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    Asta Sofie Amalie Nielsen (11 September 1881 – 24 May 1972) was a Danish silent film actress who was one of the most popular leading ladies of the 1910s...
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    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 (The Abyss)...
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    Asta Nielsen (German:Die falsche Asta Nielsen) is a 1915 German silent film directed by Urban Gad and starring Asta Nielsen and Victor Arnold. Asta Nielsen...
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    Shakespeare play Hamlet starring and produced by Danish silent film actress Asta Nielsen. It was directed by Svend Gade and Heinz Schall. The film was shot at...
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  • German silent film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst starring Greta Garbo, Asta Nielsen and Werner Krauss. It is based on a novel by Hugo Bettauer and widely...
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  • statistician Asta von Mallinckrodt-Haupt (1896–1960) German dermatologist Asta Mollerup (1881–1945), Danish dance teacher Asta Nielsen (1881–1972), Danish...
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    Abel began working towards a film career. In 1913, he caught the eye of Asta Nielsen, who helped him break into the film industry. That same year, he made...
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    performance and natural acting by Asta Nielsen led to her international stardom. Because of the overt eroticism of Nielsen's performance, the film was censored...
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    management; in 1989, the Nielsen heirs sold the house to the municipality. In 2015, a permanent exhibition about Asta Nielsen opened. The house was located...
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  • Arthur Nielsen (1897–1980), American market analyst Asta Nielsen (1881–1972), Danish actress August Nielsen (1877–1956), Norwegian architect Axel Nielsen (chess...
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    "discovering" and developing the talents of actresses, including Greta Garbo, Asta Nielsen, Louise Brooks, and Leni Riefenstahl. Pabst's best known films concern...
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  • 1924 German silent film directed by Fritz Kaufmann [de] and starring Asta Nielsen, Gregori Chmara and Albert Steinrück. The film is adapted from the play...
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    Street of Sorrow, 1925), directed by G. W. Pabst and co-starring Asta Nielsen. She praised Asta and said: "In terms of expression and versatility, I am nothing...
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  • contributed other new subjects. The most important of these finds was Asta Nielsen in Afgrunden (The Abyss), directed by Urban Gad for Kosmorama, This combined...
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  • film directed and written by Urban Gad. It was the second film that Asta Nielsen made in Germany. The film is considered lost. Sisters Olga and Martha...
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  • (1995) Kaj Munk (1981) Martin Andersen Nexø (1969) Asta Nielsen (1996) Carl Nielsen (1965) Ejnar Nielsen (1966) Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger (1979) Hans Christian...
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  • system of Thelema The Abyss (1910 film), a Danish silent film starring Asta Nielsen The Abyss (1988 film) (L'Œuvre au noir), a French-Belgian film The Abyss...
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  • and starring Gad's wife Asta Nielsen. It was one of the first films made at the new Babelsberg Studio in Berlin. Asta Nielsen as Bella Burk Oskar Fuchs...
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  • silent comedy film directed by Heinz Schall and starring Asta Nielsen and Freddy Wingardh. Asta Nielsen as Eskimo Ivigtut Freddy Wingardh as Knud Prätorius...
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  • comedy film directed by Magnus Stifter and starring Asta Nielsen and Ludwig Trautmann. Asta Nielsen as Lis Ludwig Trautmann as Philip von Dobbern Magnus...
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    directed by Robert Wiene and starring Gregori Chmara, Henny Porten, and Asta Nielsen. The film is a retelling of the events leading up to the crucifixion...
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  • Drama Pola Negri, Harry Liedtke 1919 Intoxication Rausch PAGU Drama Asta Nielsen, Alfred Abel Lost film 1919 Die Puppe The Doll PAGU Comedy Ossi Oswalda...
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    Black and produced by Darryl Collins in 1995. In 1996, Korea won the Asta Nielsen Best Film Award at the Copenhagen Film Festival and was runner-up for...
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  • Gasse), directed by G. W. Pabst, starring Greta Garbo, Werner Krauss and Asta Nielsen – (Germany) The King on Main Street, directed by Monta Bell, starring...
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    comedy film directed by Urban Gad and starring Asta Nielsen, Max Landa and Fred Immler. Asta Nielsen as Jesta Alfred Kühne as Redakteur Schneider Max...
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  • silent film directed by Willy Grunwald and starring Asta Nielsen and Marga Köhler. Asta Nielsen as Dora Waren Marga Köhler as Agathe von Waren Julius...
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  • Brandes is a 1916 German silent film directed by Magnus Stifter, starring Asta Nielsen, with a screenplay by Martin Jørgensen, and Louis Levy. Dora is an actress...
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  • Holger-Madsen and starring Asta Nielsen and Augusta Blad. It was Nielsen's last film in her native Denmark. Countess Ysabel (Asta Nielsen) is a superficial and...
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    film director, script writer, and producer. Next to Henny Porten and Asta Nielsen, she was one of the most popular and well-known actresses in German silent...
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  • directed by Urban Gad and starring Asta Nielsen and Max Landa. It is based on the fairytale of the same name. Asta Nielsen as Lotte Max Landa as von Harten...
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