Die geheimnisvolle Villa

Die geheimnisvolle Villa (lit. 'The Secret-Filled Villa') is a 1914 silent German detective film directed by Joe May and starring Ernst Reicher. It is the first in the series starring the fictional gentleman detective Stuart Webbs, modelled on Sherlock Holmes. It also features Werner Krauss and May's wife Mia May and their daughter Eva May.^[1]

Die geheimnisvolle Villa
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Directed by	Joe May
Written by	Ernst Reicher
Produced by	Continental-Kunstfilm
Starring	Ernst Reicher
Cinematography	Max Fassbender
Release date	13 March 1914 (1914-03-13)
Running time	1322 metres
Country	German Empire
Languages	Silent German intertitles

It was made at Continental-Kunstfilm's studios at 123 Chausseestraße, Berlin, and premièred at the Union-Theater Kammerlichtspiele cinema^[2] (later the Tauentzien Palast).^[3]

Cast

• Ernst Reicher as Stuart Webbs
• Sabine Impekoven
• Julius Falkenstein
• Carl Auen
• Werner Krauss
• Max Landa
• Eva May
• Mia May
• Lupu Pick
• Fritz Richard