Asta Nielsen

Asta Nielsen is often considered the 'first international movie star', and was an explosively popular female lead through the 1910s and 20s. Though born in Denmark, she mostly worked in Germany and starred in over 70 films, usually directed by her husband Urban Gad. She was known for her boyish looks and had her breakout in the erotically charged 'Afgrunden' (1910).

Cast

Den talende muse - samtaler med Asta Nielsen

((archive footage))

The Joyless Street

(Maria Lechner (Mizzi))

Mata Hari

Asta Nielsen

(Herself)

The Abyss

(Magda Vang)

Asta Nielsen - Europas erste Filmikone

(Self (archive footage))

The Queen of the Stock Exchange

(Helene Netzler)

Little Angel

(Jesta)

Towards the Light

(Komtesse Ysabel, grevindens datter)

The Film Prima Donna

(Ruth Breton)

Vanina

(Vanina)

The Black Dream

(Stella, cirkusdanserinde)

Hamlet

(Hamlet)

Poor Jenny

(Jenny Schmidt)

A Romany Spy

(Zidra)

Downfall

(Kaja Falk)

Earth Spirit

(Lulu)

Zapata's Gang

Sex, Sensations & Superstars: The History of Danish Silent Cinema

(Self – Interviewee (archive footage))

Impossible Love

(Vera Holgk)

The Suffragette

(Nelly Panburne)

Tragedy of the Street

(Auguste - Old Street Walker)

S1

(Von Hessendorffs Tochter)

The ABC of Love

(Lis)

The Eskimo Baby

(Eskimo Ivigtut)

The Ballet Dancer

(Camille)

The Merry-Go-Round

(Elena)

12 Minuten UFA

((archive footage))

Asta Nielsen: A Great Artist

(herself (archive footage))

The House by the Sea

(Enricos Ehefrau Teresa)

Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film

(Self)

In Turmoil

(Margit)

Frontstairs and Backstairs

(Sabine Schulze)

Intoxication

(Henriette Mauclerc)

The Strange Bird

(Miss May Wolton)

Kurfürstendamm

(Girl Lissy / Mulatto / Filmstar / Maria)

The Fallen

(Anna Grosser)

The Dangerous Age

(Elsie Lindtner)

Small Town Sinners

(Selma Karchow)

Living Buddhas

(Tibetanerin)

I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity

(Maria Magdalena)

The Film in the Film

(Herself)

Wandering Souls

(Nastassja Baraschkowa)

The Vice of Humanity

(Tamara)

Gypsy Blood

(Jonna)

The Traitress

The False Asta Nielsen

(Herself)

Death in Seville

(Juanita)

The Great Moment

(Annie)

Little Angel's Wedding

(Jesta Schneider)

The Woman in Flames

(Josephine)

Agitated Woman

(Clarina)

Gypsy Blood

(Luscha)

When the Mask Falls

(Sanna)

Comedians

(Kamma)

Hedda Gabler

(Hedda Gabler)

Navarro the Dancer

(Navarro)

The White Roses

(Thilda Wardier)

Fräulein Julie

(Julie)

Die Sünden der Väter

Steuermann Holk

(Isabella Bouflon)

Battle of the Butterflies

Der Totentanz

(Bella Burk)

Athleten

(Prinzessin Wanda Hoheneck)

So Ends My Song

(Dora Waren)

Revenge of the Bandits

(Brigantenbraut)

Die Macht des Goldes

(Creszenz Fitzinger)

Roswolsky's Mistress

(Mary Verhag)

Cinderella

(Lotte)

Die Tochter der Landstrasse

(Zigeunerin Zirzi)

The General's Children

(Thekla von der Linde)

Das Kind ruft

(Elana)

Graf Sylvains Rache

(Madelaine)

Zu Tode Gehetzt

(Paula Müller)

Das Feuer

(Wanda Petri)

Jugend und Tollheit

(Jesta Müller)

The Moth

(Olga, Mademoiselle Yvonne)

Die Ewige Nacht

(Marta)

Dora Brandes

(Dora Brandes)

Eine Rose der Wildnis

(Wanda)

The Guinea-Pig

(Jesta)

In the Eyes of the Law

(Sonja Waler - Journalist - Her Daughter)

The Orphanage Child

(Esther)

The White Roses

(Thilda Wardier)

Deutscher Filmpreis

(Self)