Bibliography

Asta Nielsen: Portraits, Interviews, Articles 1911-1914 according to Importing Asta Nielsen Database

[Mellini, Arthur]. “Asta Nielsen – die populäre Kino-Schauspielerin.” Lichtbild-Bühne 4 (35): 8, 2 September 1911. #17671.

Elsner, Paul. “Die Duse des Films.” Reclams Univers um Weltrundschau 27: 517–518, 29 October 1911. #16238.

“Die Duse der Kino-Kunst.” Spezial-Nummer der Asta Nielsen-Zeitung , no 1, 11 November 1911, 1, edited by Projections Actien-Gesellschaft ‘Union’. Berlin: Gebr. Wolffsohn G.m.b.H. #12812.

Dr. M. [Mellini, Arthur]. “Wie ich Kino-Schauspielerin wurde. Ein Interview mit Asta Nielsen.” Spezial-Nummer der Asta Nielsen-Zeitung, no 1, 2–4, 11 November 1911, edited by Projections Actien-Gesellschaft ‘Union’. Berlin: Gebr. Wolffsohn G.m.b.H. #12812.

[Mellini, Arthur]. “Goldene Winke für Theater-Besitzer.” Spezial-Nummer der Asta Nielsen-Zeitung, no 1, 4–6, 11 November 1911, edited by Projections Actien-Gesellschaft ‘Union’, Berlin: Gebr. Wolffsohn G.m.b.H. #12812.

[Mellini, Arthur]. “Der Wert der Reklame.” Spezial-Nummer der Asta Nielsen-Zeitung, no 1, 6–8,11 November 1911, edited by Projections Actien-Gesellschaft ‘Union’, 6–8. Berlin: Gebr. Wolffsohn G.m.b.H. #12812.

“Asta Nielsen.” Kinematographische Rundschau (Magyar Mozgófénykép-Szemle), no 192, 40, 12 November 1911. #15200.

“Asta Nielsen gázsija.” Kinematographische Rundschau (Magyar Mozgófénykép-Szemle), no 192, 40, 12 November 1911. #15200.

“Asta Nielsen und die schwedische Zensur. (Brief unseres schwedischen Korrespondenten.).” Der Kinematograph, no 256, n.p., 22 November 1911. #3451; see also #16149.

“Die Eröffnung der Asta-Nielsen-Lichtspiele.” Der Kinematograph, no 256, n.p., 22 November 1911. #18016.

Dr. A. [Arctander, Carl]. “Ein Interview mit Asta Nielsen. Original-Bericht unseres Korrespondenten.” Lichtbild-Theater 3 (48): n.p., 30 November 1911. #16228; see also #16228, #16151.

“Asta Nielsen és a filmcenzura.” Kinematographische Rundschau (Magyar Mozgófénykép-Szemle), no 195, 44, 3 December 1911. #16149; see also #3451.

“Kinematográf és a kritika” Kinematographische Rundschau (Magyar Mozgófénykép-Szemle), no 196, 35, 10 December 1911. #16151; see also #16228, #16227.

Bezkocka, Willy. “Die Duse des Films. Eine kritische Betrachtung über Kino und Kunstgenuss.” Der Kinematograph, no 260, n.p., 20 December 1911. #16140.

“Haben kinematographische Vorführungen Anspruch auf Kunst?” Lichtbild-Bühne 4 (52): 25, 30 December 1911. #16227; see also #16228, #16151.

“Asta Nielsen a koronás helyen.” Délmagyarország (Szeged), 12 January 1912, 5. #12769.

E. “Bei Asta Nielsen. Von unserem ständigen Korrespondenten.“ Der Tag (Berlin), 11 February 1912, Morning Edition, Second Sheet. #16143; see also #12770.

“Asta Nielsen’s Popularität.” Lichtbild-Bühne 5 (8): 20, 24 February 1912. #18018.

Bäcker, August. “Sehr geehrte Redakzion!” Union-Theater-Zeitung (Berlin) 1 (1): 15, 16 March 1912. #2031.

Peters, Gustav Werner. “Asta Nielsen.” Prager Tagblatt, 20 March 1912, Morning Edition, 1–2. #2685.

H. F. H. “The Asta Neilsen [sic] Pictures.” Moving Picture World, 23 March 1912, 1054–1055. #9728.

“Látogatás Asta Nilsennél.” Délmagyarország (Szeged), 14 April 1912, 6. #12770; see also #16143.

“Bryllup.” Aarhus Stifts-Tidende, 13 May 1912, 3. #2375.

“Asta Nielsen – Urban Gad, Vermählte.” Lichtbild-Theater 4 (20): n.p., 17 May 1912. #3136; see also #12771, #18017, #1169.

“Asta Nielsen házassága.” Délmagyarország (Szeged), 18 May 1912, 8. #12771; see also #3136, #18017, #1169.

Böcker, W. “Asta Nielsen über Regie und Darstellung.” Erste Internationale Film-Zeitung 6 (21): 1, 25 May 1912. #3449.

“Asta Nielsen bleibt dauernd in Berlin.” Union-Theater-Zeitung 1 (11): 12, 25 May 1912. #2038.

“Asta Nielsen, Urban Gad – Vermählte.” Lichtbild-Bühne 5 (21): 22, 25 May 1912. #18017; see also #3136, #12771, #1169.

“Asta Nielsen – Urban Gad Vermählte.” Kinematographische Rundschau , no 221, 10, 10 June 1912. #1169; see also #3136, #12771, #18017.

“Die ‘Duse des Kinos’.” Berliner Börsen-Courier, 11 July 1912. #16912.

“Die Kinokünstlerin Asta Nielsen.” Der Tag (Berlin), 18 July 1912. #16144.

“Die ‘Duse des Kinos’.” Lichtbild-Theater 4 (29), n.p., 18 July 1912. #18015.

“Bei Asta Nielsen. Kjöbenhavn, Ende Oktober.” Deutsches Volksblatt (Vienna), 3 November 1912, 13. #16145.

“Asta Nielsen, die ‘Duse des Kientopps’.” Salzburger Chronik, 18 November 1912, 6. #4070; see also #11636, #16249.

“Kopenhagen protestiert gegen Asta Nielsen.” Lichtbild-Bühne (5) 48: 42–44, 30 November 1912. #11636; see also #4070, #16249.

“Protest gegen Asta Nielsen.” Bild und Film 3 (3): 68–69, December 1912. #16249; see also #4070, #11636.

Runsky, Georg. “Asta Nielsen.” Elegante Welt (Berlin), no 3, 30, 15 January 1913. #16920.

Turszinsky, Walter. “Asta Nielsen.” Nordland (Berlin), no 2, 15–16, Spring 1913. #16951; see also #16913.

Turszinsky, Walter. “Asta Nielsen.” Berliner Börsen-Courier, 20 February 1913, 1st Supplement, 5. #16913; see also #16951.

m.b. “Von Ibsen zum Kino. Ein Gespräch mit Asta Nielsen.” Neues Wiener Tagblatt, 22 February 1913, Evening Edition, 3. #4741; see also #12684, #3494.

“Asta Nielsen és a becskereki diákok.” Délmagyarország (Szeged), 23 February 1913, 7. #12775.

“Bei Asta Nielsen.” Die Zeit (Vienna), 27 February 1913, 5. #16926.

Nielsen, Asta. “Lieber Herr Redakteur.” Asta Nielsen Nummer der Kinematographischen Rundschau (Supplement) , no 260, 1, 2 March 1913. #18031.

“Asta Nielsen in Wien.” Asta Nielsen Nummer der Kinematographischen Rundschau (Supplement) , no 260, 2, 2 March 1913. #18032.

“Bei Asta Nielsen. Ein Gespräch mit der Künstlerin.” Asta Nielsen Nummer der Kinematographischen Rundschau (Supplement) , no 260, 4–6, 2 March 1913. #18033.

“Asta Nielsens Lebenslauf. Von besonderer Seite.” Asta Nielsen Nummer der Kinematographischen Rundschau (Supplement) , no 260, 7–10, 2 March 1913. #18034.

m.b. “Asta Nielsen. Von Ibsen zum Kino.” Union-Theater-Zeitung (Berlin), 2 (10): 7–8, 7 March 1913. #12684; see also #4741, #3494.

“Asta Nielsen. Bohaterka kina.” Nowiny Dziennik Powszechny (Kraków), 9 March 1913, 12. #16418.

“‘Duse kinematografu’.” Kurjer Lwowski, 11 March 1913, 4. #6902.

“Von Ibsen zum Kino.” Kinema (Bülach, Zurich), no 11, 15 March 1913, 4. #3494; see also #4741, #12684.

“Die Klage der Asta Nielsen.” Lichtbild-Bühne 6 (12): 39, 22 March 1913. #11642.

Nielsen, Asta. “Wie ich zum Kino kam.” Die Zeit (Vienna), no 3774, 7, 30 March 1913. #16927; see also #8695.

“(Asta Nielsen unter den Kinoenthusiasten).” Neues Wiener Journal, 2 April 1913, 7. #12256.

“Asta Nielsen.” Salzburger Volksblatt, 5 April 1913, 5–6. #8980.

“Asta Nielsen in Budapest.” Kinematographische Rundschau, no 265, 82, 6 April 1913. #1211.

“Die Film-Diva Asta Nielsen. Wie sie zum Kino kam.” Bozner Nachrichten, 6 April 1913, 11–12. #8695; see also #16927.

“Amikor Asta Nielsen sétál.” Délmagyarország (Szeged), 10 April 1913, 8. #12779.

“Asta Nielsen uzsonnája.” Délmagyarország (Szeged), 12 April 1913, 8. #12780.

“Ein Schmerzensschrei Asta Nielsens. Die Klage der Künstlerin über die reichsdeutsche Zensurstrenge.” Kinematographische Rundschau, no 266, 6–8, 13 April 1913. #1212; see also #16954.

Ortony, Alexander. “Die Berliner Filmzensur.” Kinematographische Rundschau, no 267, 14–16, 20 April 1913. #1216; see also #1212, #16954.

Bácskai, Magda. “Asta Nielsen.” Frauenzeitung des “Pester Lloyd”, 20 April 1913, 40. #9412.

“Bucsuelőadás a moziban.” Nagybányai Hírlap (Baia Mare), 22 April 1913, 4. #16949.

“Bankett zu Ehren Asta Nielsens in Budapest.” Kinematographische Rundschau, no 268, 88, 27 April 1913. #1223.

“(Eine exaltierte Bewunderin Asta Nielsens).” Neues Wiener Journal , 30 April 1913, 8. #16233.

E. L. [Lewin, Eugen]. “Asta Nielsen und das Kino (Zu unserem Bilde auf der ersten Seite).” Illustrierte Kino-Woche 1 (1): 1–2, 30 April 1913. #16933.

Zagórski, Adam. “Z powodu występów Asty Nielsen.” Kurjer Lwowski, 6 May 1913, Morning Edition, 3; 7 May 1913, Morning Edition, 3. #630, #631 including translation into German.

[Nielsen, Asta]. “Ueber Leistungen der Kinozensur.” Die Photographische Industrie, no 19, 1, 7 May 1913. #16954; see also #1216, #1212.

“(Asta Nielsen als Klägerin).” Fremden-Blatt (Vienna), 30 May 1913, 14. #12147; see also #12610, #12607.

“Eine Klage der Kinoschauspielerin Asta Nielsen.” Reichspost (Vienna), 30 May 1913, 12. #12610; see also #12147, 12607.

“Eine Urheberrechtsklage Asta Nielsens.” Neuigkeits-Welt-Blatt (Vienna), 1 June 1913, 18. #12607; see also #12147, #12610.

“[Die Irrfahrten der falschen Asta Nielsen].” Prager Tagblatt, 13 July 1913, 11. #2734; see also #10501.

Aubinger, Josef. 1913. “Asta Nielsen – Urban Gad.” Zeit im Bild 11 (27): 1992–1993, 23 July 1913. #16924.

“[A sentence of six month’s imprisonment].” Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser, 25 July 1913, 3. #10501; see also #2734.

D. K. “Asta Nielsen.“ Sine-fono, no 23, 25, 3 August 1913. #3061.

“Mit Asta Nielsen auf dem Flugplatz Wanne.” Lichtbild-Bühne 6 (33): 43, 16 August 1913. #11666; see also #16142.

“Mit Asta Nielsen auf dem Wanner Flugplatz.” Der Kinematograph, no 347, n.p., 20 August 1913. #16142; see also #11666.

“Die falsche Asta Nielsen.” Berliner Börsen-Courier, 23 August 1913, 4. #16915.

“A hamis Asta Nielsen.” Délmagyarország (Szeged), 29 August 1913, 8. #12781.

Hermann, Walter. “Asta Nielsen.” Illustrierte Kino-Woche 1 (16): 187, September 1913. #16937.

Erichs, Victor. “Asta Nielsen in ihren Rollen.” Illustrierte Kino-Woche 1 (16): 193, September 1913. #16938.

“Die Suffragette.” Illustrierte Kino-Woche 1 (16): 194–195, September 1913. #16939.

Müller-Herfurth, Jean Baptist. “An Asta Nielsen. (Bei Uebersendung ihres Bildnisses.).“ Die Fackel (Frankfurt am Main), 27 September 1913, 2. #10614.

“(Asta Nielsens Toiletten).” Prager Tagblatt, 26 October 1913, 4. #1683.

Huzella, Ödön. “Asta Nielsen.” Nagybánya (Baia Mare), 4 December 1913, 1. #16948.

Wendrich, A. “Weißt Du?” Union-Theater-Zeitung (Berlin) 2 (49): 3, 5 December 1913. #3348.

“Asta Nielsen – Her Life and Art.” The Pictures, 20 December 1913, 5. #18036.

“Asta Nielsen. Der erste Kino-Star.” Neues Wiener Abendblatt, 3 January 1914, 7. #4221.

“Asta Nielsen in Breslau.” Lichtbild-Bühne 7 (16): 41, 18 April 1914. #5734.

Crocombe, Leonard. “The Girl on the Film, No 7: Miss Asta Nielsen.” Pictures and the Picturegoer, 25 April 1914, 218–219. #34.

Mülleneisen Sr., Christoph. “Wie ich Asta Nielsen engagierte.” Erste Internationale Film-Zeitung 8 (17): 41–55, 25 April 1914. #16147.

[Dr.] Schneider, Otto. “Asta Nielsen.” Die Dame (Berlin), no 16, 2, 15 May 1914. #16920.

Nielsen, Asta. “Die Toiletten der Filmdarstellerin.” Der Welt-Spiegel. Illustrierte Halb-Wochenschrift des Berliner Tageblatts , no 43, 3, 28 May 1914. #10548.

Research Bibliography: Asta Nielsen Films – Distribution and Exhibition 1910-1914

Allen, Julie K. “Tracing the Australasian Asta Nielsen Boom in Trove and Papers Past: A Tool for Recreating the Circulation Histories of Silent Films.” In Special Issue: Asta Nielsen, the Film Star System and the Introduction of the Long Feature Film, edited by Yvonne Zimmermann. Early Popular Visual Culture 19.2-3 (2021): 261–278. DOI: 10.1080/17460654.2021.2058204

Grimm, Friederike. “Asta Nielsen in der Populärkultur. Parodien der ersten Filmdiva in Zeitschriften, Kino und Theater vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg.” ffk journal 6 (2021): 292–308.

Henkes [Braun], Caroline. “Asta Nielsen and Her Destitute Female Characters.” In Importing Asta Nielsen: The International Film Star in the Making 1910-1914, edited by Martin Loiperdinger and Uli Jung, 329–341. KINtop Studies in Early Cinema, vol. 2. New Barnet: John Libbey, 2013.

Henkes [Braun], Caroline. “Ubogie bohaterki Asty Nielsen.” In KINtop. Antologia wczesnego kino, edited by Andrzej Dębski and Martin Loiperdinger, 383–408. Wrocław: Oficyna Wydawnicza ATUT, 2016.

Jung, Uli and Martin Loiperdinger. “Introduction.” In Importing Asta Nielsen: The International Film Star in the Making 1910-1914, edited by Martin Loiperdinger and Uli Jung, 1–11. KINtop Studies in Early Cinema, vol. 2. New Barnet: John Libbey, 2013.

Loiperdinger, Martin. “Asta Nielsen geht in Serie. Die Etablierung des Filmstars als internationaler Markenartikel zwischen 1911 und 1914.” Filmblatt 21.61/62 (Spring 2017): 3–23.

Loiperdinger, Martin. “Importing Asta Nielsen Database. Quellen zu globalem Vertrieb und lokalen Aufführungen des Filmstars Asta Nielsen in Branchenblättern und Tageszeitungen.” In Die Herausforderungen des Films. Soziologische Antworten, edited by Alexander Geimer, Carsten Heinze and Rainer Winter, 297–311. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 2018.

Loiperdinger, Martin. “Early Film Stars in Trade Journals and Newspapers: Data-based Research on global Distribution and local Exhibition.” In The Routledge Companion to New Cinema History, edited by Daniel Biltereyst, Richard Maltby and Philippe Meers, 138–146. London, New York: Routledge, 2019.

Schlüpmann, Heide. “27 May 1911: Asta Nielsen Secures Unprecedented Artistic Control.” In A New History of German Cinema, edited by Jennifer M. Kapczynski, 44–49. Rochester, NY: Camden House, 2012.

Zimmermann, Yvonne. “Asta Nielsen, the Film Star System and the Introduction of the Long Feature Film.” In Special Issue: Asta Nielsen, the Film Star System and the Introduction of the Long Feature Film, edited by Yvonne Zimmermann. Early Popular Visual Culture 19.2-3 (2021): 107–119.DOI: 10.1080/17460654.2022.2059833

Australia

Allen, Julie K. “Divas Down Under: The Circulation of Asta Nielsen’s and Francesca Bertini’s Films in Australian Cinemas in the 1910s.” Studies in Australasian Cinema 11.2 (2017): 59–76. DOI: 10.1080/17503175.2017.1385142

Allen, Julie K. “Between Stage and Screen: Female European Stars of Early Feature Films in Australasia.” In Special Issue: Asta Nielsen, the Film Star System and the Introduction of the Long Feature Film, edited by Yvonne Zimmermann. Early Popular Visual Culture 19.2-3 (2021): 175–200. DOI: 10.1080/17460654.2021.2058188

Allen, Julie K. “Tracing the Australasian Asta Nielsen Boom in Trove and Papers Past: A Tool for Recreating the Circulation Histories of Silent Films.” In Special Issue: Asta Nielsen, the Film Star System and the Introduction of the Long Feature Film, edited by Yvonne Zimmermann. Early Popular Visual Culture 19.2-3 (2021): 261–278. DOI: 10.1080/17460654.2021.2058204

Allen, Julie K. Screening Europe in Australasia, 1906-1930: Transnational Silent Film Before and After the Rise of Hollywood. Exeter: Exeter University Press, 2022. DOI: 10.47788/ITZE9134

Bottomore, Stephen. “The Great Favorite, Miss Asta Neilson. Asta Nielsen on Australasian Screens.” In Importing Asta Nielsen: The International Film Star in the Making 1910-1914, edited by Martin Loiperdinger and Uli Jung, 309–320. KINtop Studies in Early Cinema, vol. 2. New Barnet: John Libbey, 2013.

Austria-Hungary

Grimm, Friederike. “Adoring the New Woman: Asta Nielsen’s Diverse Fan Base in Germany and Austria-Hungary in the Early 1910s.” In The New Woman in European Silent Cinema: Images, Narratives and Discourses, 113–134. Imago 26: studi di cinema e media. Rome: Bulzoni Editore, 2022. DOI: 10.1400/295889

Grimm, Friederike. Die Anfänge des Starsystems: Asta Nielsen in Deutschland und Österreich-Ungarn 1911-1914. Marburg: Schüren Verlag, 2025. DOI: 10.23799/9783741007163

Austria-Hungary: Budapest

Koch, Annika. Asta Nielsen – ein Star in Pest? Seminar Paper, Medienwissenschaft, University of Trier. Trier, 2014. (Download)

Austria-Hungary: Innsbruck

Blaser, Patrick. “Asta Nielsen Films in Innsbruck before the First World War.” In Importing Asta Nielsen: The International Film Star in the Making 1910-1914, edited by Martin Loiperdinger and Uli Jung, 142–151. KINtop Studies in Early Cinema, vol. 2. New Barnet: John Libbey, 2013.

Austria-Hungary: Prague

Hess, Jan. Asta Nielsen, “der mit Begeisterung aufgenommene Liebling des Prager Publikums”: Die Etablierung des Filmstars in Prag 1910-1912. Seminar Paper, Medienwissenschaft, University of Trier. Trier, 2014. (Download)

Meyer, Nicolaj. Asta Nielsen: Die Inszenierung “der Duse” in Prag. Die Kinoanzeigen der Asta-Nielsen-Serie 1912/13 im Prager Tagblatt. Seminar Paper, Medienwissenschaft, University of Trier. Trier, 2014. (Download)

Austria-Hungary: Trieste

Loiperdinger, Martin. “Not Only Divas: Special Features of Films in Cinema Advertising in Trieste before the First World War.” In Special Issue: Asta Nielsen, the Film Star System and the Introduction of the Long Feature Film, edited by Yvonne Zimmermann. Early Popular Visual Culture 19.2-3 (2021): 201–228. DOI: 10.1080/17460654.2021.2058191

Loiperdinger, Martin. “Nicht nur Diven: Besondere Attraktionen der Triester Kinos vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg. ” In Italien Deutschland transnational. Politik und Kultur in zwei verflochtenen Gesellschaften seit 1848, edited by René Möhrle, Christian Jansen, Katharina Münchberg, 75–104. Berlin: Peter Lang Verlag, 2025.

Austria-Hungary: Vienna

Streit, Elisabeth. “‘Nein, nein ich will das bleiben was ich bin.’ Ein Besuch in Wien.” In Unmögliche Liebe. Asta Nielsen, ihr Kino, edited by Heide Schlüpmann, Karola Gramann, Eric de Kuyper, Sabine Nessel and Michael Wedel, 392–395. 2nd edition. Vienna: verlag filmarchiv austria, 2010.

Brazil

Navitski, Rielle. “Asta Nielsen as Import Commodity. International Stardom and Local Film Distribution in Brazil, 1911-1915.” In Importing Asta Nielsen: The International Film Star in the Making 1910-1914, edited by Martin Loiperdinger and Uli Jung, 291–298. KINtop Studies in Early Cinema, vol. 2. New Barnet: John Libbey, 2013.

Czechia

see Austria-Hungary

Denmark

Allen, Julie K. “Ambivalent Admiration. Asta Nielsen’s Conflicted Reception in Denmark, 1911-14.” In Importing Asta Nielsen: The International Film Star in the Making 1910-1914, edited by Martin Loiperdinger and Uli Jung, 39–51*.* KINtop Studies in Early Cinema, vol. 2. New Barnet: John Libbey, 2013.

Allen, Julie K. Icons of Danish Modernity: Georg Brandes and Asta Nielsen. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2013.

Haastrup, Helle Kannik. “Die Asta: En kosmopolitisk Diva.” Kosmorama no. 276 (2020). https://www.kosmorama.org/artikler/die-asta

Schröder, Stephan Michael. “Die Duse des Kinos als ‘Frau Nielsen’: In Dänemark.” In Unmögliche Liebe. Asta Nielsen, ihr Kino, edited by Heide Schlüpmann, Karola Gramann, Eric de Kuyper, Sabine Nessel and Michael Wedel, 427–435. 2nd edition. Vienna: verlag filmarchiv austria, 2010.

Thorsen, Isak. “Nordisk Films Kompagni and Asta Nielsen.” In Importing Asta Nielsen: The International Film Star in the Making 1910-1914, edited by Martin Loiperdinger and Uli Jung, 25–37. KINtop Studies in Early Cinema, vol. 2. New Barnet: John Libbey, 2013.

Denmark: Copenhagen

Haastrup, Helle Kannik. “To be a Female Hamlet: Asta Nielsen’s Star Image, Cross-dressing Films, and Critical Reception.” Kosmorama no. 281 (2022). https://www.kosmorama.org/artikler/female-hamlet

Tybjerg, Casper. “Presenting Afgrunden in Copenhagen and Skive.” In Importing Asta Nielsen: The International Film Star in the Making 1910-1914, edited by Martin Loiperdinger and Uli Jung, 15–24. KINtop Studies in Early Cinema, vol. 2. New Barnet: John Libbey, 2013.

Denmark: Skive

Tybjerg, Casper. “Presenting Afgrunden in Copenhagen and Skive.” In Importing Asta Nielsen: The International Film Star in the Making 1910-1914, edited by Martin Loiperdinger and Uli Jung, 15–24. KINtop Studies in Early Cinema, vol. 2. New Barnet: John Libbey, 2013.

Egypt: Alexandria

Mejri, Ouissal. “Afgrunden and Professor Ehrlich’s Magic Bullet in Alexandria.” In Importing Asta Nielsen: The International Film Star in the Making 1910-1914, edited by Martin Loiperdinger and Uli Jung, 87–90. KINtop Studies in Early Cinema, vol. 2. New Barnet: John Libbey, 2013.

Europe

Christie, Ian. “From Screen Personalities to Stars. Analysing Eearly Film Fame in Europe.” In Importing Asta Nielsen: The International Film Star in the Making 1910-1914, edited by Martin Loiperdinger and Uli Jung, 353–363. KINtop Studies in Early Cinema, vol. 2. New Barnet: John Libbey, 2013.

Christie, Ian. “Od Osobowości Ekranowych do Gwiazd. Badania nad Sławą we Wczesnym Kinie Europejskim.” In KINtop. Antologia wczesnego kino, edited by Andrzej Dębski and Martin Loiperdinger, 333–352. Wrocław: Oficyna Wydawnicza ATUT, 2016.

Finland

Hupanittu, Outi. “Afgrunden aka Kuilu in Finland. Nordiska Biograf, Exclusive Distribution and Newly Established Censorship.” In Importing Asta Nielsen: The International Film Star in the Making 1910-1914, edited by Martin Loiperdinger and Uli Jung, 65–76. KINtop Studies in Early Cinema, vol. 2. New Barnet: John Libbey, 2013.

Hupaniittu, Outi. “Näihin Näytäntöihin ei Myydä Lasten Pilettejä. Asta Nielsenin Kuilu-elokuva Helsingissä vuonna 1911.” In Samanaikaisuuksia: Kansainvälisiä näköaloja vuoden 1911 maailmaan, edited by Leila Koivunen and Taina Syrjämaa, 49–65. Histories 2. Turku: Yleinen historia, Turun yliopisto, 2010.

France

Kneubühler, Valdo. “Opportunities Gone By. Asta Nielsen Films in France, 1911-1914.” In Importing Asta Nielsen: The International Film Star in the Making 1910-1914, edited by Martin Loiperdinger and Uli Jung, 273–278. KINtop Studies in Early Cinema, vol. 2. New Barnet: John Libbey, 2013.

Kneubühler, Valdo. “Verpasste Gelegenheiten. Asta Nielsen und Frankreich.” In Unmögliche Liebe. Asta Nielsen, ihr Kino, edited by Heide Schlüpmann, Karola Gramann, Eric de Kuyper, Sabine Nessel and Michael Wedel, 412–424. 2nd edition. Vienna: verlag filmarchiv austria, 2010.

Stotzky, Pierre. “La place des cinématographies étrangères dans la généralisation du long-métrage en France. L’exemple des films d’Asta Nielsen.” In Revoir Le Cinéma Muet En France (1908-1919), edited by Carole Aurouet, Béatrice De Pastre and Laurent Véray, 378–393. Paris: Les Éditions Du Sonneur, 2023.

France: Metz

see Germany: Metz

Germany

Bottomore, Stephen. “Objekt der Karikatur.” In Unmögliche Liebe. Asta Nielsen, ihr Kino, edited by Heide Schlüpmann, Karola Gramann, Eric de Kuyper, Sabine Nessel and Michael Wedel, 259–263. 2nd edition. Vienna: verlag filmarchiv austria, 2010.

Goergen, Jeanpaul. “Drei Walzer für A. N.” In Unmögliche Liebe. Asta Nielsen, ihr Kino, edited by Heide Schlüpmann, Karola Gramann, Eric de Kuyper, Sabine Nessel and Michael Wedel, 281–286. 2nd edition. Vienna: verlag filmarchiv austria, 2010.

Grimm, Friederike. “The Asta Nielsen Brand: Advertising Long Feature Star Series in German Local Newspapers, 1911 to 1914.” In Special Issue: Asta Nielsen, the Film Star System and the Introduction of the Long Feature Film, edited by Yvonne Zimmermann. Early Popular Visual Culture 19.2-3 (2021): 121–148. DOI 10.1080/17460654.2022.2059834

Grimm, Friederike. “Spezial-Nummer der Asta Nielsen-Zeitung from 11 November 1911.” In Special Issue: Asta Nielsen, the Film Star System and the Introduction of the Long Feature Film, edited by Yvonne Zimmermann. Early Popular Visual Culture 19.2-3 (2021): 229–244. DOI: 10.1080/17460654.2021.2058195

Grimm, Friederike. “Adoring the New Woman: Asta Nielsen’s Diverse Fan Base in Germany and Austria-Hungary in the Early 1910s.” In The New Woman in European Silent Cinema: Images, Narratives and Discourses, 113–134. Imago 26: studi di cinema e media. Rome: Bulzoni Editore, 2022. DOI: 10.1400/295889

Grimm, Friederike. Die Anfänge des Starsystems: Asta Nielsen in Deutschland und Österreich-Ungarn 1911-1914. Marburg: Schüren Verlag, 2025. DOI: 10.23799/9783741007163

Grottendieck, Matthias. “‘Glocal Cinema’. Ludwig Gottschalk – Filmwirtschaft im Kaiserreich. Master Thesis, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, 2015. (Download)

Haller, Andrea. “‘Nur meine Asta! Und damit basta!’ Ein Blick in die Frauen- und Fanzeitschriften der 1910er Jahre.” In Unmögliche Liebe. Asta Nielsen, ihr Kino, edited by Heide Schlüpmann, Karola Gramann, Eric de Kuyper, Sabine Nessel and Michael Wedel, 325–336. 2nd edition. Vienna: verlag filmarchiv austria, 2010.

Kamps, Johannes. “Pionierin des frühen Starplakats.” In Unmögliche Liebe. Asta Nielsen, ihr Kino, edited by Heide Schlüpmann, Karola Gramann, Eric de Kuyper, Sabine Nessel and Michael Wedel, 287–292. 2nd edition. Vienna: verlag filmarchiv austria, 2010.

Ligensa, Annemone. “Asta Nielsen in Germany – A Reception-Oriented Approach.” In Importing Asta Nielsen: The International Film Star in the Making 1910-1914, edited by Martin Loiperdinger and Uli Jung, 343–352. KINtop Studies in Early Cinema, vol. 2. New Barnet: John Libbey, 2013.

Loiperdinger, Martin. “Monopolfilm, Publikum und Starsystem. Asta Nielsen in Abgründe – ein Medienumbruch auf dem deutschen Filmmarkt 1910/11.” In Film – Kino – Zuschauer: Filmrezeption / Film – Cinema – Spectator: Film Reception, edited by Irmbert Schenk, Margrit Tröhler and Yvonne Zimmermann, 193–212. Marburg: Schüren Verlag, 2010.

Loiperdinger, Martin. “Der erste Filmstar im Monopolfilmverleih.” In Unmögliche Liebe. Asta Nielsen, ihr Kino, edited by Heide Schlüpmann, Karola Gramann, Eric de Kuyper, Sabine Nessel and Michael Wedel, 177–186. 2nd edition. Vienna: verlag filmarchiv austria, 2010.

Loiperdinger, Martin. “Afgrunden in Germany: Monopolfilm, Cinemagoing and the Emergence of the Film Star Asta Nielsen, 1910-11.” In Cinema, Audiences and Modernity. New perspectives on European cinema history, edited by Daniel Biltereyst, Richard Maltby and Philippe Meers, 142–153. London, New York: Routledge, 2012.

Loiperdinger, Martin. “‘Die Duse der Kino-Kunst’. Asta Nielsen’s Berlin Made Brand.” In Importing Asta Nielsen: The International Film Star in the Making 1910-1914, edited by Martin Loiperdinger and Uli Jung, 93–112. KINtop Studies in Early Cinema, vol. 2. New Barnet: John Libbey, 2013.

Müller, Corinna. “Entwicklung auf dem deutschen Filmmarkt zwischen September 1910 und April 1911.” Chap. 3.2 in Frühe deutsche Kinematographie. Formale, wirtschaftliche und kulturelle Entwicklungen, 112–125. Stuttgart, Weimar: J. B. Metzler, 1994.

Müller, Corinna. “‘Monopolfilm’.” Chap. 4 in Frühe deutsche Kinematographie. Formale, wirtschaftliche und kulturelle Entwicklungen, 126–157. Stuttgart, Weimar: J. B. Metzler, 1994.

Schröder, Stephan Michael. “Und Urban Gad? Zur Frage der Autorschaft in den Filmen bis 1914.” In Unmögliche Liebe. Asta Nielsen, ihr Kino, edited by Heide Schlüpmann, Karola Gramann, Eric de Kuyper, Sabine Nessel and Michael Wedel, 194–210. 2nd edition. Vienna: verlag filmarchiv austria, 2010.

Germany: Breslau

see Germany, Wrocław

Germany: Cologne

Grimm, Friederike. “‘Cinema: Today’s Theatre’ – Images from the 1914 Cologne Rose Monday Parade.” In Special Issue: Asta Nielsen, the Film Star System and the Introduction of the Long Feature Film, edited by Yvonne Zimmermann. Early Popular Visual Culture 19.2-3 (2021): 245–260. DOI: 10.1080/17460654.2021.2058197

Germany: Freiburg

Steurenthaler [Grimm], Friederike. “Filmstar Asta Nielsen in Freiburger Kinos (1911-1914). Lokale Analyse eines Medienumbruchs.” Bachelor Thesis, Medienwissenschaft, Universität Trier. Trier, 2012. (Download)

Germany: Gießen

Nagel, Saskia. Zwischen Lust und Pflicht. Starke Identifikation in den Filmen von Urban Gad (1911-1914). Magistra Thesis, Theater-, Film- und Medienwissenschaft, University of Vienna. Vienna, 2011. DOI: 10.25365/thesis.14579 (Download)

Germany: Mannheim

Haller, Andrea. “Advertising Asta Nielsen and the Long-Feature Film. The Case of Mannheim.” In Importing Asta Nielsen: The International Film Star in the Making 1910-1914, edited by Martin Loiperdinger and Uli Jung, 123–137.KINtop Studies in Early Cinema, vol. 2. New Barnet: John Libbey, 2013.

Germany: Metz

Stotzky, Pierre. “Screening Asta Nielsen Films in Metz before the First World War.” In Importing Asta Nielsen: The International Film Star in the Making 1910-1914, edited by Martin Loiperdinger and Uli Jung, 113–122. KINtop Studies in Early Cinema, vol. 2. New Barnet: John Libbey, 2013.

Germany: Saarbrücken

Rönz, Christina. “‘Asta Nielsen kommt’. Der Filmstar und die Kinobetreiber im Deutschen Reich.” In Unmögliche Liebe. Asta Nielsen, ihr Kino, edited by Heide Schlüpmann, Karola Gramann, Eric de Kuyper, Sabine Nessel and Michael Wedel, 187–193. 2nd edition. Vienna: verlag filmarchiv austria, 2010.

Germany: Trier

Rönz, Christina. “‘Asta Nielsen kommt’. Der Filmstar und die Kinobetreiber im Deutschen Reich.” In Unmögliche Liebe. Asta Nielsen, ihr Kino, edited by Heide Schlüpmann, Karola Gramann, Eric de Kuyper, Sabine Nessel and Michael Wedel, 187–193. 2nd edition. Vienna: verlag filmarchiv austria, 2010.

Germany: Wilhelmshaven

Thiele, Jens. “‘Im Kino gewesen. Geweint. ’ Kino und Öffentlichkeit in den Anfängen des Stummfilms.” In Lichtbilder Lichtspiele. Anfänge der Fotografie und des Kinos in Ostfriesland, edited by Detlef Hoffmann and Jens Thiele, 304–313. Marburg: Jonas Verlag, 1989.

Germany: Wrocław

Dębski, Andrzej. “Asta Nielsen we Wrocławiu.” Helikopter 12 (2011). (Download)

Loiperdinger, Martin. “Abgründe – Poczatek Dlugometrazowych Filmów Fabularnych we Wrocławiu.” In Wrocław bedzie miastem filmowym. Z dziejów kina we Wrocławiu, edited by Andrzej Dębski and Marek Zybura, 55–63*.* Wrocław: Wydawnictwo GAJT 1991, 2008.

Hungary

see Austria-Hungary

Great Britain

Burrows, Jon. “‘The Great Asta Nielsen,’ ‘The Shady Exclusive’ and the Birth of Film Censorship in Britain, 1911-1914.” In Importing Asta Nielsen: The International Film Star in the Making 1910-1914, edited by Martin Loiperdinger and Uli Jung, 103–113. KINtop Studies in Early Cinema, vol. 2. New Barnet: John Libbey, 2013.

Chavez, Victor and Martin Loiperdinger. “Asta Nielsen Film Trade in Great Britain: Pioneering the Exclusive Long Feature Star Series Before the First World War.” In Special Issue: Asta Nielsen, the Film Star System and the Introduction of the Long Feature Film, edited by Yvonne Zimmermann. Early Popular Visual Culture 19.2-3 (2021): 149–174. DOI: 10.1080/17460654.2021.2058184

Iceland: Reykjavík

Schindler, Agnes. “‘Aðalhlutverkið leikur: Frú Asta Nielsen-Gad.’ Asta Nielsen Films in Reykjavík, 1912-1915.” In Importing Asta Nielsen: The International Film Star in the Making 1910-1914, edited by Martin Loiperdinger and Uli Jung, 53–62. KINtop Studies in Early Cinema, vol. 2. New Barnet: John Libbey, 2013.

Indonesia

see Netherlands Indies

Italy

Lasi, Giovanni. “Polarstern: In Italien.” In Unmögliche Liebe. Asta Nielsen, ihr Kino, edited by Heide Schlüpmann, Karola Gramann, Eric de Kuyper, Sabine Nessel and Michael Wedel, 364–380. 2nd edition. Vienna: verlag filmarchiv austria, 2010.

Lasi, Giovanni. “Italy’s First Film Star – Asta Nielsen, ‘Polaris’.” In Importing Asta Nielsen: The International Film Star in the Making 1910-1914, edited by Martin Loiperdinger and Uli Jung, 235–246. KINtop Studies in Early Cinema, vol. 2. New Barnet: John Libbey, 2013.

Italy: Trieste

see Austria-Hungary: Trieste

Japan

Ogawa, Sawako. “Asta Nielsen and Shimpa Films in Japan.” In Importing Asta Nielsen: The International Film Star in the Making 1910-1914, edited by Martin Loiperdinger and Uli Jung, 321–326. KINtop Studies in Early Cinema, vol. 2. New Barnet: John Libbey, 2013.

Luxemburg

Lesch, Paul. “‘Unbändiger Applaus’: In Luxemburg.” In Unmögliche Liebe. Asta Nielsen, ihr Kino, edited by Heide Schlüpmann, Karola Gramann, Eric de Kuyper, Sabine Nessel and Michael Wedel, 405–411. 2nd edition. Vienna: verlag filmarchiv austria, 2010.

Lesch, Paul. “‘Earning the Audience’s Unbridled Applause.’ Asta Nielsen films in Luxembourg.” In Importing Asta Nielsen: The International Film Star in the Making 1910-1914, edited by Martin Loiperdinger and Uli Jung, 179–185. KINtop Studies in Early Cinema, vol. 2. New Barnet: John Libbey, 2013.

Netherlands

van Beusekom, Ansje. “Bühne und Leinwand: Auftritte in den Niederlanden 1911-1920.” In Unmögliche Liebe. Asta Nielsen, ihr Kino, edited by Heide Schlüpmann, Karola Gramann, Eric de Kuyper, Sabine Nessel and Michael Wedel, 396–404. 2nd edition. Vienna: verlag filmarchiv austria, 2010.

van Beusekom, Ansje. “Distributing, Programming and Recycling Asta Nielsen Films in the Netherlands, 1911-1920.” In Importing Asta Nielsen: The International Film Star in the Making 1910-1914, edited by Martin Loiperdinger and Uli Jung, 259–272. KINtop Studies in Early Cinema, vol. 2. New Barnet: John Libbey, 2013.

Netherlands Indies

Ruppin, Dafna. “Asta Nielsen, Cinema-going and Film Censorship in the Netherlands Indies, 1912-1918.” In Importing Asta Nielsen: The International Film Star in the Making 1910-1914, edited by Martin Loiperdinger and Uli Jung, 299–307. KINtop Studies in Early Cinema, vol. 2. New Barnet: John Libbey, 2013.

New Zealand

Allen, Julie K. “Between Stage and Screen: Female European Stars of Early Feature Films in Australasia.” In Special Issue: Asta Nielsen, the Film Star System and the Introduction of the Long Feature Film, edited by Yvonne Zimmermann. Early Popular Visual Culture 19.2-3 (2021): 175–200. DOI: 10.1080/17460654.2021.2058188

Allen, Julie K. “Tracing the Australasian Asta Nielsen Boom in Trove and Papers Past: A Tool for Recreating the Circulation Histories of Silent Films.” In Special Issue: Asta Nielsen, the Film Star System and the Introduction of the Long Feature Film, edited by Yvonne Zimmermann. Early Popular Visual Culture 19.2-3 (2021): 261–278. DOI: 10.1080/17460654.2021.2058204

Allen, Julie K. Screening Europe in Australasia, 1906-1930: Transnational Silent Film Before and After the Rise of Hollywood. Exeter: Exeter University Press, 2022. DOI: 10.47788/ITZE9134

Bottomore, Stephen. “‘The Great Favorite, Miss Asta Neilson.’ Asta Nielsen on Australasian Screens.” In Importing Asta Nielsen: The International Film Star in the Making 1910-1914, edited by Martin Loiperdinger and Uli Jung, 309–320. KINtop Studies in Early Cinema, vol. 2. New Barnet: John Libbey, 2013.

Ottoman Empire: Istanbul

Kasap Ortaklan, Oya. “Screening of Asta Nielsen films in Istanbul.” Litera 32.1 (2022): 295–316. DOI: 10.26650/LITERA2021-908311

Poland: Łódź

see Russian Empire: Łódź

Poland: Warsaw

see Russian Empire: Warsaw

Poland: Wrocław

see Germany: Wrocław

Russian Empire

Bulgakowa, Oksana. “Scheherezade eines Groschenromans: Russische Doppelgängerinnen.” In Unmögliche Liebe. Asta Nielsen, ihr Kino, edited by Heide Schlüpmann, Karola Gramann, Eric de Kuyper, Sabine Nessel and Michael Wedel, 353–363. 2nd edition. Vienna: verlag filmarchiv austria, 2010.

Piispa, Lauri. “Asta Nielsen and the Russian Film Trade.” In Importing Asta Nielsen: The International Film Star in the Making 1910-1914, edited by Martin Loiperdinger and Uli Jung, 247–258. KINtop Studies in Early Cinema, vol. 2. New Barnet: John Libbey, 2013.

Russian Empire: Łódź

Biskupski, Łukasz. “The Abyss at Łódź: in the context of ‘agitation films’.” Warsaw, 2014. (Download)

Biskupski, Łukasz. “The Appropriation of Prestige. Asta Nielsen’s Star Persona in the Polish Territories of Russia before World War I.” Iluminace. The Journal of Film Theory, History and Aesthetics 3 (2015): 37–48.

Biskupski, Łukasz. “‘Duse kinematografu.’ Dystrybucja, prezentacja i oddziaływanie filmów z Astą Nielsen w Królestwie Polskim przed wybuchem pierwszej wojny światowej.” In KINtop. Antologia wczesnego kino, edited by Andrzej Dębski and Martin Loiperdinger, 383–408. Wrocław: Oficyna Wydawnicza ATUT, 2016.

Russian Empire: Warsaw

Dębski, Andrzej. “Afgrunden in Warsaw and Asta Nielsen’s Popularity in Polish territories.” In Importing Asta Nielsen: The International Film Star in the Making 1910-1914, edited by Martin Loiperdinger and Uli Jung, 77–85. KINtop Studies in Early Cinema, vol. 2. New Barnet: John Libbey, 2013.

Spain: Barcelona

Paz, María Antonia and Julio Montero. “‘Celebrada artista de fama mundial.’ Asta Nielsen in Barcelona, 1910-1914.” In Importing Asta Nielsen: The International Film Star in the Making 1910-1914, edited by Martin Loiperdinger and Uli Jung, 187–199. KINtop Studies in Early Cinema, vol. 2. New Barnet: John Libbey, 2013.

Sweden

Bachmann, Anne. “Vindicating The Great Moment against Swedish censorship: Asta Nielsen’s Soulful Eyes as On-Screen Pantomime.” In Importing Asta Nielsen: The International Film Star in the Making 1910-1914, edited by Martin Loiperdinger and Uli Jung, 215–231. KINtop Studies in Early Cinema, vol. 2. New Barnet: John Libbey, 2013.

Switzerland: Lausanne

Jaques, Pierre-Emmanuel. “Asta Nielsen in the Cinema Theatres of Lausanne, 1911-1913.” In Importing Asta Nielsen: The International Film Star in the Making 1910-1914, edited by Martin Loiperdinger and Uli Jung, 169–177. KINtop Studies in Early Cinema, vol. 2. New Barnet: John Libbey, 2013.

Switzerland: Zurich

Gerber, Adrian. “Advertising Asta Nielsen. Traces of Local Trade Rivalry in Zurich and Transnational Circulation.” In Importing Asta Nielsen: The International Film Star in the Making 1910-1914, edited by Martin Loiperdinger and Uli Jung, 163–167. KINtop Studies in Early Cinema, vol. 2. New Barnet: John Libbey, 2013.

Lento, Mattia. “Asta Nielsen in Zurich. Film Exhibition and Reviews.” In Importing Asta Nielsen: The International Film Star in the Making 1910-1914, edited by Martin Loiperdinger and Uli Jung, 153–161. KINtop Studies in Early Cinema, vol. 2. New Barnet: John Libbey, 2013.

United Kingdom

see Great Britain

USA

Abel, Richard. “Asta Nielsen’s Flickering Stardom in the USA, 1912-1914.” In Importing Asta Nielsen: The International Film Star in the Making 1910-1914, edited by Martin Loiperdinger and Uli Jung, 279–288. KINtop Studies in Early Cinema, vol. 2. New Barnet: John Libbey, 2013.

Bean, Jennifer M. “‘Übers Meer gebracht’: In Amerika, 1912-1914.” In Unmögliche Liebe. Asta Nielsen, ihr Kino, edited by Heide Schlüpmann, Karola Gramann, Eric de Kuyper, Sabine Nessel and Michael Wedel, 337–352. 2nd edition. Vienna: verlag filmarchiv austria, 2010.