''Robert and Bertram'' (german: Robert und Bertram) is a 1928

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silent

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Rudolf Walther-Fein Rudolf Walther-Fein (20 November 1875 – 1 May 1933) was an Austrian film director and producer of the Silent and early sound era. He directed the first full sound film to be released in Germany ''It's You I Have Loved'' in 1929.Kreimeier p.182 ...

and starring

Harry Liedtke Harry Liedtke (12 October 1882 – 28 April 1945) was a German film actor. Early life Liedtke was born in Königsberg, East Prussia to a merchant as the seventh out of 12 children. After the death of his father in 1896, he grew up in an orphanage ...

Fritz Kampers Fritz Kampers (14 July 1891 – 1 September 1950) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 250 films between 1913 and 1950. Early life Fritz Kampers was the son of a Munich hotel owner, spent his early childhood in Garmisch-Partenk ...

and

Elizza La Porta Elizza La Porta (born Eliza Streinu; 1 March 1902 – 15 November 1997) was a Romanian-born film actress.Goble p.515 La Porta was born in Craiova into a Jewish family. She appeared in a number of German films during the silent film era. She ret ...

. The film was shot at the Staaken Studios in

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with sets designed by the art directors Botho Höfer and

Hans Minzloff Hans Minzloff (1890–1962) was a German art director.Gemünden p.171 Selected filmography * '' Our Heavenly Bodies'' (1925) * '' Struggle for the Soil'' (1925) * ''Carnival Magic'' (1927) * '' The Insurmountable'' (1928) * '' The Circus Princes ...

. It is based on the 1856 Gustav Räder play '' Robert and Bertram'' about the adventures of two wandering vagrants.

Cast

as Robert Leonhard *

as Bertram Engelke *

as Melontha * Dolly Grey as Evelyne Parker * Carl Geppert as Greenhorn, ihr Sekretär *

Hermann Picha Hermann Picha (20 March 1865 – 7 June 1936) was a German stage and film actor. Picha was extremely prolific, appearing in over 300 short and feature films during the silent and early sound eras. Picha played a mixture of lead and supporting ...

as Knurrhahn, Amtsvorsteher *

Fritz Greiner Fritz Greiner (1879–1933) was an Austrian film actor. Selected filmography * ''Der Einäugige'' (1916) * ''Der Klub der Einäugigen'' (1917) - Nick Carter * ''Der schwarze Jack'' (1918) - Cowboy Schwarzer Jack * '' The Hunter of Fall'' (1918 ...

as Zirkusdirektor *

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as Frau des Zirkusdirektors * Carl Neisser as 1st Vagabond *

Franz Stein Franz Stein (1880–1958) was a German cinematographer and film actor.Giesen p.221 During the silent era he shot a number of films, many of them for National Film. After 1925 his film appearances were exclusively as an actor. Selected filmograp ...

as 2nd Vagabond

Bibliography

* Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. ''The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* 1928 films German comedy films German silent feature films 1928 comedy films Films directed by Rudolf Walther-Fein German films based on plays Films set in Germany Films of the Weimar Republic German black-and-white films Silent comedy films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films {{1920s-silent-comedy-film-stub