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 more distribution titles in each of these languages and for more languages see FILM and LANGUAGE. 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.
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.
plot descriptions: German #18091; English #293 #11166; Portuguese #1089.
Den sorte Drøm (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.
original length: 1263 m
distribution titles:Der schwarze Traum , A sötét álom, The Circus Girl akaA 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.
plot descriptions: German #15684; English #9347 #11346; Portuguese #2165.
script: Alfred Kjerulf director: Urban Gad camera: Axel Graatkjær Sørensen
cast: Asta Nielsen, Johannes Poulsen, Valdemar Psilander, Valdemar Møller, Karen Lund.
original length: 774 m
distribution titles:Brennende Triebe , Égő vágyak, The Ballet Dancer, La balairina,Amour de danseuse, Balletdanserinden, Amor de dansarinda.
release dates: 27 October 1911 Austria-Hungary #15063; 28 October 1911 Germany #7384; 27 November Great Britain #9348.
first screenings: 27 October 1911 Austria-Hungary: Vienna (Wien) #12442; 28 October 1911 Germany: Berlin #10712 #18081, Bremen #7400, Wrocław (Breslau) #9972 #9973, Chemnitz #6741 #6742 #6743, Cologne (Köln) #6048 #6049 #6050, Dortmund 6468, Düsseldorf 6367, Essen #8996 #8997 #8998, Frankfurt am Main #7625#7626 #7627 #7628 #7630, Freiburg #643, Hamburg #18082, Saarbrücken #5344 #5346, Strassburg (Straßburg) (Strasbourg) #5131; 30 January 1912 New Zealand: Auckland #13987 #14186.
plot descriptions: German #15671; English #9344 #10503.
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, 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 Pasch.
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, ДолойЛичину.
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.
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, Шалостиюности.
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.
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.
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.
Die Suffragette (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.
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: 35mm print, 799 m (German Film Institute, 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 director: Urban Gad camera: Karl Freund
cast: Asta Nielsen, Siegwart Gruder, Charly Berger, Paul Meffert, Mary Scheller, Herr 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, Жертвагражданского 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: 35mm 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.
first screenings: 5 December 1913 Germany: Berlin #10857, Leipzig #9518, Wrocław (Breslau) #10109 [28 November 1913 Berlin #18088]; 9 January 1914 Austria-Hungary: Vienna (Wien) #12148 #12310 #12311 #12312 #12580.
access: 35 mm print, 1547 m (Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau-Stiftung, Wiesbaden; German Film Institute, 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, Mary Scheller.
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.
Zapatas Bande (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, Mary Scheller.
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.