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- Birth nameRobert Liebmann
- Robert Land was born on July 13, 1887 in Kremsier, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Kromeriz, Czech Republic]. He was a director and writer, known for Die kleine Veronika (1929), Der Fluch (1925) and Der Held aller Mädchensträume (1929). He was married to Irma Lederer. He died on October 12, 1940 in Paris, France.
- SpouseIrma Lederer(1923 - October 12, 1940) (his death)
- He created his greatest successes during the silent movie era of the 20s, first in Austria and from 1925 in Germany too.
- Robert Land left Germany and he worked in the next few years in Czechoslovakia and Austria. There he was the director for productions like "Melodramma" 19(34), "Jana, das Mädchen aus dem Böhmerwald" (1935) and "Panenka" (1938).
- He was able to continue his film career as a director in Germany at the beginning of the 30s and he shot movies like "Boykott" (1930) but as a Jews his days in Germany were numbered in 1933.
- He spent his teenager years in Vienna where he also joined an acting school.
- He gained a foothold at the theater in 1911 and he impersonated numerous roles on different stages in the next years.
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