
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

Asta Nielsen - Europas erste Filmikone
2023 • Self (archive footage)

Sex, Sensations & Superstars: The History of Danish Silent Cinema
2020 • Self – Interviewee (archive footage)

Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film
2016 • Self

Den talende muse - samtaler med Asta Nielsen
2003 • (archive footage)

Die Asta - portræt af Asta Nielsen
1995 • Self (archive footage)

Asta Nielsen
1968 • Herself

Asta Nielsen: A Great Artist
1933 • herself (archive footage)

Impossible Love
1932 • Vera Holgk
Full filmography

Sex, Sensations & Superstars: The History of Danish Silent Cinema
View movie2020 • Self – Interviewee (archive footage)
Athleten
View movie1925 • Prinzessin Wanda Hoheneck
The House by the Sea
View movie1924 • Enricos Ehefrau Teresa
Steuermann Holk
View movie1920 • Isabella Bouflon
Kurfürstendamm
View movie1920 • Girl Lissy / Mulatto / Filmstar / Maria
Graf Sylvains Rache
View movie1920 • Madelaine
The Queen of the Stock Exchange
View movie1918 • Helene Netzler
Eine Rose der Wildnis
View movie1918 • Wanda
In Turmoil
View movie1918 • Margit
The Orphanage Child
View movie1917 • Esther
Die ewige Nacht
View movie1916 • Marta
Das Feuer
View movie1914 • Wanda Petri
Das Kind ruft
View movie1914 • Elana
The General's Children
View movie1912 • Thekla von der Linde
Zu Tode Gehetzt
View movie1912 • Paula Müller
Die Macht des Goldes
View movie1912 • Creszenz Fitzinger



























































