Robert Freitag was born on April 7, 1916 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria] as Robert Peter Freytag. He was an actor and director, known for The Great Escape (1963), Decision Before Dawn (1951) and Ein Monat auf dem Lande (1960). He was married to Maria Sebaldt and Maria Becker. He died on July 8, 2010 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.