Robert Land (1887–1940) was an

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n descent.

Biography

Born as Robert Liebmann to a German-speaking Jewish Family in

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. 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

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, where he died on 12 October 1940. He's buried at Cimetière parisien de Thiais.

Selected filmography

* '' The Jewess of Toledo'' (1919, screenwriter) * ''

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'' (1922) * '' The Curse'' (1924) * '' The Bank Crash of Unter den Linden'' (1926) * '' Alpine Tragedy'' (1927) * '' The Dashing Archduke'' (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 Er ...

'' (1927) * ''

Princess Olala ''Princess Olala'' (German: ''Prinzessin Olala'') is a 1928 German silent drama film directed by Robert Land and starring Carmen Boni, Walter Rilla, Marlene Dietrich and Hans Albers.Wood p.65 It is also known by the alternative title of ''A ...

'' (1928) * '' Two Red Roses'' (1928) * '' The Abduction of the Sabine Women'' (1928) * '' Dame Care'' (1928) * '' The Merry Widower'' (1929) * '' I Kiss Your Hand, Madame'' (1929) * ''

The Hero of Every Girl's Dream ''The Hero of Every Girl's Dream'' (German: ''Der Held aller Mädchenträume'') is a 1929 German silent film directed by Robert Land and starring Harry Liedtke, Betty Bird and Hermine Sterler.Rogowski p.120 The film's sets were designed by R ...

'' (1929) * '' Love and Champagne'' (1930) * ''

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'' (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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