The Film Primadonna | |
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Directed by | Urban Gad |
Written by | Urban Gad |
Starring | Asta Nielsen |
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Country | Germany |
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The Film Primadonna (German:Die Filmprimadonna) is a 1913 German silent film directed by Urban Gad and starring Asta Nielsen and Paul Otto. [1]
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.
Peter Urban Bruun Gad was a Danish film director, stage actor, screenwriter, and author. He directed 40 films between 1910 and 1927. His wife Asta Nielsen starred in 30 of his films, also in his début film Afgrunden from 1910. They moved to Germany in 1911 where Gad worked with Paul Davidson until 1922.
The Fallen is a 1926 German silent drama film directed by Rudolf Walther-Fein and Rudolf Dworsky and starring Asta Nielsen, William Dieterle, and Otto Gebühr. It was shot at the EFA Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacek Rotmil. The 109-minute film addressed the issue of alcoholism amongst the German working class.
Emperor's Ball (German:Kaiserball) is a 1956 Austrian drama film directed by Franz Antel and starring Sonja Ziemann, Rudolf Prack and Hannelore Bollmann. The film is part of a cycle of films set during the old Austro-Hungarian Empire. It was shot in Agfacolor with sets designed by Otto Pischinger.
The Three Mannequins is a 1926 German silent film directed by Jaap Speyer and starring Hans Albers, Anton Pointner, and Paul Graetz. It was shot at the Terra Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Jacoby. It premiered at Berlin's Marmorhaus.
Street Music is a 1936 German comedy film directed by Hans Deppe and starring Jessie Vihrog, Fritz Genschow and Ernst Legal. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Seefelder. It was made by Bavaria Film at the Emelka Studios in Munich.
Malice is a 1926 German silent film directed by Manfred Noa and starring Paul Wegener, Olga Chekhova and Anton Pointner. The film's art direction was by Artur Günther.
The White Roses is a 1916 German silent film directed by Urban Gad and starring Asta Nielsen, Ernst Hofmann, Max Landa and Fred Immler.
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.
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.
Frontstairs and Backstairs is a 1915 German silent film directed by Urban Gad and starring Asta Nielsen and Paul Otto. It is based on the 1889 play Honour by Hermann Sudermann.
The Queen of the Stock Exchange is a 1918 German silent film directed by Edmund Edel and starring Asta Nielsen and Aruth Wartan.
Helmsman Holk is a 1920 German silent drama film directed by Rochus Gliese and Ludwig Wolff and starring Asta Nielsen,Theodor Loos and Paul Wegener.
Little Veronica is a 1929 Austrian-German silent film directed by Robert Land and starring Käthe von Nagy, Maly Delschaft and Mizzi Zwerenz.
The Woman in Flames is a 1924 German silent thriller film directed by Carl Boese and starring Asta Nielsen, Alfred Abel, and Gregori Chmara.
The Passion of Inge Krafft is a 1921 German silent drama film directed by Robert Dinesen and starring Mia May, Albert Steinrück and Conrad Veidt.
Love, Dance and a Thousand Songs is a 1955 West German musical comedy film directed by Paul Martin and starring Caterina Valente, Peter Alexander and Rudolf Platte. It is a revue film, showcasing a number of different performers. It was filmed at the Spandau Studios in West Berlin and on location around Mittenwald in Bavaria. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Jürgen Kiebach and Gabriel Pellon.