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Asta Sofie Amalie Nielsen was a Danish silent film actress who was one of the most popular leading ladies of the 1910s and one of the first international movie stars. Seventy of Nielsen's 74 films were made in Germany where she was known simply as Die Asta.
Intoxication is a 1919 German silent drama film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Asta Nielsen, Alfred Abel and Karl Meinhardt. It was based on the play Brott och brott by August Strindberg, which was later remade as the 1928 film Sin. Lubitsch was loaned out from UFA to the smaller Argus-Film for the production.
Wandering Souls is a 1921 German silent drama film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Asta Nielsen, Alfred Abel, and Walter Janssen. It was based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky's 1869 novel The Idiot. The film was the first of three to be made by Russo Film, a small production company set up by Decla-Bioscop to make literary adaptations. The 123-minute film was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. It premiered on 3 March 1921 at the Marmorhaus in Berlin.
Roswolsky's Mistress is a 1921 German silent drama film directed by Felix Basch and starring Asta Nielsen, Paul Wegener, and Wilhelm Diegelmann. It was based on a novel by George Froeschel. The film was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin, with sets designed by art directors Robert Neppach and Jack Winter. According to one estimate, the star Asta Nielsen wore thirty six different costumes during the course of the film.
Athletes is a 1925 German silent film directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Asta Nielsen, Gregori Chmara and Arnold Korff.
Living Buddhas is a 1925 German silent film in five chapters, directed by Paul Wegener and starring Wegener, Asta Nielsen and Käthe Haack. It was co-written by Wegener and Hans Stürm. Wegener cast himself as the evil High Llama of a devil cult. Danish actress Nielsen's film career went downhill quickly with the advent of sound films. It was made at the Staaken Studios in Berlin. Only five minutes of footage survive of the original 139-minute running time.
Miss Julie is a 1922 German silent drama film directed by Felix Basch and starring Asta Nielsen, William Dieterle, and Lina Lossen. It was based loosely on August Strindberg's 1888 play Miss Julie.
The ABC of Love is a 1916 German silent comedy film directed by Magnus Stifter and starring Asta Nielsen and Ludwig Trautmann.
Impossible Love is a 1932 German drama film directed by Erich Waschneck and starring Asta Nielsen, Ery Bos and Ellen Schwanneke. It was Nielsen's final film, and the only sound film she appeared in. It premiered at the Mozartsaal in Berlin. Neilsen had been a major star during the First World War and the early 1920s but her screen career gradually declined and she had not appeared in a film since That Dangerous Age in 1927. Four years after making Impossible Love she returned to her native Denmark. The film is also known by the alternative title of Crown of Thorns.
Cinderella is a 1916 German silent film directed by Urban Gad and starring Asta Nielsen and Max Landa.
The False Asta Nielsen is a 1915 German silent film directed by Urban Gad and starring Asta Nielsen and Victor Arnold.
Zapata's Gang is a 1914 German comedic silent film directed by Urban Gad and starring Asta Nielsen and Fred Immler. It depicts the difficulties a crime film's actors face after being mistaken for actual robbers.
Poor Jenny is a 1912 German silent film directed by Urban Gad and starring Gad's wife Asta Nielsen, Leo Peukert and Emil Albes.
The Film Primadonna is a 1913 German silent film directed by Urban Gad and starring Asta Nielsen and Paul Otto.
Little Angel is a 1914 German silent comedy film directed by Urban Gad and starring Asta Nielsen, Max Landa and Fred Immler.
The Dance of Death is a 1912 German silent film directed by Urban Gad and starring Gad's wife Asta Nielsen. It was one of the first films made at the new Babelsberg Studio in Berlin.
The Merry-Go-Round is a 1920 German silent film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Asta Nielsen, Conrad Veidt and Eduard von Winterstein. It was adapted from the 1897 play, La Ronde by Arthur Schnitzler.
The Woman in Flames is a 1924 German silent thriller film directed by Carl Boese and starring Asta Nielsen, Alfred Abel, and Gregori Chmara.
Agitated Women is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Asta Nielsen, Carmen Boni and Gustav Fröhlich. It was shot at the EFA Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gustav A. Knauer. The film was released in August 1927.
The Traitress is a 1911 German silent drama film directed by Urban Gad and starring Asta Nielsen, Max Obal, Robert Valberg and Emil Albes.
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