Acting
Ernst Reicher
Born 1885-09-19 · Berlin, Germany
His father was the actor Emanuel Reicher, born in Galicia, then part of the Kingdom of Austria. Emanuel married firstly the opera singer Hedwig Reicher-Kindermann: their son was the actor Frank Reicher. After Hedwig's death, he married the actress Lina Harf and the couple had three children: Hedwiga Reicher, Ernst, and Elly, who all worked as actors. At Continental-Kunstfilm's studios Ernst Reicher acted, wrote scripts and directed films from 1912 to 1918. In December 1912 he starred in Vorglühen des Balkanbrandes, directed by Joe May. He wrote, directed and starred in two films: Das Werk in February 1913, and Die Statue in 1914, which was banned by the Berlin police censor until 1919. Starting in winter 1913/14, he wrote and starred in the first three of the 'Stuart Webbs' detective films, a popular detective series directed by Joe May for Continental. For more than a decade after 1914, Reicher continued to write and star as Stuart Webbs, and was closely identified with the part. It was not until 1918 that Reicher turned to other topics. On the first of April 1919, he moved the headquarters of his film company to Munich. At the beginning of the twenties he suffered a serious car accident, in which he suffered a vertebral and fractured skull. Only from 1926 he appeared again on the screen, but he could no longer build on previous successes. After the seizure of power in 1933 by the National Socialists, Reicher emigrated to Prague, where he fell into obscurity. His last, tiny role in the 1936 French-language remake of The Golem was cut out of the final version. Later that year, he committed suicide by hanging in a Prague hotel room.
Acting credits
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Erloschenes Licht
1913
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Das schöne Abenteuer
1924
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Die Geisterjagd
1918
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Die Diamantenstiftung
1917
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Camera obscura
1921
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Das Rattenloch
1921
Fritz is in love with artist Glay, who stays at the Grand Hotel. In spite of not having any money he gets to know her, invites her to supper and after dancing a tango even hires the royal suite. How will he get out of this is a mystery even to himself.
One Night at the Grand Hotel
1931
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Das Mitternachtsschiff
1915
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Das Gestohlene Modell
1919
5.2This biographical portrait of composer Richard Wagner (1813-1883), feature-length and lavishly produced, was released in conjunction with the centennial of his birth. It's an outstanding achievement in many respects. Naturally it looks primitive by modern standards, but contemporary viewers should bear in mind that it was made at a time when the motion picture industry was still in its infancy, and feature films were still a novelty. The very notion of a silent movie about a composer may seem odd, but Wagner is an ideal choice, simply because his life was so tempestuous and dramatic. Wagner's personality was operatic, while his tumultuous love life unfolded like a soap opera. He knew great success and abysmal failure, luxury one day and poverty the next. He participated in the wave of revolutions that swept Europe in the late 1840s, and had to flee Germany under threat of arrest.
The Life and Works of Richard Wagner
1913
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Der Eisenbahnmarder
1918
Stuart Webbs investigates a coin counterfeiting gang.
Das Panzergewölbe
1914
5.2The Golem, a giant creature created out of clay by a rabbi, comes to life in a time of trouble to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution.
The Golem
1936
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Der Stier von Saldanha
1918
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Der Amateur
1916
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Die Peitsche
1916
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Der Spuk im Hause des Professors
1915
6.3A painter working at the Louvre is struck by the Mona Lisa. When he meets a girl whom he believes bears a resemblance to the painting, and who wants him to become famous, he comes up with the idea of stealing the painting. Based on the real-life theft of 1911.
The Theft of the Mona Lisa
1931
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The Squeeker
1931
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Heimat und Fremde
1913
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Das Geheimnis einer Stunde
1925
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Der Brieföffner
1916
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Ein Mädchen zu verschenken
1913
10.0When their relatives from the countryside miss the train to their wedding anniversary, Lawyer Dr. Helwing and his wife Dolly decide to go out together. Meanwhile, infamous burglar "Monokel-Fredy" enters the Helwing villa with some of his cronies, only to find out that the relatives have arrived after all.
Csardas: Her Wildest Night
1935
Behind the camera
A silent movie by Rober Wiene.
Panic in the House of Ardon
1920
a slient movie by Robert Wiene
Der verführte Heilige
1919
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Camera obscura
1921
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Das Rattenloch
1921
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Die Statue
1914
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Die Statue
1914
10.0Mystery film in the detective Stuart Webbs series.
The Perfume of Mrs. Worrington
1925
Stuart Webbs investigates a coin counterfeiting gang.
Das Panzergewölbe
1914
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Der Amateur
1916
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Der Amateur
1916
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Der Spuk im Hause des Professors
1915
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Der Brieföffner
1916
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Eines Mannes Schatten
1915
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Eines Mannes Schatten
1915
NRInstallment in the popular Stuart Webbs detective series.
Stuart Webbs: The Man in the Cellar
1914
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Die Pagode
1919
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Die Fürstin von Beranien
1918
8.0After the Jewish Mordecai refuses to bow down to Haman, the king's minister, Haman plots to have all of the Jewish population of the kingdom killed. Mordecai places his hopes on his young and beautiful ward Esther to save their people by ingratiating herself with the king.
Das Buch Esther
1919
8.0After the Jewish Mordecai refuses to bow down to Haman, the king's minister, Haman plots to have all of the Jewish population of the kingdom killed. Mordecai places his hopes on his young and beautiful ward Esther to save their people by ingratiating herself with the king.
Das Buch Esther
1919
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Stuart Webbs: Die geheimnisvolle Villa
1914
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Der Sprung ins Dunkle
1920
In this tangled case, Webbs is called in to solve a string of alleged suicides. The case is very opaque - nothing is what it seems at first glance. Are the suicides really dead? Webbs initially suspects an Indian servant of a nobleman, but thanks to Stuart's investigation, he is proven innocent. The other exotic characters appearing in the story all seem quite opaque and devious, as if they were in league with evil per se. Finally, in a dark vault, there is a showdown: the seemingly petrified dead, lined up like in a wax museum, suddenly awaken to new life in front of their alleged murderer!
Stuart Webbs: Die Toten erwachen
1915