Robert Herlth
Art
Born: May 2, 1893 · Wriezen, Brandenburg, Germany
Died: January 6, 1962 (aged 68)
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
Directing (1)
Other Crew (57)
The Last Laugh
Art Direction
Faust
Costume Design
Faust
Art Direction
Asphalt
Art Direction
Confessions of Felix Krull
Production Design
Destiny
Art Direction
Congress Dances
Art Direction
Magic Fire
Art Direction
Tartuffe
Costume Design
Tartuffe
Art Direction
Two Times Lotte
Production Design
Two Times Lotte
Art Direction
The Spessart Inn
Production Design
The Trapp Family in America
Set Decoration
The Trapp Family in America
Art Direction
The Trapp Family
Set Decoration
The Trapp Family
Art Direction
The Life of Surgeon Sauerbruch
Production Design
The Little Escapade
Production Design
Wandering Souls
Art Direction
Looping the Loop
Art Direction
Die Försterchristl
Production Design
The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna
Production Design
Buddenbrooks - 1. Teil
Art Direction
Buddenbrooks - 1. Teil
Production Design
The Man in Search of His Murderer
Art Direction
Amphitryon: Happiness from the Clouds
Production Design
Der Teufel führt Regie
Art Direction
The Sovereign
Production Design
The Flute Concert of Sans-souci
Production Design
The Chronicles of the Gray House
Production Design
Solang es hübsche Mädchen gibt
Production Design
Les dieux s'amusent
Production Design
Opera Ball
Production Design
Whirl of Youth
Art Direction
The Immortal Vagabond
Art Direction
Hokuspokus
Art Direction
Cairo Season
Production Design
The Only Girl
Art Direction
A Student's Song of Heidelberg
Production Design
The Countess of Monte Cristo
Production Design
Eine Frau fürs ganze Leben
Production Design
The Broken Jug
Production Design
The Last Ones Shall Be First
Production Design
Unnatural
Set Decoration
In the Employ of the Secret Service
Art Direction
The Eternal Dream
Art Direction
Dawn
Art Direction
The Treasure
Production Design
The Temporary Widow
Art Direction
Behind Monastery Walls
Production Design
The Small Gap
Art Direction
Buddenbrooks - 2. Teil
Production Design
Verspieltes Leben
Production Design
Love's Carnival
Production Design
Rêve éternel
Art Direction
The Royal Waltz
Production Design