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).
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)
Der Reigen - Ein Werdegang
(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)
The Traitress
Gypsy Blood
(Jonna)
The False Asta Nielsen
(Herself)
The Great Moment
(Annie)
Gypsy Blood
(Luscha)
Death in Seville
(Juanita)
When the Mask Falls
(Sanna)
Comedians
(Kamma)
Agitated Woman
(Clarina)
Little Angel's Wedding
(Jesta Schneider)
The Woman in Flames
(Josephine)
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)
Zu Tode Gehetzt
(Paula Müller)
The General's Children
(Thekla von der Linde)
Jugend und Tollheit
(Jesta Müller)
Das Kind ruft
(Elana)
Graf Sylvains Rache
(Madelaine)
Cinderella
(Lotte)
Die Tochter der Landstrasse
(Zigeunerin Zirzi)
Das Feuer
(Wanda Petri)
The Moth
(Olga, Mademoiselle Yvonne)
Die Ewige Nacht
(Marta)
In the Eyes of the Law
(Sonja Waler - Journalist - Her Daughter)
Dora Brandes
(Dora Brandes)
The Orphanage Child
(Esther)
Eine Rose der Wildnis
(Wanda)
The Guinea-Pig
(Jesta)
The White Roses
(Thilda Wardier)
Deutscher Filmpreis
(Self)