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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 2.072 |
| Birthday | 1881-09-11 |
| Place of Birth | Vesterbro, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Also Known As | Asta Sofie Amalie Nielsen, The Silent Muse, Die Asta, |
1914
Zapata's Gang
6/1
Comedy about a film crew shooting a movie about guns and robbers, when real robbers turn up. Having to go home in robbers costume, they are mistakingl...
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Zapata's Gang
1925
Joyless Street
6.841/41
In 1921, we follow two women - Marie and Grete - from the same poor Viennese neighborhood, as they try to better the lives of themselves and their fam...
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Joyless Street
1910
The Abyss
6.3/42
Magda, a piano teacher, meets Knud, a parson’s son, who invites her to spend the summer at his parents’ parsonage. When a travelling circus stops in t...
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The Abyss
1918
The Queen of the Stock Exchange
5.7/3
Mine owner Helene has a crush on the manager. He is however, enamored with Helene's cousin Lina.
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The Queen of the Stock Exchange
1914
Little Angel
5.9/9
Engelein is a comedy of deliberately mistaken identity. If Jesta, a 17-year-old, can play the part of a 12-year-old, her family will gain a large inhe...
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Little Angel
1919
Towards the Light
5.7/3
Countess Ysabel is a young and rich woman with many suitors. An elegant and adventurous baron has managed to win her heart, but she anyway continues t...
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Towards the Light
1913
The Film Prima Donna
5.5/2
Film star Ruth Breton has a habit of falling in love. When dating Walter she meets Von Zornhorst. When Zornhorst discards her, she pines away. As a la...
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The Film Prima Donna
1922
Vanina
5.2/6
Vanina loves rebel leader Octavio, who gets caught. He gets a pardon and marries Vanina. When he is captured again, Vanina helps him to escape prison....
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Vanina
1911
The Black Dream
4.7/13
Stella, a circus princess, has two suitors: young, handsome Count Waldberg and the greying, hidebound jeweller Hirsch. Stella’s love for Waldberg driv...
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The Black Dream
1921
Hamlet
7.2/17
A free adaptation of Shakespeare′s drama. The Danish queen masquerades her daughter as a boy, and thus, the girl lives her life as 'Prince' Hamlet. He...
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Hamlet
1912
A Romany Spy
5.8/5
Gypsy girl Zidra falls in love with the lieutenant she is supposed to spy on.
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A Romany Spy
1912
Poor Jenny
6.4/8
Jenny, a cleaner, is seduced by a local playboy, Edouard. Jenny's parents reject her after she spends the night with him. She finds a job as a vaudevi...
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Poor Jenny
1923
Downfall
0/0
Variety star Kaja falls in love with fisherman Peter. But he in a unfortunate situation kills a man and is sentenced to ten years imprisonment. Kaja p...
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Downfall
1923
Earth Spirit
5.5/6
When the old, wealthy Doctor Schön takes Lulu under his wing, he has no idea that she will be his certain death. Young and beautiful, Lulu is endowed...
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Earth Spirit
1932
Impossible Love
0/0
A deranged woman artist falls in love with a young sculptor. The impossible love ends tragically.
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Impossible Love
1913
The Suffragette
4.6/6
Nelly's mother is a suffragette and persuades her daughter to join the good cause. Placing a bomb under Lord William's chair love develops between the...
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The Suffragette
1927
Tragedy of the Street
5.8/7
Auguste is an aging prostitute who falls in love with Felix, a younger student. While Felix has strayed away from his parents, Auguste starts taking c...
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Tragedy of the Street
1913
S1
7.5/1
The general's daughter spies on her fiancé to achieve information.
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S1
1916
The ABC of Love
6.1/6
When Lis meets her fiancé for the first time, she is severely disappointed. Having dreamed of a dashing, mysterious Latino man, she instead finds hers...
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The ABC of Love
1911
The Ballet Dancer
4.6/5
The ballet pupil Camilla Favier makes for a quick success and falls for the author Jean Mayol. She discovers a love letter to him from a rich married...
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The Ballet Dancer
1920
Der Reigen - Ein Werdegang
5/1
Drama about street walker Elena who marries shop keeper Albert. When her former pimp Peter shows up, her life is ruined. She shoots him and poisons he...
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Der Reigen - Ein Werdegang
1933
Asta Nielsen: A Great Artist
0/0
Found footage film about Asta Nielsen
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Asta Nielsen: A Great Artist
1924
The House by the Sea
0/0
The proprietors of a small inn on the Italian coast suddenly have to cater for a company of conscripts on their way to a nearby port. One of the serge...
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The House by the Sea
1918
In Turmoil
5.5/4
Marriage between Margit and artist Erik Lind is interrupted by her infatuation with squire *Arvid Sund. She gives up the relationship because of Erik'...
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In Turmoil
2016
Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film
5.8/4
A compilation of scenes from Shakespeare adaptations made in the earliest days of cinema, including versions of King Lear, Twelfth Night, Hamlet, Rich...
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Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film
1916
Frontstairs and Backstairs
0/0
Comedy about the courting couple Sabine and Lehman. Her roving eye catches a lieutenant, and when he finds out about her winning lottery ticket, he tr...
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Frontstairs and Backstairs
1919
Intoxication
0/0
Gaston finally succeeds as a dramatist and decides to leave his wife and child for another woman. When the child dies, the finger is pointed at him an...
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Intoxication
1918
The Eskimo Baby
5.5/4
Young Polar Explorer brings Eskimo Ivigtut to his parents in Berlin. After experiencing Western culture, she finds herself pregnant but the explorer c...
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The Eskimo Baby
1911
The Strange Bird
3.5/2
The English landowner Wolton has gone on a fishing trip in the Spreewald with his daughter May. They meet fellow Englishman Bruce, who falls head over...
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The Strange Bird
1920
Kurfürstendamm
0/0
The Devil decides to go and visit Kurfürstendamm, where all his clients seem to come from. He settles at "Pension Elvira", where everybody cheats and...
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Kurfürstendamm
1927
Small Town Sinners
0/0
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Small Town Sinners
1927
The Dangerous Age
0/0
The gorgeous 40-year-old Elsie Lindtner lives in a beautiful house, and is married to a respectable university professor. And yet, there’s something t...
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The Dangerous Age
1926
The Fallen
0/0
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The Fallen
1925
Living Buddhas
0/0
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Living Buddhas
1923
I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity
4.8/6
From the director of Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, this is the Passion embedded in a contemporary story. An anarchist jailed for an attempted assassination...
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I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity
1921
Wandering Souls
0/0
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Wandering Souls
1924
The Film in the Film
7.5/1
The only surviving excerpt of a documentary on film production in Weimar Germany, featuring the different personalities of several famous directors of...
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The Film in the Film
1927
The Vice of Humanity
0/0
Tamara becomes addicted to cocaine but hides from her daughter by moving in with the dealer Mangol. The father tells his daughter that her mother has...
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The Vice of Humanity
1915
The False Asta Nielsen
10/1
A doppelganger comedy made at the height of Asta Nielsen's fame in which she plays dual roles. This film is considered lost.
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The False Asta Nielsen
1911
Gypsy Blood
0/0
Jonna cheats on her husband with a chauffeur and is discovered by her husband. After the divorce, she falls into a life of theft and poverty until her...
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Gypsy Blood
1911
The Traitress
4.4/5
A woman betrays the regiment location in which the officer she is interested in is assigned because he despises her, only to regret it when he is caug...
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The Traitress
1916
Little Angel's Wedding
0/0
A sequel to 1914's Engelein, recounting the wedding of the titular protagonist. This film is considered lost.
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Little Angel's Wedding
1911
The Great Moment
1/1
The landowner Bergmann and his wife hire Annie as a maid, but when the girl gets pregnant by a relative of her master, they dismiss her. Only Johann,...
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The Great Moment
1911
Gypsy Blood
0/0
In a remote german valley, a lord falls in love with a gypsy thief. This film is considered lost.
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Gypsy Blood
1927
Agitated Woman
0/0
The aging singer Clarina receives a new engagement from a cabaret called the Maison Mouche and must evade the advances of several overbearing men. Thi...
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Agitated Woman
1912
When the Mask Falls
0/0
Bank director Hardner, a cunning businessman who hides his unscrupulousness behind a mask of friendliness, tries to destroy a family. This film is con...
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When the Mask Falls
1912
Comedians
0/0
Comedy superstar Kamma has her professional life and her relationship strained when her son Maurice becomes fatally ill. Only a small fragment of the...
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Comedians
1913
Death in Seville
0/0
Melodrama set in Spain. This film is considered lost.
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Death in Seville
1925
Hedda Gabler
0/0
Silent adaptation of the famous play by Henrik Ibsen. This film is believed to be lost.
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Hedda Gabler
1923
Navarro the Dancer
0/0
The dancer Navarro has lost her husband and son. With her daughter at her side, she returns to her homeland and comes under suspicion of spying when s...
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Navarro the Dancer
1916
The White Roses
0/0
When Hedda is about to appear on stage in Ostende she borrows a piece of jewellery from her fiancé, de Rochord. When a gang of thieves steals it, he c...
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The White Roses
1924
The Woman in Flames
0/0
Dancing, sports and erotic pursuits are the main ingredients in this drama about the fate of this scorned and abandoned woman, Josefine, who falls for...
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The Woman in Flames
1922
Fräulein Julie
0/0
A loose adaptation of August Strindberg's Miss Julie. The daughter of a count witnesses her mother's increasing mental instability after being spurned...
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Fräulein Julie
1913
Die Sünden der Väter
0/0
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Die Sünden der Väter
1920
Steuermann Holk
0/0
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Steuermann Holk
1924
Battle of the Butterflies
0/0
Naive 16 year old Rosi paints butterfly pictures and day-dreams of a better world, abhorring the conducts of Else, Laura, Max and and an immoral caval...
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Battle of the Butterflies
1912
Der Totentanz
5/1
Bella is married to engineer Burk who meets with an accident. To provide an income she starts as a performer, but happen to meet an infatuated, intrig...
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Der Totentanz
1925
Athleten
0/0
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Athleten
1919
So Ends My Song
0/0
Many suitors woo the wealthy heiress Dora, but her heart belongs to the doctor Alberto. Shortly after their engagement, it turns out that Alberto has...
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So Ends My Song
1921
Roswolsky's Mistress
0/0
Trying to kill herself, Mary is saved by rich Roswolsky.
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Roswolsky's Mistress
1911
The Moth
0/0
A lost short film starring Asta Nielsen.
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The Moth
1916
Dora Brandes
0/0
Actress Dora marries journalist Gustav and lets down her art. She helps him in his political career but finally leaves him and commits suicide.
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Dora Brandes
1916
The Guinea-Pig
5/1
Jesta’s mischievous and playful manner is driving her father and his new lady friend mad. Finally they have had enough, and Jesta is sent away to a gi...
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The Guinea-Pig
1919
According to Law
5/1
An Idealistic journalist tries to help a young doctor financially. In her pursuit of raising money she frequents a loan shark, finally killing him.
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According to Law
1918
Eine Rose der Wildnis
0/0
Wanda runs away from her Gypsy camp, trying to live as a dancer. In a dream sequence she meets Ruprecht and Curt, who both fall in love with her. Rupr...
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Eine Rose der Wildnis
1917
The Orphanage Child
0/0
Ester escapes an orphanage and finds employment with Dr. Hoff and later with dramatist Hugo Mayerling. After reading a play of his she succeeds on sta...
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The Orphanage Child
1916
Die Ewige Nacht
0/0
Drama with poor blind Marta who falls in love with sculptor Paul who prefers the high life. As she tries to bring him to the straight and narrow, he l...
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Die Ewige Nacht
1922
Revenge of the Bandits
0/0
Drama about Auca's relationship with two highwaymen, Ruggiero and Danilo. After the loss of a child, Auca throws herself into an abyss.
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Revenge of the Bandits
1912
Die Macht des Goldes
0/0
Drama about a country girl who becomes a model for an artist with no morals. Disheartened, she return to her home to her old friend Christoph who acci...
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Die Macht des Goldes
1915
Die Tochter der Landstrasse
0/0
Zirzi witnesses the murder of Professor Wormser.
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Die Tochter der Landstrasse
1914
Das Feuer
0/0
Wanda marries a Count but falls in love with his son. When their relationship is discovered by the Dowager Countess, she locks them in the garden shed...
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Das Feuer
1920
Graf Sylvains Rache
0/0
Comedy about dare devil Emile who falls in love with Madeleine. The consequences are devastating.
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Graf Sylvains Rache
1916
Cinderella
0/0
Growing up with mean foster parents, Lotte is employed as a kitchen maid with the von Harten family. After a dramatic interlude, including an accusati...
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Cinderella
1912
Zu Tode Gehetzt
0/0
When architect Ernstein falls for secretary Paula, his wife makes sure, that she is fired and evicted from her apartment. When she finds herself pregn...
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Zu Tode Gehetzt
1914
Das Kind ruft
0/0
Ernest Schiller, a wealthy merchant, has the cherished ambition to secure as his son-in-law the Count De Grechy, a member of the nobility. His ambitio...
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Das Kind ruft
1913
Jugend und Tollheit
0/0
Comedy about the lieutenant who marries poor Jesta. As a wealthy neighbor wants his own daughter to wed the officer, Jesta has to disguise herself as...
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Jugend und Tollheit
1912
The General's Children
0/0
Kind-hearted Thekla helps her frivolous brother and hides him on a remote farm.
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The General's Children
1916
White Roses
0/0
A film with Thilda Wardier an actress, Count Adam de Rochard, Lord Kenley / Henry von Muiden, Countess de Rochard, Adam's grandmother, Mr. Morton, Cou...
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White Roses
Mata Hari
0/0
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Mata Hari
1968
Asta Nielsen
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A conversation with Poul Reumert recorded in the spring of 1968, Asta Nielsen is interviewed by actor Axel Strøbye in his home in Copenhagen . She tel...
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Asta Nielsen
2020
Sex, Sensations & Superstars: The History of Danish Silent Cinema
0/0
Documentary on the rise and fall of the Danish silent film industry.
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Sex, Sensations & Superstars: The History of Danish Silent Cinema
2003
Den talende muse - samtaler med Asta Nielsen
7/1
Documentary feature about film diva Asta Nielsen based in part on previously unseen material from private archives of Frede Smith.
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Den talende muse - samtaler med Asta Nielsen
2023
Asta Nielsen - Europas erste Filmikone
9/1
Asta Nielsen: pioneer of cinema and first European film star, tragedienne and comedienne, writer and artist. As a working-class child and single paren...
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Asta Nielsen - Europas erste Filmikone
1943
12 Minuten UFA
0/0
An insight into the work at the UFA-Studios.
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