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
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
Unknown
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
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
Self
Wandering Souls
Nastassja Baraschkowa
The Vice of Humanity
Tamara
The Traitress
Unknown
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
Fräulein Julie
Julie
Die Sünden der Väter
Unknown
Steuermann Holk
Isabella Bouflon
Battle of the Butterflies
Unknown
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
Asta Nielsen als Mannequin
Unknown
Die Asta - portræt af Asta Nielsen
Self (archive footage)