Robert Land (1887–1940) was an
Austrian-Jewish
film director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...
of
Moravian descent.
Biography
Born as Robert Liebmann to a German-speaking Jewish Family in
Kroměříž. Land moved to Vienna to study German literature and art history. He started directing movies in 1919. He chose the pseudonym Robert Land in order to avoid being mistaken with film critic and screenwriter Robert Liebmann (1890-1942). He made movies in Austria and Germany until 1933, when he fled to Czechoslovakia after
Nazis' rise to power. Unable to find work he went to Italy in 1934, before returning to Prague a year later. He directed three movies in Czechoslovakia – ''Jana'' (1935), ''Arme kleine Inge (1936) and ''
The Doll'' (1938). In 1938 he moved to
Paris, where he died on 12 October 1940. He's buried at
Cimetière parisien de Thiais.
Selected filmography
* ''
The Jewess of Toledo'' (1919, screenwriter)
* ''
Don Juan'' (1922)
* ''
The Curse'' (1924)
* ''
The Bank Crash of Unter den Linden'' (1926)
* ''
Alpine Tragedy'' (1927)
* ''
The Dashing Archduke
''The Dashing Archduke'' (German:''Der fesche Erzherzog'') is a 1927 Austrian-German silent film directed by Robert Land.Bock & Bergfelder p.74 The film's art direction was by Carl Ludwig Kirmse.
Cast
* Liane Haid
* Ellen Kürti
* Oskar M ...
'' (1927)
* ''
Venus in Evening Wear
''Venus in Evening Wear'' (German: ''Venus im Frack'') is a 1927 German silent film directed by Robert Land and starring Carmen Boni, Georg Alexander and Henri De Vries.Grange p.255
The art direction was by Oscar Friedrich Werndorff and Erich Z ...
'' (1927)
* ''
Princess Olala'' (1928)
* ''
Two Red Roses'' (1928)
* ''
The Abduction of the Sabine Women'' (1928)
* ''
Dame Care
''Dame Care'' (German: ''Frau Sorge'') is a 1928 German silent film directed by Robert Land and starring Fritz Kortner, Mary Carr and William Dieterle.Bock & Bergfelder p.770 It is based on the 1887 novel ''Frau Sorge'' by Hermann Sudermann.
The ...
'' (1928)
* ''
The Merry Widower
''The Merry Widower'' (german: Der lustige Witwer) is a 1929 German comedy film directed by Robert Land and starring Harry Liedtke, La Jana, Alice Roberts.Bock & Bergfelder p. 392 The film's sets were designed by Robert Neppach.
It is not to b ...
'' (1929)
* ''
I Kiss Your Hand, Madame'' (1929)
* ''
The Hero of Every Girl's Dream'' (1929)
* ''
Love and Champagne
''Love and Champagne'' (german: Liebe und Champagner) is a 1930 German film directed by Robert Land and starring Camilla von Hollay, Iván Petrovich, and Brita Appelgren.Bock & Bergfelder p. 168
The film's art direction was by Ludwig Reiber
Lu ...
'' (1930)
* ''
Boycott
A boycott is an act of nonviolent, voluntary abstention from a product, person, organization, or country as an expression of protest. It is usually for moral, social, political, or environmental reasons. The purpose of a boycott is to inflict som ...
'' (1930)
* ''
Weekend in Paradise'' (1931)
* ''
24 Hours in the Life of a Woman'' (1931)
* ''Arme kleine Inge'' (1936)
* ''
The Doll'' (1938)
Bibliography
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External links
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Austrian male screenwriters
Austrian film directors
Czech screenwriters
Male screenwriters
Czech film directors
German-language film directors
Moravian Jews
Austrian Jews
People from Kroměříž
1887 births
1940 deaths
20th-century Austrian screenwriters
20th-century Austrian male writers
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