- He was also able to set priorities as a production designer during the sound film era of the 30s.
- The production designer Robert Herlth - who worked together with the production designer Walter Röhrig from 1920 to 1936 - completed his education in painting at the Hochschule of fine arts.
- Robert Herlth was able to continue his career after the war. First he created again coulisses for the theater before he got challenging engagements in the underused film business again.
- When Herlth and Walter Röhrig finished their collaboration Robert Herlth left the Ufa and joined Tobis - two years later followed the change to Terra Film - and he was the art director of numerous popular movies again.
- His last works came in the 60s into being, often for TV productions.
- Before he was able to start his professional life he was drafted to the army at the beginning of World War I.
- Only from 1916 he was able to get a job as a coulisse decorator for the theater and from 1920 he broadened his activity to the film business.
- Together with Walter Röhrig he also realised his only movie as a director with "Hans im Glück" (36). They both also wrote the script and created the set.
- Brother of production designer Kurt Herlth.
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