Acting
Community Rating
5.8
TMDB estimate
Born
January 9, 1866
Died
March 15, 1940 (age 74)
Born in
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).
Rosen blühen auf dem Heidegrab
as Pfarrer
1929

Crucified Girl
1929

The Old Fritz
as General Krusemarck
1928

The Golden Abyss
as Pater Ambrosius, der Missionar
1927
Schwester Veronica
as Chefarzt
1927
Bismarck 1862 - 1898
1927

Only a Dancing Girl
1926
Der krasse Fuchs
as Professor Hollerbaum
1926

The Blackguard
as Leidner
1925
The Expulsion
as Pfarrer
1923

The Buddenbrooks
as Kapitän Kloot
1923

Friedrich Schiller - Eine Dichterjugend
as Pastor Christoph Moser
1923

The Circle of Death
1922
Die Furcht vor dem Weibe
1921

Der Dämon von Kolno
1921

The Haunted Castle
as Majordomus
1921
Angelo, das Mysterium des Schlosses Drachenegg
as Director
1920
Im Schatten des Glücks
as Director
1919
Der Mut zur Sünde
as Director
1918