Biography

Ernst Reicher created the figure of detective Sutart Webbs in 1914 and launched with it a very successful film serial which was reflected in thirty movies till 1926. With these movies Ernst Reicher established the genre of detective movies which found a string of imitators.

From 1919 Ernst Reicher appeared in other roles than his detective and impersonated king Ahasver in the monumental movie "Das Buch Esther" at his wife Stella Harf's side.

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.

After three Stuart-Webbs movies Joe May and Ernst Reicher fell out with the Continental-Kunstfilm Gmbh and founded without further ado their own company with the short and to the point name "Sutart Webbs Film Company". But also Joe May and Ernst Reicher fell out with themselves. Ernst Reicher could successful continue the serial because he was the creator of the figure, Joe May established a new detective figure called Joe Deebs.

With the rise of the Nazis was the career of the Jew Ernst Reicher was sealed finally.