Ernst Reicher

Ernst Reicher

Born: September 19, 1885
Died: May 1, 1936
in 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.

Movies for Ernst Reicher...

The Golem
Title: The Golem
Released: February 6, 1936
Type: Movie
The 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.
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Csárdás
Title: Csárdás
Released: December 13, 1935
Type: Movie
When 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.
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Rasputin, Demon of the Women
Title: Rasputin, Demon of the Women
Character: Home Secretary
Released: February 19, 1932
Type: Movie
The demonic Rasputin is poisoned but survives to continue seducing in evil ways, in this historical thriller.
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One Night at the Grand Hotel
Title: One Night at the Grand Hotel
Character: Hoteldirektor
Released: December 8, 1931
Type: Movie
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.
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The Theft of the Mona Lisa
Title: The Theft of the Mona Lisa
Released: August 24, 1931
Type: Movie
This German crime drama was based on a true story. Willy Forst stars as a poverty-stricken Italian glazier who falls in love with French hotel maid Rosa Valletti. Struck by the girl's resemblance to Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa, Forst manages to steal the painting from the Louvre in hopes of impressing his sweetheart. But when the girl proves to be a fickle sort, the crestfallen hero confesses his crime and is carted off to jail. Unwilling to admit that he'd been led astray by a woman, Forst claims that he stole the Mona Lisa to restore it to his native Italy, and as a result is hailed as a national hero! Raub der Mona Lisa was distributed in the U.S. by RKO Radio, under the title The Theft of the Mona Lisa.
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The Squeeker
Title: The Squeeker
Character: Inspektor Elford
Released: July 30, 1931
Type: Movie
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Haus Nummer 17
Title: Haus Nummer 17
Released: January 1, 1928
Type: Movie
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The Armored Vault
Title: The Armored Vault
Character: Stuart Webbs
Released: December 30, 1926
Type: Movie
Directed by Lupu Pick, who died far too young, it was billed as a melodrama about a ring of counterfeiters on its first screening in New York City. Pick plays with the already well-established conventions of the detective genre for maximum effect and humor.
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Das Geheimnis einer Stunde
Title: Das Geheimnis einer Stunde
Released: January 1, 1925
Type: Movie
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Das Geheimnis von Schloß Elmshöh
Title: Das Geheimnis von Schloß Elmshöh
Character: Stuart Webbs
Released: January 1, 1925
Type: Movie
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Das Rattenloch
Title: Das Rattenloch
Character: Stuart Webbs
Released: July 21, 1921
Type: Movie
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Camera obscura
Title: Camera obscura
Character: Stuart Webbs
Released: April 23, 1921
Type: Movie
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Der Sprung ins Dunkle
Title: Der Sprung ins Dunkle
Character: Stuart Webbs
Released: July 1, 1920
Type: Movie
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Die Pagode
Title: Die Pagode
Character: Stuart Webbs
Released: August 1, 1919
Type: Movie
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Das Buch Esther
Title: Das Buch Esther
Character: King Ahasuerus
Released: May 1, 1919
Type: Movie
After 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.
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Der Stier von Saldanha
Title: Der Stier von Saldanha
Character: Stuart Webbs
Released: October 1, 1918
Type: Movie
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Der Eisenbahnmarder
Title: Der Eisenbahnmarder
Character: Stuart Webbs
Released: August 30, 1918
Type: Movie
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Die Peitsche
Title: Die Peitsche
Character: Stuart Webbs
Released: December 1, 1916
Type: Movie
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Der Hilferuf
Title: Der Hilferuf
Character: Stuart Webbs
Released: July 1, 1916
Type: Movie
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Der Brieföffner
Title: Der Brieföffner
Character: Stuart Webbs
Released: January 1, 1916
Type: Movie
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Stuart Webbs: Die Toten erwachen
Title: Stuart Webbs: Die Toten erwachen
Character: Detektiv Stuart Webbs
Released: October 1, 1915
Type: Movie
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!
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Der gestreifte Domino
Title: Der gestreifte Domino
Character: Stuart Webbs
Released: September 1, 1915
Type: Movie
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Stuart Webbs: Die geheimnisvolle Villa
Title: Stuart Webbs: Die geheimnisvolle Villa
Released: March 13, 1914
Type: Movie
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Stuart Webbs: The Man in the Cellar
Title: Stuart Webbs: The Man in the Cellar
Character: Stuart Webbs
Released: January 2, 1914
Type: Movie
Installment in the popular Stuart Webbs detective series. Directed by Joe May.
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The Life and Works of Richard Wagner
Title: The Life and Works of Richard Wagner
Character: Ludwig II.
Released: May 31, 1913
Type: Movie
The story of the great German composer, from his childhood through his great triumphs in orchestral and operatic music.
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Ein Ausgestoßener: 1. Teil
Title: Ein Ausgestoßener: 1. Teil
Character: Robert Lambard
Released: March 14, 1913
Type: Movie
Robert Lambard, son of a respected Parisian banker, seduces Marguerite Walser, the sister of Guy Walser, a diligent general manager employed by his father. At these times, especially in the upper social class, such an act is of course not without social consequences, and so Guy, after learning about this relationship, demands Lambard junior to marry his sister in order to restore her "soiled" honor . But he just laughs about it and brusquely rejects this request. Since Monsieur Walser puts the family honor and that of his sister above everything else, a heated argument ensues, in which Guy summarily kills the "despoiler of Marguerite's honor". Now Guy's life is destroyed too, because he is put on trial for this bloody act. There will be a convictionmanslaughter for ten years behind bars. This punishment is connected with a deportation. For seven years, Walser spent the life of a Bagno convict in nowhere, he was an outcast.
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Erloschenes Licht
Title: Erloschenes Licht
Released: February 7, 1913
Type: Movie
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Heimat und Fremde
Title: Heimat und Fremde
Released: January 1, 1913
Type: Movie
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Vorgluten des Balkanbrandes
Title: Vorgluten des Balkanbrandes
Released: December 6, 1912
Type: Movie