''Robert and Bertram'' () is a
comedy play
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by the German writer
Gustav Räder
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, which was first staged in 1856. It depicts the adventures of two wandering vagrants. It premiered in
Dresden
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on 6 February 1856.
[O'Brien p. 58] It served as the basis for a variety of different stage versions, loosely modelled on it. It was later turned into an 1888 opera ''
Robert and Bertram''.
Adaptations
The play has been adapted into a number of films:
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''Robert and Bertram'' (1915 film), a silent German film adaptation directed by Max Mack
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''Robert and Bertram'' (1928 film), a silent German film adaptation directed by Rudolf Walther-Fein
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''Robert and Bertram'' (1938 film), a Polish film adaptation directed by Mieczysław Krawicz
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''Robert and Bertram'' (1939 film), a German film adaptation directed by
Hans H. Zerlett
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''Robert and Bertram'' (1961 film), a German film adaptation directed by
Hans Deppe
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1897 births
1969 deaths
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1856 plays
German plays adapted into films
Plays set in Germany
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