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.