Search for your favorite movies and get recommendations

Asta Nielsen

Born

Vesterbro, Copenhagen, Denmark

Biography

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).

AI Reason

AI Reason

AI Reason

Movies starring Asta:

Live Action Movies
The Joyless Street
1925
The Suffragette
1913
The ABC of Love
1916
Tragedy of the Street
1927
The Film in the Film
1924
The Strange Bird
1911
Sex, Sensations & Superstars: The History of Danish Silent Cinema
2020
A Romany Spy
1912
The Fallen
1926
I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity
1923
The Abyss
1910
Zapata's Gang
1914
Small Town Sinners
1927
Fräulein Julie
1922
Kurfürstendamm
1920
The White Roses
1916
The House by the Sea
1924
The False Asta Nielsen
1915
Earth Spirit
1923
Steuermann Holk
1920
The Film Prima Donna
1913
Frontstairs and Backstairs
1916
Impossible Love
1932
Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film
2016
The Ballet Dancer
1911
The Black Dream
1911
The Guinea-Pig
1916
Das Kind ruft
1914
Death in Seville
1913
The Vice of Humanity
1927
Wandering Souls
1921
Hamlet
1921
The Moth
1911
Intoxication
1919
The Great Moment
1911
Agitated Woman
1927
The Dangerous Age
1927
Zu Tode Gehetzt
1912
Navarro the Dancer
1923
Die Tochter der Landstrasse
1915
Little Angel's Wedding
1916
Hedda Gabler
1925
Dora Brandes
1916
Little Angel
1914
Poor Jenny
1912
The Queen of the Stock Exchange
1918
Towards the Light
1919
Der Totentanz
1912
The Merry-Go-Round
1920
Comedians
1912
The General's Children
1912
S1
1913
Athleten
1925
Roswolsky's Mistress
1921
Gypsy Blood
1911
Asta Nielsen - Europas erste Filmikone
2023
When the Mask Falls
1912
Vanina
1922
Downfall
1923
Asta Nielsen als Mannequin
1915
Battle of the Butterflies
1924
Die Ewige Nacht
1916
Die Asta - portræt af Asta Nielsen
1995
The Traitress
1911
Das Feuer
1914
In the Eyes of the Law
1919
Graf Sylvains Rache
1920
Cinderella
1916
The Orphanage Child
1917
Eine Rose der Wildnis
1918
Die Macht des Goldes
1912
Asta Nielsen: A Great Artist
1933
In Turmoil
1918
Living Buddhas
1925
Asta Nielsen
1968
Revenge of the Bandits
1922
Den talende muse - samtaler med Asta Nielsen
2003
Jugend und Tollheit
1913
The Eskimo Baby
1918
The Woman in Flames
1924
Gypsy Blood
1911
Die Sünden der Väter
1913
Mata Hari
So Ends My Song
1919
Animated Movies