Robert Leffler

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 18641929 was also an actor His brothers wife his sisterinlaw was the opera singer Martha LefflerBurkhard 18651954