Asta Nielsen
Biography
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).
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Movies (49)
Asta Nielsen - Europas erste Filmikone
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Sex, Sensations & Superstars: The History of Danish Silent Cinema
as Self – Interviewee (archive footage)
2020
Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film
as Self
2016
Den talende muse - samtaler med Asta Nielsen
as (archive footage)
2003
Die Asta - portræt af Asta Nielsen
as Self (archive footage)
1995
Asta Nielsen
as Herself
1968
Asta Nielsen: A Great Artist
as herself (archive footage)
1933
Impossible Love
as Vera Holgk
1932
The Dangerous Age
as Elsie Lindtner
1927
Small Town Sinners
as Selma Karchow
1927
Agitated Woman
as Clarina
1927
Tragedy of the Street
as Auguste - Old Street Walker
1927
The Vice of Humanity
as Tamara
1927
The Fallen
as Anna Grosser
1926
Living Buddhas
as Tibetanerin
1925
Hedda Gabler
as Hedda Gabler
1925
Athleten
as Prinzessin Wanda Hoheneck
1925
The Joyless Street
as Maria Lechner (Mizzi)
1925
The Woman in Flames
as Josephine
1924
Battle of the Butterflies
1924
The Film in the Film
as Self
1924
The House by the Sea
as Enricos Ehefrau Teresa
1924
I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity
as Maria Magdalena
1923
Downfall
as Kaja Falk
1923
Navarro the Dancer
as Navarro
1923
Earth Spirit
as Lulu
1923
Vanina
as Vanina
1922
Revenge of the Bandits
as Brigantenbraut
1922
Fräulein Julie
as Julie
1922
Wandering Souls
as Nastassja Baraschkowa
1921
Roswolsky's Mistress
as Mary Verhag
1921
Hamlet
as Hamlet
1921
Steuermann Holk
as Isabella Bouflon
1920
Kurfürstendamm
as Girl Lissy / Mulatto / Filmstar / Maria
1920
Graf Sylvains Rache
as Madelaine
1920
The Merry-Go-Round
as Elena
1920
Mata Hari
as Mata Hari
1920
In the Eyes of the Law
as Sonja Waler - Journalist - Her Daughter
1919
Intoxication
as Henriette Mauclerc
1919
Towards the Light
as Komtesse Ysabel, grevindens datter
1919
So Ends My Song
as Dora Waren
1919
The Queen of the Stock Exchange
as Helene Netzler
1918
The Eskimo Baby
as Eskimo Ivigtut
1918
Eine Rose der Wildnis
as Wanda
1918
In Turmoil
as Margit
1918
The Orphanage Child
as Esther
1917
Cinderella
as Lotte
1916
The White Roses
as Thilda Wardier
1916
The ABC of Love
as Lis
1916