The present invention provides an electric drive, including a stator (4) and a rotor (3), for a paper processing machine, in particular a printing press having at least two rotary subassemblies (1, 2), the stator (4) and the rotor (3) being separated from one another by an air gap. This electric drive is distinguished in that the one subassembly (1) contains the rotor (3) and the other subassembly (2) the stator (4).