''Robert and Bertram'' () is a 1928

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silent

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directed by

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

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 as the seventh out of 12 children of a merchant. After his father's death in 1896, he grew up in an orphanage and ...

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and Elizza La Porta. The film was shot at the

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with sets designed by the

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s Botho Höfer and

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. It is based on the 1856

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play '' Robert and Bertram'' about the adventures of two wandering vagrants.

Cast

as Robert Leonhard *

as Bertram Engelke * Elizza La Porta as Melontha * Dolly Grey as Evelyne Parker *

Carl Geppert Carl Geppert was a German actor. He was born on the 22nd of May 1883 in Austria-Hungary and died in Czechoslovakia on the 23rd of October 1937. He appeared in more than fifty films from 1919 to 1932. Selected filmography References Externa ...

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 filmograph ...

as 2nd Vagabond

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1928 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 German comedy films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films German-language comedy films Films based on Robert and Bertram {{1920s-Germany-silent-comedy-film-stub