--- name: "Robert Freitag" canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-freitag" roles: [] born: "7 April 1916" died: "8 July 2010" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 80 average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-20T02:18:14.287825+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Robert Freitag Actor. Born 7 April 1916 in Vienna, Austria. Died 8 July 2010. ## Details - **Born:** 7 April 1916, Vienna, Austria - **Died:** 8 July 2010 - **Active:** 1951–1963 - **Also known as:** Роберт Фрейтаг - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 79 (1), 1960s 82 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Freitag, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85310, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0293910/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19574 ## Biography Robert Freitag (born Robert Peter Freytag) was an Austrian-Swiss actor and director. Born in Vienna in 1916, he trained at the Max Reinhardt Seminar and worked at the Schauspielhaus Zürich during the Second World War. He appeared in films from the early 1940s and later directed for stage and screen. He is known for roles in *Decision Before Dawn* (1951) as Sgt. Paul Richter, *The Longest Day* (1962) and *The Great Escape* (1963) as Capt. Posen. Freitag also had a long stage career in classical and modern roles and appeared frequently on German television. He was married to the actresses Maria Becker and Maria Sebaldt. He died in Munich in 2010. *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *The Great Escape* (1963), Fi1m 82, as Capt. Posen — [page](https://film.one/film/the-great-escape.md) - *Decision Before Dawn* (1951), Fi1m 79, as Sgt. Paul Richter — [page](https://film.one/film/decision-before-dawn.md) ## Complete filmography (64) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Die Liebenden vom Alexanderplatz* (2001), Actor - *Der Clan der Anna Voss* (1995), series, as Markus Voss - *Donauprinzessin* (1993), series, as Ferdinand Blumauer - *Priester* (1987), series, as Don Benedetto - *Wild Geese II* (1985), as Stroebling - *A Song for Europe* (1985), as Moser - *Der Schiedsrichter* (1985), as Schlumpf - *Blaubart* (1984), Actor - *Euch darf ich’s wohl gestehen* (1982), as Goethe - *Berlin Tunnel 21* (1981), as Dr. Lentz - *Mit Gewissenhaftigkeit und Würde* (1981), as Dr. Reichwein - *Nea* (1976), as Benito - *Riedland* (1976), Actor - *Mary Stuart* (1974), Director - *Graf Luckner* (1971), series, as Grote - *Scene of the Crime* (1970), series, as Professor Wilke, Carl Liebold - *Nur der Freiheit gehört unser Leben* (1969), as Cäsar - *O süße Geborgenheit* (1969), as Herr Lachmann - *The Commissioner* (1969), series, as Gerhard Rauda - *Das höhere Leben* (1968), as Kurt von Seltzer · Director - *Die schwarze Sonne* (1968), as Oberstabsarzt - *Die letzten Tage der Menschheit* (1968), as Ganghofer - *Der Kreidegarten* (1967), as Maitland - Diener - *Gaspar Varros Recht* (1966), as Gaspar Varro - *Don Juan* (1965), Director - *Sechs Personen suchen einen Autor* (1964), as Vater - *Interview mit der Geschichte* (1964), series, as Tschingis Khan - *In der Sache I. Robert Oppenheimer* (1964), as Berichterstatter - *Einer unter ihnen* (1963), as Dr. Dietrich - *Der Fall Sacco und Vanzetti* (1963), as Nicola Sacco - *The Great Escape* (1963), as Capt. Posen — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-great-escape.md) - *The Longest Day* (1962), as Meyer's Aide (uncredited) — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/the-longest-day.md) - *The Last Chapter* (1961), as Rechtsanwalt Robertsen - *Rosmersholm* (1961), Director - *Adieu, Prinzessin* (1961), series, as Gordon Ray - *William Tell* (1960), as Wilhelm Tell - *Waldhausstraße 20* (1960), as Gutavson - *Ein Monat auf dem Lande* (1960), as Arkadij Ssjergejewitsch Islajew · Director - *SOS - Gletscherpilot* (1959), as Ingenieur Gisler - *Resurrection* (1958), as Simonson - *The Big Chance* (1957), as Kaplan Sommer - *Ein Fremder kam ins Haus* (1957), as Nigel Lawrence - *Von der Liebe besiegt* (1956), as Beni Kronig - *Heiße Ernte* (1956), as Inspektor Schleinitz - *The Perjured Farmer* (1956), as Grenzpolizist - *Staatsbegräbnis* (1956), as Journalist - *Der erste Frühlingstag* (1956), as Bruno - *Flucht in die Dolomiten* (1955), as Sergio - *If the Father and the Son* (1955), as Roy Bentley - *Magic Fire* (1955), as August Röckel - *The Plot to Assassinate Hitler* (1955), as Hauptmann Lindner - *Ich weiß, wofür ich lebe* (1955), as Peter Neumann, Mechaniker - *Geliebtes Fräulein Doktor* (1954), as Pater Anselmus - *Der schweigende Engel* (1954), as Robert - *Conchita and the Engineer* (1954), as Cyll Farney - *Circus of Love* (1954), as Richard - *Eine Frau von heute* (1954), as Aldo Mattei - *Das Dorf unterm Himmel* (1953), as Dr. Michael Ellert - *Decision Before Dawn* (1951), as Sgt. Paul Richter — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/decision-before-dawn.md) - *Es liegt was in der Luft* (1950), Actor - *Weißes Gold* (1950), as Andreas - *Die Frau am Weg* (1948), as Der Flüchtling - *Wilder Urlaub* (1943), as Wachtmeister Epper - *Liebe ist zollfrei* (1941), as Schweizer Zollbeamter ## Gallery - ![Robert Freitag](https://film.one/media/person/362184/gallery-e0ffe226dde8.jpg) Robert Freitag — Jack Metzger, Comet Photo AG (Zürich), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/ETH-BIB-Condor-Fliegerfilm%2C_mit_Annemarie_Blanc%2C_Paul_Hubschmid%2C_Robert_Freytag-Com_C08-010-002.tif/lossy-page1-1280px-ETH-BIB-Condor-Fliegerfilm%2C_mit_Annemarie_Blanc%2C_Paul_Hubschmid%2C_Robert_Freytag-Com_C08-010-002.tif.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Robert Freitag](https://film.one/media/person/362184/gallery-a91e9ebfe5e2.jpg) Robert Freitag — Jack Metzger, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Robert_Freitag_Paul_Hubschmid_Com_C08-010-003.jpg/1280px-Robert_Freitag_Paul_Hubschmid_Com_C08-010-003.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Robert Freitag](https://film.one/media/person/362184/gallery-67310e67c582.jpg) Robert Freitag — Jack Metzger, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Robert_Freitag_Com_C08-010-001.jpg/1280px-Robert_Freitag_Com_C08-010-001.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Robert Freitag](https://film.one/media/person/362184/gallery-d7858a849964.jpg) Robert Freitag — Jack Metzger, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Robert_Freitag_Anne-Marie_Blanc_Paul_Hubschmid_Com_C08-010-004.jpg/1280px-Robert_Freitag_Anne-Marie_Blanc_Paul_Hubschmid_Com_C08-010-004.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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