeare, Klopstock and Lessing, his anger at unjust authorities, his devotion to women, and finally his inability to cope with financial matters
Friedrich Schiller - Eine Dichterjugend
1923
7.3The young student Mary spends the beginning of her holiday with boat trips, visits to her wealthy groom, and gardening. In fast-paced, rhythmic cuts, Louise and Jakob Fleck draw their audience into a carefree, urban romantic comedy. With a single scene, however, it turns into a melodrama about sexual violence, shame and perpetrator-victim reversal.
Crucified Girl
1929
This anti-communist propaganda film discusses the revolutionary curse of communism in the Soviet-Union shortly before and after the fall of czardom in Russia, told from the point of view of Belarusians in exile. Anti-communist copy in color which has been discovered, restored and printed by the Royal Belgian Filmarchive.
The Circle of Death
1922
No synopsis available yet.
Bismarck 1862 - 1898
1927
No synopsis available yet.
Rosen blühen auf dem Heidegrab
1929
Behind the camera
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Angelo, das Mysterium des Schlosses Drachenegg
1920
No synopsis available yet.
Der Mut zur Sünde
1918
This silent German drama contained the screen debut of the legendary Marlene Dietrich in a small role. It's survival status is uncertain.
Im Schatten des Glücks
1919