Robert Herlth
- Known for
- Art
- Born
- May 2, 1893
- Died
- January 6, 1962 (aged 68)
- Birthplace
- Wriezen, Brandenburg, Germany
Biography
Influential German art director, the son of a brewer. Herlth studied at the Staatliche Kunstgewerbeschule in Berlin. Between 1916 and 1918, he designed his first theatrical sets during wartime army service in Vilnius, collaborating with the set designer Hermann Warm. From 1922, he worked in tandem with Walter Röhrig on some of the most seminal motion pictures made by Ufa. He put into being at once elaborate and massive baroque sets for stage and screen, as well as the distorted, expressionist visions of directors like Fritz Lang and F.W. Murnau. Herlth also excelled at creating the simpler sets required for the more intimate and naturalistic Kammerspielfilms. His best work in both categories is well exemplified by The Last Laugh (1924), Faust (1923), Congress Dances (1931) and Amphitryon (1935). The partnership with Roehrig ended in 1936 and Herlth began to work on more commercial properties. After the war, he alternated routine entertainments (Das doppelte Lottchen (1950), Im Weissen Rössl (1952) with the occasional masterpiece (Film Without a Name (1948)). For his work on the two-part adaptation of The Buddenbrooks (1959) he was awarded the German Film Award (Bundesfilmpreis) in 1959. - IMDb mini biography by: I.S.Mowis
Known For
Filmography
Jack Mortimer
Movie · Production Design
Eine Frau fürs ganze Leben
Movie · Production Design
Buddenbrooks - 1. Teil
Movie · Art Direction, Production Design
Buddenbrooks - 2. Teil
Movie · Production Design
The Trapp Family in America
Movie · Set Decoration, Art Direction
Taiga
Movie · Production Design
The Spessart Inn
Movie · Production Design
Confessions of Felix Krull
Movie · Production Design
The Last Ones Shall Be First
Movie · Production Design
The Trapp Family
Movie · Set Decoration, Art Direction
Magic Fire
Movie · Art Direction
Geliebte Feindin
Movie · Production Design
Solang es hübsche Mädchen gibt
Movie · Production Design
The Life of Surgeon Sauerbruch
Movie · Production Design
The Chaplain of San Lorenzo
Movie · Production Design
The Divorcée
Movie · Production Design
Unnatural
Movie · Set Decoration
Die Försterchristl
Movie · Production Design
Behind Monastery Walls
Movie · Production Design
Der Teufel führt Regie
Movie · Art Direction
Two Times Lotte
Movie · Production Design, Art Direction
Verspieltes Leben
Movie · Production Design
Opera Ball
Movie · Production Design
The Broken Jug
Movie · Production Design
The Sovereign
Movie · Production Design
The Royal Waltz
Movie · Production Design
The Royal Waltz
Movie · Art Direction
Les dieux s'amusent
Movie · Production Design
Amphitryon: Happiness from the Clouds
Movie · Production Design
Rêve éternel
Movie · Art Direction
The Eternal Dream
Movie · Art Direction
The Only Girl
Movie · Art Direction
Cairo Season
Movie · Production Design
Dawn
Movie · Art Direction
The Countess of Monte Cristo
Movie · Production Design
Congress Dances
Movie · Art Direction
The Little Escapade
Movie · Production Design
In the Employ of the Secret Service
Movie · Art Direction
The Man in Search of His Murderer
Movie · Art Direction
The Small Gap
Movie · Art Direction
Hokuspokus
Movie · Art Direction
The Temporary Widow
Movie · Art Direction
The Flute Concert of Sans-souci
Movie · Production Design
The Immortal Vagabond
Movie · Art Direction
Love's Carnival
Movie · Production Design
A Student's Song of Heidelberg
Movie · Production Design
Asphalt
Movie · Art Direction
The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna
Movie · Production Design
Whirl of Youth
Movie · Art Direction
Looping the Loop
Movie · Art Direction
Faust
Movie · Art Direction
Tartuffe
Movie · Art Direction
The Chronicles of the Gray House
Movie · Production Design
The Last Laugh
Movie · Art Direction
The Treasure
Movie · Production Design
Destiny
Movie · Art Direction
Wandering Souls
Movie · Art Direction
Toteninsel
Movie · Art Direction