This filmography lists all 27 long feature films starring Asta Nielsen that were released before the First World War. The films are listed in chronological order according to their release dates. Entries give also information on the position of films within the three Asta Nielsen series as released in Germany. Distribution titles are listed in the relevant languages of the Asta Nielsen film trade before the First World War: German, Hungarian, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Danish, Portuguese, Russian. For further distribution titles and language variations, users are advised to consult the films entrypoint, where titles, countries, languages, and original titles may be searched, sorted, and combined using Boolean operators.
Sometimes, release dates and dates of first screenings are not identical. The filmography also includes references to film reviews, and to plot descriptions from the trade press and, in certain cases, also from the local press. Hashtags refer to the record IDs of the respective data sets in the Importing Asta Nielsen Database (IANDb).
script: Urban Gad director: Urban Gad camera: Alfred Lind
cast: Asta Nielsen, Poul Reumert, Emilie Sannom, Oscar Stribolt, Robert Dinesen, Hans Neergaard, Hulda Didrichsen, Arne Weel, Johannes Fønss, Jesta Thomsen (=Nielsen), Torben Meyer, Jørgen Bast, Christian Nobel.
original length: 772 m
distribution titles:Abgründe, Züllés utján, Woman Always Pays aka The Abyss [IMDb], Hacia el abismo, L’Abîme, L’abisso, Afgrunden, A queda da mulher, Бездна.
release dates: 26 November 1910 Germany #18089; 3 February 1912 Austria-Hungary #15038; 18 April 1912 United States #2064; 14 October 1912 Great Britain #11454.
first screenings: 12 September 1910 Denmark: Copenhagen #4068; 26 November 1910 Germany: Düsseldorf #5608; 30 January 1912 Austria-Hungary: Vienna (Wien) #12400.
access: 35 mm print, 678 m (Danish Film Institute, Copenhagen; Filmmuseum, Munich); DVD, 35 min (Asta Nielsen. Copenhagen: Danish Film Institute, 2005).
(first film of the first Asta Nielsen series in Germany)
production: Fotorama, Aarhus.
script: Urban Gad director: Urban Gad camera: Adam Johansen
cast: Asta Nielsen, Valdemar Psilander, Gunnar Helsengreen, Poul Baastrup, Ellen Gottschalch, Peter Fjelstrup, Ellen Holm, (Adolf) Tronier Funder.
original length: 1263 m
distribution titles:Der schwarze Traum, A sötét álom, The Circus Girl aka A Peep Behind the Scenes, El sueño negro, Le Rêve noir, Il sogno nero, Den sorte Drøm, Sonho negro, Цирковая наеэдница.
release dates: 18 August 1911 Austria-Hungary #15659; 19 August 1911 Germany #11587#11589; 29 January 1912 Great Britain #1549.
first screenings: 18 August 1911 Austria-Hungary: Bratislava (Preßburg) #7082, Prague (Prag) (Praha) #738, Vienna (Wien) #2323; 19 August 1911 Germany: Cologne (Köln) #6028#6031, Düsseldorf #6288, Frankfurt am Main #7610, Munich (München) #7967, Saarbrücken #5313; 28 August 1911 Australia: Melbourne #17663, #17670 [26 August 1911 Sydney #1558, #18119]; 13 September 1911 New Zealand: Wellington #13977.
cast: Asta Nielsen, Emil Albes, Hugo Flink, Max Obal, Eugenie Werner.
original length: 1238 m
distribution titles:In dem großen Augenblick, A gyenge pillanat, The Great Moment, Momento crítico, Maternité, Il gran momento, I det store Øjeblik, Momento supremo, Вепикий момент.
release dates: 15 September 1911 Austria-Hungary #15676; 16 September 1911 Germany #11594; 11 November 1911 Great Britain #9341.
first screenings: 9 September 1911 Germany: Hamburg #11507; 15 September 1911 Austria-Hungary: Bratislava (Preßburg) #7131, Prague (Prag) (Praha) #756, Vienna (Wien) #2338#3581#3590; 11 December 1911 Australia: Adelaide #16516; 4 March 1912 New Zealand: Wellington #14058.
cast: Asta Nielsen, Hugo Flink, Mary Hagen, Emil Albes.
original length: 830 m
distribution titles:Zigeunerblut, Czigányvér, Gipsy Blood, Sangre gitana, La Tzigane, Sangue di zingara, Landevejens Pige, Sangue di Bohemia, Цыганская кровъ.
release dates: 13 October 1911 Austria-Hungary #15695; 14 October 1911 Germany #18019; 18 December 1911 Great Britain #9631.
first screenings: 13 October 1911 Austria-Hungary: Bratislava (Preßburg) #7147, Prague (Prag) (Praha) #753, Vienna (Wien) #3648#3649; 14 October 1911 Germany: Bremen #7397, Chemnitz #6739, Cologne (Köln) #6043#6044, Dortmund #6462, Düsseldorf #6368#6369, Frankfurt am Main #7623#10561, Hagen #7930, Hamburg #11510, Saarbrücken #5342; 6 January 1912 Australia: Brisbane #16961#16962; 25 March 1912 New Zealand: Wellington #14059.
access: 35 mm print, 800 m (Danish Film Institute, Copenhagen; Filmarchiv Austria, Vienna); DVD, 45 min (Asta Nielsen. Copenhagen: Danish Film Institute, 2005).
Der fremde Vogel
(fourth film of the first Asta Nielsen series in Germany)
production: Deutsche Bioscop, Berlin, for Projections Actien-Gesellschaft ‘Union’ (PAGU), Frankfurt am Main.
cast: Asta Nielsen, Carl Clewing, Hans Mierendorff, Eugenie Werner, Louis Ralph, Maria Karsten.
original length: 974 m
distribution titles:Der fremde Vogel, Végzetes nyaralás, The Course of True Love, Oiseau étranger, Uccello foresto, Unge hjerter, O passaro alheio, Залётная птица.
release dates: 11 November 1911 Germany #11597; 17 November 1911 Austria-Hungary #15708; 22 January 1912 Great Britain #11123.
first screenings: 11 November 1911 Germany: Bremen #7403, Chemnitz #6746, Cologne (Köln) #6053#6054, Frankfurt am Main #7632, Hagen #7881, Hamburg #11513#11571, Munich (München) #6533, Saarbrücken #5349; 17 November 1911 Austria-Hungary: Bratislava (Preßburg) #7181, Prague (Prag) (Praha) #750, Vienna (Wien) #11979#12443#12444; 10 February 1912 Australia: Sydney #17973; 29 May 1912 New Zealand: Auckland #14198.
cast: Asta Nielsen, Leo Peukert, Hans Staufen, Emil Albes, Paula Helmert, Bertha Klein, Berthold Weiß, Ferdinand Richter, Bruno Lopinski, Helene Voß, Max Obal, Oskar Braun.
original length: 858 m
distribution titles:Die arme Jenny, A szegény Zsazsa, Poor Jenny, Pauvre Jenny, Proletarpigen, Бедная Женя.
release dates: 3 February 1912 Germany #11603#18019; 16 February 1912 Austria-Hungary #15736.
first screenings: 3 February 1912 Germany:Bremen #7575, Cologne (Köln) #6066#6068#6069, Düsseldorf #6403#6404; Frankfurt am Main #7652, Hamburg #11519, Saarbrücken #5364; 16 February 1912 Austria-Hungary: Bratislava (Preßburg) #7237#7238, Prague (Prag) (Praha) #764, Vienna (Wien) #3663.
access: 35 mm print, 628 m (Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv, Berlin; Danish Film Institute, Copenhagen; Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, Wiesbaden; Deutsche Kinemathek, Berlin; Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum, Frankfurt am Main).
Zu Tode gehetzt
(eighth film of the first Asta Nielsen series in Germany)
production: Deutsche Bioscop, Berlin, for Projections Actien-Gesellschaft ‘Union’ (PAGU), Frankfurt am Main.
script: Urban Gad based on a Großstadtskizze (big city sketch) by A. Grezinger.
director: Urban Gad camera: Guido Seeber
cast: Asta Nielsen, Paul Bildt, Louise Obermaier, Fritz Weidemann, Emil Albes.
original length: 985 m
distribution titles:Zu Tode gehetzt, Halálba kergetve, Driven Out, Persécutée à mort, Jaget til døde, Rancor de mulher (ou levada a morte), Отравленная.
release dates: 9 March 1912 Germany #11607; 15 March 1912 Austria-Hungary #15745; 5 August 1912 Great Britain #9894.
first screenings: 9 March 1912 Germany: Bremen #7414, Cologne (Köln) #6074#6075, Düsseldorf #6409#6410, Frankfurt am Main #7656#7657#7658, Hagen #7885, Hamburg #11521; 15 March 1912 Austria-Hungary: Bratislava (Preßburg) #7255, Prague (Prag) (Praha) #778, Vienna (Wien) #12455.
cast: Asta Nielsen, Max Laurence, Herr Sterler, Gusti Gude, Hugo Flink, Mary Scheller.
original length: 1001 m
distribution titles:Die Kinder des Generals, A tábornok gyermekei, Falsely Accused, Los hijos del general, Les Enfants du général, Generalens Børn, Os filhos do general, Генеральские дети.
release dates: 27 September 1912 Austria-Hungary #1123; 5 October 1912 Germany #11626; 4 November 1912 Great Britain #11163.
first screenings: 14 September 1912 Germany: Kassel #7533; 27 September 1912 Austria-Hungary: Prague (Prag) (Praha) #786, Vienna (Wien) #12463#12464; 7 December 1912 Australia: Melbourne #17635; 23 December 1912 New Zealand: Wellington #14091.
cast: Asta Nielsen, Fritz Weidemann, Gusti Gude, Reinhold (Reginald) Pasch, Fritz Werner Barmer.
original length: 963 m
distribution titles:Wenn die Maske fällt, Ha az álarc lehull…, When the Mask Falls, Cuando se levanta la máscara, Quand le masque tombe, Naar Masken falder, Quando a mascara cae, Долой Личину.
release dates: 25 October 1912 Austria-Hungary #1137; 2 November 1912 Germany #11631; 2 December 1912 Great Britain #11168.
first screenings: 25 October 1912 Austria-Hungary: Vienna (Wien) #12467; 25 October 1912 Germany: Hamburg #11532; 4 January 1913 Australia: Sydney #4938; 13 January 1913 New Zealand: Wellington #13638.
cast: Asta Nielsen, Paul Meffert, Max Wogritsch, Fred Immler.
original length: 1010 m
distribution titles:Das Mädchen ohne Vaterland, A hazátlan leány, A Girl Without a Country, Fusilado por la ley marcial, La Fille sans patrie, Fanciulla senza patria, Pigen uden Fædreland, Rapariga sem patria, Девушка без отчизны.
release dates: 30 November 1912 Germany #11633; 6 January 1913 Great Britain #11173; 19 September 1913 Austria-Hungary #15221#15227.
first screenings: 15 November 1912 Germany: Hamburg #11534; 28 December 1912 Austria-Hungary: Osijek #13486#16073, Szeged #12671; 25 January 1913 Australia: Melbourne #5086; 17 February 1913 New Zealand: Wellington #14395.
cast: Asta Nielsen, Hans Mierendorff, Fritz Weidemann.
original length: 3 acts
distribution titles:Jugend und Tollheit, Bohó ifjuság, In a Fix, Las batallas del amor, Jeunesse et Folie, Gioventù e spienseratezza, Ungdom og Daarskab, Mocidade e Loucura, Шалости юности.
release dates: 20 December 1912 Austria-Hungary #1435; [28 December 1912 Germany: according to local cinema ads]; 17 February 1913 Great Britain #9702.
first screenings: 18 December 1912 Austria-Hungary: Budapest #18092; 27 December 1912 Germany: Bremen #7445, Hamburg #11536; 24 March 1913 Australia: Melbourne #4295, Sydney #11536; 19 May 1913 New Zealand: Auckland #14303.
(sixth film of the second Asta Nielsen series in Germany)
production: Deutsche Bioscop, Berlin, for Projections Actien-Gesellschaft ‘Union’ (PAGU), Frankfurt am Main.
script: Urban Gad director: Urban Gad camera: Karl Hasselmann
cast: Asta Nielsen, Carl Beckersachs, Thea Sandten, Hugo Flink.
original length: 802 m
distribution titles:Komödianten, Komédiások, The Heart of a Pierrot, La muerte de Pierrot, Les Comédiens, Komedianter, Comediantes, Комедианты.
release dates: 31 January 1913 Austria-Hungary #1450; [1 February 1913 Germany: according to local cinema ads]; 31 March 1913 Great Britain #11381.
first screenings: 25 January 1913 Germany: Strassburg (Straßburg) (Strasbourg) #5520; 31 January 1913 Austria-Hungary: Prague (Prag) (Praha) #732, Vienna (Wien) #4009#4032#11986; 3 June 1913 Australia: Sydney #4969; 16 June 1913 New Zealand: Auckland #14309#14682.
cast: Asta Nielsen, Hermann Seldeneck, Fräulein Stoike, Fritz Weidemann, Max Wogritsch, Emil Albes.
original length: 911 m
distribution titles:Die Sünden der Väter, Az apák bűne, Temptations of Drink, Les Fautes des pères, Le colpe dei padri, Fædenes Synd, A culpa dos paes, Грехи отцов.
release dates: [1 March 1913 Germany: according to local cinema ads]; 25 April 1913 Austria-Hungary #1208; 30 June 1913 Great Britain #11195.
first screenings: 28 February 1913 Germany: Berlin #10809#10810, Bremen #7451, Hamburg #254, Magdeburg #5934; 2 April 1913 Austria-Hungary: Budapest #18096; 28 July Australia: Melbourne #4286, Sydney #4983; 11 August 1913 New Zealand: Wellington #14388#14444.
cast: Asta Nielsen, Gayetano Alvarez, Manuel Espartero, Fräulein Portales, Frau Alquaretz, Herr Bird, Martin Wolff, Paul Meffert.
original length: 1331 m
distribution titles:Der Tod in Sevilla, Halál Sevillában, Spanish Blood, Sangre andaluza, La Mort à Seville, La morte in Siviglia, Spansk Elskov, Morte em Sevilha, Клятва Андалузки.
release dates: 7 March 1913 Austria-Hungary #1455#15212; [5 April 1913 Germany: according to local cinema ads]; 2 June 1913 Great Britain #11195.
first screenings: 5 March 1913 Austria-Hungary: Budapest #18094; 4 April 1913 Germany: Berlin #10817#10818, Bremen #7454, Cologne (Köln) #6131, Hamburg #868, Magdeburg #5943; 23 June 1913 Australia: Sydney #4974; 14 July 1913 New Zealand: Auckland #14687.
(first film of the third Asta Nielsen series in Germany)
production: Projections Actien-Gesellschaft ‘Union’ (PAGU), Frankfurt am Main.
script: Urban Gad director: Urban Gad camera: Emil Schünemann, Karl Freund.
cast: Asta Nielsen, Max Landa, Herr Schroot, Mary Scheller, Adele Reuter-Eichberg, Fred Immler, Charly Berger.
original length: 1878 m
distribution titles:Die Suffragette, Harcos asszonyok, The Suffragette, La sufragista, La Suffragette, La suffragista, Stemmeretsdamen, A Sufragista, Суффражистка.
release dates: 13 September 1913 Germany #11676; 17 October 1913 Austria-Hungary #15227#15228; 5 January 1914 Great Britain #11206.
first screenings: 6 September 1913 Germany: Essen #18087; Wrocław (Breslau) #10263 [5 September 1913: Essen #18086#18087]; 25 September 1913 Austria-Hungary: Budapest #940; 28 February 1914 Australia: Melbourne #4338; 6 April 1914 New Zealand: Auckland #15389.
access: 35 mm print, 799 m (Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum, Frankfurt am Main; Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, Wiesbaden; Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv, Berlin; Deutsche Kinemathek, Berlin; Gosfilmofond, Moscow); DVD, 61 min (Vier Filme mit Asta Nielsen. Edition Filmmuseum 67. Munich: film&kunst, 2012).
S 1
(second film of the third Asta Nielsen series in Germany)
production: Projections Actien-Gesellschaft ‘Union’ (PAGU), Frankfurt am Main.
script: Urban Gad based on a play by E. Pagani. director: Urban Gad
camera: Karl Freund, Axel Graatkjær Sørensen, Emil Schünemann.
cast: Asta Nielsen, Siegwart Gruder, Charly Berger, Paul Meffert, Mary Scheller, Julius Sachs, Ellen Lumbye, Gottfried Imke.
original length: 1258 m
distribution titles:S 1, A nagy érzés, A Woman of the People, El aeroplano no. 1, L’Avion S 1, Amor di patria, S. 1., O dirigivel, Жертва гражданского долга.
release dates: 15 November 1913 Germany #11704; 28 November 1913 Austria-Hungary #15231; 9 February 1914 Great Britain #11206.
first screenings: 14 November 1913 Germany: Berlin #3034#3052#3351#3352#10698, Hamburg #881, Leipzig #9599, Magdeburg #5978, Wrocław (Breslau) #10469; 18 November 1913 Austria-Hungary: Budapest #281; 6 May 1914 Australia: Perth #17801; 15 June 1914 New Zealand: Wellington #15000.
access: 35 mm print, 1253 m (Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv, Berlin; Gosfilmofond, Moscow).
Die Filmprimadonna
(third film of the third Asta Nielsen series in Germany)
production: Projections Actien-Gesellschaft ‘Union’ (PAGU), Frankfurt am Main.
script: Urban Gad director: Urban Gad camera: Axel Graatkjær Sørensen, Karl Freund.
cast: Asta Nielsen, Paul Otto, Fritz Weidemann, Fred Immler.
original length: 1429 m
distribution titles:Die Filmprimadonna, A mozi-primadonna, The Prima Donna, La Reina del cine, La Reine du cinéma, La Prima Donna, Filmprimadonnaen, A Prima Donna, Примадонна кинематографа.
release dates: 6 December 1913 Germany #11721; 9 January 1914 Austria-Hungary #15238#15239.
access: 35 mm print, 253 m (George Eastman House, Rochester; EYE, Amsterdam); DVD, 17 min (Asta Nielsen. Hamlet & Die Filmprimadonna. Edition Filmmuseum 37. Munich: film&kunst, 2011).
Engelein
(fourth film of the third Asta Nielsen series in Germany)
production: Projections Actien-Gesellschaft ‘Union’ (PAGU), Frankfurt am Main.
script: Urban Gad director: Urban Gad camera: Axel Graatkjær Sørensen, Karl Freund.
cast: Asta Nielsen, Alfred Kühne, Max Landa, Fred Immler, Hanns Kräly, Adele Reuter-Eichberg, Martin Wolff, Erner Hübsch, Bruno Kastner.
original length: 1617 m
distribution titles:Engelein, Buksi, Up to Her Tricks, El subterfugio, L’Angioletto, Den lille Engel, Сорванец девчонка.
release dates: 3 January 1914 Germany #11731; 20 February 1914 Austria-Hungary #15242; 23 March 1914 Great Britain #9713#12036.
first screenings: 1 January 1914 Germany: Dresden #8558; 20 February 1914 Austria-Hungary: Vienna (Wien) #3631#12123#12165#12336; 15 May 1914 Australia: Melbourne #5046; 15 October 1913 New Zealand: Auckland #14977#15397.
access: 35 mm print, 1547 m (Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, Wiesbaden; Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum, Frankfurt am Main; Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv, Berlin; Danish Film Institute, Copenhagen; British Film Institute, London).
Das Kind ruft
(fifth film of the third Asta Nielsen series in Germany)
production: Projections Actien-Gesellschaft ‘Union’ (PAGU), Frankfurt am Main.
script: Urban Gad director: Urban Gad camera: Axel Graatkjær Sørensen, Karl Freund.
cast: Asta Nielsen, Fred Immler, Max Agerty, Mary Scheller, Senta Eichstaedt, Hans Lanser-Rudolff.
original length: 731 m
distribution titles:Das Kind ruft, Az Anya, The Cry of a Child, Mater Dolorosa, Mater Dolorosa, Il bambino chiama, Barnet kalder, O Grito da Criança, Дитя зовет.
release dates: [31 January 1914 Germany: according to local cinema ads]; 13 March 1914 Austria-Hungary #15251.
first screenings: 30 January 1914 Germany: Chemnitz #6663, Cologne (Köln) #6196, Hamburg #896, Leipzig #9307#9605, Wrocław (Breslau) #9989; 13 March 1914 Austria-Hungary: Vienna (Wien) #4164#12125#12355#12356#12357; 29 June 1914 Australia: Newcastle #17723.
(sixth film of the third Asta Nielsen series in Germany)
production: Projections Actien-Gesellschaft ‘Union’ (PAGU), Frankfurt am Main.
script: Urban Gad director: Urban Gad camera: Axel Graatkjær Sørensen, Karl Freund.
cast: Asta Nielsen, Fred Immler, Senta Eichstaedt, Adele Reuter-Eichberg, Mary Scheller, Hans Lanser-Rudolff, Carl Dibbern, Max Agerty, Ernst Körner, Erich Harden.
original length: 752 m
distribution titles:Zapatas Bande, Jönnek a Zsiványok!…, Zapata’s Gang [IMDb], Bandoleros de los apeninos, Zapatas Bande, O Bando dos Zapatas, Горе-разбойники.
release dates: 27 February 1914 Germany #5731; 17 April Austria-Hungary #15257.
first screenings: 25 February 1914 Cologne (Köln) #6198; 6 April 1914 Austria-Hungary: Budapest #528.