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).
Known for
German Film Award
Self
The Fallen
Anna Grosser
The Ballet Dancer
Camille
Intoxication
Henriette Mauclerc
Earth Spirit
Lulu
Hedda Gabler
Hedda Gabler
The Guinea-Pig
Jesta
Fräulein Julie
Julie
I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity
Maria Magdalena
Kurfürstendamm
Girl Lissy / Mulatto / Filmstar / Maria
Athleten
Prinzessin Wanda Hoheneck
Battle of the Butterflies
Das Feuer
Wanda Petri
Hamlet
Hamlet
Tragedy of the Street
Auguste - Old Street Walker
Towards the Light
Komtesse Ysabel, grevindens datter
Das Kind ruft
Elana
The House by the Sea
Enricos Ehefrau Teresa
Cinderella
Lotte
In Turmoil
Margit
Comedians
Kamma
Dora Brandes
Dora Brandes
The Film Prima Donna
Ruth Breton
The Film in the Film
Self
Steuermann Holk
Isabella Bouflon
Jugend und Tollheit
Jesta Müller
Die Tochter der Landstrasse
Zigeunerin Zirzi
The Suffragette
Nelly Panburne
Little Angel
Jesta
Downfall
Kaja Falk
Gypsy Blood
Luscha
Die Ewige Nacht
Marta
Zapata's Gang
Small Town Sinners
Selma Karchow
Death in Seville
Juanita
The Joyless Street
Maria Lechner (Mizzi)
Graf Sylvains Rache
Madelaine
Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film
Self
A Romany Spy
Zidra
Poor Jenny
Jenny Schmidt
The Moth
Olga, Mademoiselle Yvonne
Wandering Souls
Nastassja Baraschkowa
The Abyss
Magda Vang
Little Angel's Wedding
Jesta Schneider
The Black Dream
Stella, cirkusdanserinde
The General's Children
Thekla von der Linde
Gypsy Blood
Jonna
Die Macht des Goldes
Creszenz Fitzinger
Revenge of the Bandits
Brigantenbraut
The Queen of the Stock Exchange
Helene Netzler
The ABC of Love
Lis
Zu Tode Gehetzt
Paula Müller
Impossible Love
Vera Holgk
Living Buddhas
Tibetanerin
Vanina
Vanina
The Strange Bird
Miss May Wolton
Mata Hari
Mata Hari
The Orphanage Child
Esther
The Merry-Go-Round
Elena
The Traitress
The Woman in Flames
Josephine
Der Totentanz
Bella Burk
Eine Rose der Wildnis
Wanda
Roswolsky's Mistress
Mary Verhag
Asta Nielsen - Europas erste Filmikone
Self (archive footage)
The Vice of Humanity
Tamara
The Great Moment
Annie
Den talende muse - samtaler med Asta Nielsen
(archive footage)
When the Mask Falls
Sanna
In the Eyes of the Law
Sonja Waler - Journalist - Her Daughter
Frontstairs and Backstairs
Sabine Schulze
Die Sünden der Väter
Navarro the Dancer
Navarro
S1
Von Hessendorffs Tochter
The Eskimo Baby
Eskimo Ivigtut
Die Asta - portræt af Asta Nielsen
Self (archive footage)
The False Asta Nielsen
Herself
The White Roses
Thilda Wardier
The Dangerous Age
Elsie Lindtner
Asta Nielsen
Herself
Agitated Woman
Clarina
Asta Nielsen als Mannequin
So Ends My Song
Dora Waren
Sex, Sensations & Superstars: The History of Danish Silent Cinema
Self – Interviewee (archive footage)
Asta Nielsen: A Great Artist
herself (archive footage)