Ernst Reicher

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Biography: 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.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Berlin, Germany

Birthday: September 19, 1885

Deathday: May 01, 1936

Adult: No

Gender: Male

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Ein Ausgestoßener: 1. Teil
Haus Nummer 17
Vorgluten des Balkanbrandes
One Night at the Grand Hotel
Erloschenes Licht
The Squeeker
Der Brieföffner
Stuart Webbs: Die Toten erwachen
The Life and Works of Richard Wagner
Das Geheimnis einer Stunde
Stuart Webbs: The Man in the Cellar
Stuart Webbs: Die geheimnisvolle Villa
Csárdás
Der Hilferuf
The Theft of the Mona Lisa
Heimat und Fremde
The Golem
Rasputin, Demon of the Women
Der gestreifte Domino
Die Pagode
Die Peitsche
Der Eisenbahnmarder
Das Buch Esther
Der Sprung ins Dunkle
The Armored Vault
Das Rattenloch
Camera obscura
Das Geheimnis von Schloß Elmshöh
Der Stier von Saldanha
Ein Mädchen zu verschenken