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