Robert Freitag

Robert Freitag was born as Robert Peter Freytag on the 7^th April 1916 in the city of Vienna; he died on the 8^th July 2010 in the city of Munich. He was an Austrian-Swiss stage and screen actor and a movie director.

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Life

Robert Freitag is the son of Swiss Opera singer called Otto Freitag he got his training as an actor at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in the city of Vienna. He moved to Switzerland at the Nazi period, and there he was performing as an actor at the Schauspielhaus Zürich. Robert Freitag got married to an actress from Germany called Maria Becker.

Robert Freitag started taking part in the festival of Salzburg in the year 1949 and he later performed in places like Deutsches Schauspielhaus and Hamburger Kammerspiele in the city of Hamburg.

He was the founder of the Zürcher Schauspieltruppe in the city of Zurich with the wife and a German stage actor called Will Quadflieg in the year 1956, and there he was a part time administrator.

On the stage, Robert Freitag played lots of modern and classical roles. Starting from the year 1941 Robert Freitag also appeared in the movies.

He divorced with the wife in the year 1966, though they kept o working together, especially in the movie theatre that they both founded.

His second marriage was to a German actress called Maria Sebaldt, it lasted from the year 1966 till he died; they resided in Grünwald, Bavaria and had a daughter together.

Filmography

As an Actor

Ø  2001 Die Liebenden vom Alexanderplatz (TV Movie)

Ø  1995 Der Clan der Anna Voss (TV Mini-Series) as Markus Voss - Die Entdeckung (1995) ... Markus Voss - Die Bedrohung (1995) ... Markus Voss - Der Verdacht (1995) ... Markus Voss - Der Rückschlag (1995) ... Markus Voss - Das Vermächtnis (1995) ... Markus Voss

Ø  1992 Donauprinzessin (TV Series) as Ferdinand Blumauer

Ø  1991 Der goldene Schnitt (TV Movie)

Ø  1988-1989 Die Wicherts von nebenan (TV Series) as Herr Dörfler - Auf Inspektion (1989) ... Herr Dörfler - Sonnige Aussichten (1988) ... Herr Dörfler

Ø  1985 A Crime of Honour (TV Movie) as Moser

Ø  1985 Wild Geese II as Stroebling

Ø  1985 Der Schiedsrichter (TV Movie) as Schlumpf

Ø  1984 Blaubart (TV Movie)

Ø  1982 Euch darf ich's wohl gestehen (TV Movie) as Goethe

Ø  1981 Berlin Tunnel 21 (TV Movie) as Dr. Lentz

Ø  1981 Mit Gewissenhaftigkeit und Würde (TV Movie) as Dr. Reichwein

Ø  1979-1980 Der Millionenbauer (TV Series) - Ein Mann unseres Vertrauens (1980) - Herzkasperl (1979)

Ø  1979 Liebesbriefe auf blauem Papier (TV Movie) as Martin

Ø  1978-1979 Tatort (TV Series) as Liebold / Professor Wilke - Ende der Vorstellung (1979) ... Liebold - Rot.. rot.. tot (1978) ... Professor Wilke

Ø  1976 A Young Emmanuelle as Benito

Ø  1973-1975 Ein Fall für Männdli (TV Series) as Urban - Die Verjüngungskur (1975) - Das Plagiat (1973) ... Urban

Ø  1972 Der Kommissar (TV Series) as Gerhard Rauda - Blinde Spiele (1972) ... Gerhard Rauda

Ø  1969 Nur der Freiheit gehört unser Leben (TV Movie) as Caesar

Ø  1969 O süße Geborgenheit (TV Movie) as Herr Lachmann

Ø  1968 Das höhere Leben (TV Movie) as Kurt von Seltzer

Ø  1968 Die schwarze Sonne (TV Movie) as Oberstabsarzt

Ø  1967 Der Kreidegarten (TV Movie) as Maitland - Diener

Ø  1966 Gaspar Varros Recht (TV Movie) as Gaspar Varro

Ø  1966 Um Lucretia (TV Movie) as Lionel Blanchard (as Robert Freytag)

Ø  1965 Wahn oder Der Teufel in Boston (TV Movie) as Samuel Sewall

Ø  1965 Die letzten Tage der Menschheit (TV Movie) as Ganghofer

Ø  1965 Gewagtes Spiel (TV Series) as Kapitän - Mann über Bord (1965) ... Kapitän

Ø  1964 Sechs Personen suchen einen Autor (TV Movie) as Vater

Ø  1964 Kein Ersatz für Perlen (TV Movie)

Ø  1964 In der Sache J. Robert Oppenheimer (TV Movie) as Berichterstatter

Ø  1963 Der Fall Sacco und Vanzetti (TV Movie) as Nicola Sacco

Ø  1963 The Great Escape as Capt. Posen

Ø  1962 Die Kollektion (TV Movie) as James

Ø  1962 The Longest Day as Meyer's Aide (uncredited)

Ø  1961 The Last Chapter as Rechtsanwalt Robertsen

Ø  1961 Die Unterrichtsstunde (TV Movie) as Der Professor

Ø  1961 William Tell as Wilhelm Tell

Ø  1960 Waldhausstraße 20 (TV Movie) as Gustavson

Ø  1960 Ein Monat auf dem Lande (TV Movie) as Arkadij Ssjergejewitsch Islajew

Ø  1959 SOS Glacier Pilot as Ingenieur Gisler

Ø  1958 Auferstehung as Simonson

Ø  1957 The Big Chance as Kaplan Sommer

Ø  1957 Ein Fremder kam ins Haus (TV Movie) as Nigel Lawrence

Ø  1957 Jean (TV Movie) as Jean (as Robert Freytag)

Ø  1956 Von der Liebe besiegt as Beni Kronig - Bergführer (as Robert Freytag)

Ø  1956 Heiße Ernte as Inspektor Schleinitz

Ø  1956 The Perjured Farmer as 1. Grenzpolizist

Ø  1956 Staatsbegräbnis (TV Movie) as Journalist

Ø  1956 Der erste Frühlingstag as Bruno

Ø  1955 Il prigioniero della montagna as Sergio (as Robert Freytag)

Ø  1955 Wenn der Vater mit dem Sohne as Roy Bentley (as Robert Freytag)

Ø  1955 Magic Fire as August Roeckel (as Robert Freytag)

Ø  1955 The Plot to Assassinate Hitler as Hauptmann Lindner

Ø  1955 Ich weiß, wofür ich lebe as Peter Neumann, Mechaniker

Ø  1954 Geliebtes Fräulein Doktor as Pater Anselmus (as Robert Freytag)

Ø  1954 Der schweigende Engelas Robert

Ø  1954 Conchita und der Ingenieur as Cyll Farney

Ø  1954 Circus of Love as Richard

Ø  1954 Eine Frau von heute as Aldo Mattei

Ø  1953 Das Dorf unterm Himmel as Dr. Michael Ellert

Ø  1951 Decision Before Dawn as Sgt. Paul Richter (as Robert Freytag)

Ø  1950 Es liegt was in der Luft

Ø  1949 Weißes Gold as Andreas, deren Sohn

Ø  1948 Die Frau am Wege as Der Flüchtling

Ø  1943 Wilder Urlaub as Feldweibel Epper

Ø  1941 Bieder der Flieger as Oskar Bider

Ø  1941 Liebe ist zollfrei

Director (5 credits)

Ø  1974 Mary Stuart (TV Movie) (theatre version)

Ø  1968 Das höhere Leben (TV Movie) (theatre version)

Ø  1965/II Don Juan (TV Movie)

Ø  1961 Rosmersholm (TV Movie)

Ø  1960 Ein Monat auf dem Lande (TV Movie)