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Robert Herlth


1893 - 1962

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The production designer Robert Herlth - who worked together with the production designer Walter Röhrig from 1920 to 1936 - completed his education in painting at the Hochschule of fine arts.
But before he was able to start his professional life he was drafted to the army at the beginning of World War I. Only from 1916 he was able to get a job as a coulisse decorator for the theater and from 1920 he broadened his activity to the film business.

There he made his debut as a production designer for "Masken" (20) and in the next years Robert Health took part in some of the most important German silent movies like "Der müde Tod" (21), "Irrende Seelen" (21), "Luise Millerin" (22), "Der Schatz" (23), "Der letzte Mann" (24), "Herr Tartüff" (25), "Faust" (26), "Luther" (28) and "Die wunderbare Lüge der Nina Petrowna" (29).

He was also able to set priorities as a production designer during the sound film era of the 30s and he was responsible for movies like "Hokuspokus" (30), "Das Flötenkonzert von Sans-souci" (30), "Yorck" (31), "Der Mann, der seinen Mörder sucht" (31), "Der Kongress tanzt" (31), "Die Gräfin von Monte-Christo" (32), "Ich und die Kaiserin" (33), "Amphitryon" (35), "Barcarole" (35) and "Unter heissem Himmel" (36).

When Herlth and Röhrig finished their collaboration Robert Herlth left the Ufa and joined Tobis - two years later followed the change to Terra Film - and he was the art director of numerous popular movies again.
To his well-known works from 1937 belong "Der Herrscher" (37), "Der zerbrochene Krug" (37), "Maria Ilona" (39), "Kleider machen Leute" (40), "Andreas Schlüter" (42), "Ein Mann mit Grundsätzen?" (43) and "Der Fall Molander" (45).

Robert Herlth was able to continue his career after the war. First he created again coulisses for the theater before he got challenging engagements in the underused film business again.

Robert Herlth created the scenery for movies like "Zwischen gestern und morgen" (47), "Film ohne Titel" (48), "Kein Engel ist so rein" (50), "Das doppelte Lottchen" (50), "Dr. Holl" (51), "Alraune" (52), "Sauerbruch - Das war mein Leben" (54), "Das fliegende Klassenzimmer" (54), "Der letzte Mann" (55), "Die Trapp-Familie" (56), "Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull" (57), "Das Wirtshaus im Spessart" (58) and "Buddenbrooks" (59) in the next years.

His last works came in the 60s into being, often for TV productions.
To these works belong "Gustav Adolfs Page" (60), "Jack Mortimer" (61) and "In einer fremden Stadt" (63).

Together with Walter Röhrig he also realised his only movie as a director with "Hans im Glück" (36). They both also wrote the script and created the set.


Other movies from Robert Herlth:
Das Geheimnis von Bombay (21) Toteninsel (21) Das Spiel mit dem Feuer (21) Satansketten (21) Pariserinnen (21) Fräulein Julie (22) Die Intrigen der Madame de la Pommeraye (22) Der Graf von Essex (22) Komödie des Herzens (24) Zur Chronik von Grieshuus (25) Die Todesschliefe (28) Rutschbahn (28) 4 Devils (28) Asphalt (29) Manolescu – Der König der Hochstapler (29) Der unsterbliche Lump (30) The Temporary Widow (30) Ein Burschenlied aus Heidelberg (30) Rosenmontag (30) Der kleine Seitensprung (31) Calais-Douvres (31) Im Geheimdienst (31) Der schwarze Husar (32) Mensch ohne Namen (32) Saison in Kairo (33) Morgenrot (33) Walzerkrieg (33) Flüchtlinge (33) Die Czardasfürstin (34) Der ewige Traum (34) Der junge Baron Neuhaus (34) Prinzessin Turandot (34) Das Mädchen Johanna (35) Königswalzer (35) Savoy-Hotel 217 (36) Du und ich (38) Der Maulkorb (38) Der Spieler (38) Morgen werde ich verhaftet (39) Opernball (39) Rosen in Tirol (40) Die schwedische Nachtigall (41) Liebespremiere (43) Wenn die Sonne wieder scheint (43) Melusine (44) Die Fledermaus (46) Verspieltes Leben (49) Einmaleins der Ehe (49) Geliebter Lügner (50) La leggenda di Faust (50) Liebe auf Eis (50) Der Teufel führt Regie (51) Im weissen Rössl (52) Herz der Welt (52) Hinter Klostermauern (52) Die Försterchristl (52) Der grosse Zapfenstreich (52) Der Kaplan von San Lorenzo (53) Musik bei Nacht (53) Die geschiedene Frau (53) Das Dorf unterm Himmel (53) Hochzeitsglocken (54) Der letzte Sommer (54) Geliebte Feindin (55) Solang' es hübsche Mädchen gibt (55) Hanussen (55) Magic Fire (55) Teufel in Seide (56) Regine (56) Heute heiratet mein Mann (56) Heisse Ernte (56) Die Letzten werden die Ersten sein (57) ...und führe uns nicht in Versuchung (57) Taiga (58) Auferstehung (58) Die Trapp-Familie in Amerika (58) Ein gewisser Judas (58) Dorothea Angermann (59) Das schöne Abenteuer (59) Eine Frau fürs ganze Leben (60) Auf Engel schiesst man nicht (60) Millionär für 3 Tage (63)

Costume Designer:
Toteninsel (21) Der Graf von Essex (22) Herr Tartüff (25) Faust (26) Ich und die Kaiserin (33) Das Mädchen Johanna (35) Der zerbrochene Krug (37) Rosen in Tirol (40)

 
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