Asta Nielsen Collection ( Afgrunden / Balletdanserinden / Den sorte drøm / Mod lyset ) ( The Abyss (The Woman Always Pays) / The Ballet Dancer / The Black Dream / Towards the Light )

Asta Nielsen Collection (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Afgrunden / Balletdanserinden / Den sorte drøm / Mod lyset
Alternate Title: The Abyss (The Woman Always Pays) / The Ballet Dancer / The Black Dream / Towards the Light
Language Selections:
Silent ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
Denmark ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
191 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1910 - 1919 and produced in:
Denmark ( Scandinavia, Iceland )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Urban Gad
August Blom
Holger-Madsen

Written By:
Urban Gad
Alfred Kjerulf
Gebhard Schätzler-Perasini
Holger-Madsen

Actors:
Asta Nielsen ..... Magda Vang
Robert Dinesen ..... Knud Svane, Magda's fiancé
Poul Reumert ..... Rudolf Stern, circus performer
Hans Neergaard ..... Magda's Father, vicar
Emilie Sannom ..... Lilly d'Estrelle, singer
Oscar Stribolt ..... Waiter
Arne Weel ..... Guest in garden
Hulda Didrichsen ..... Woman, married to the vicar
Johannes Fønss ..... Guest in garden
Svend Bille ..... Simon, Pentier
Otto Lagoni ..... Camille Flavier
Valdemar Møller ..... Jean Mayol, author
Asta Nielsen ..... Simon's Frau
H.C. Nielsen ..... Paul Rich, painter
Johannes Poulsen
Karen Poulsen
Valdemar Psilander
Emilie Sannom
Asta Nielsen ..... Stella
Valdemar Psilander ..... Grev Johan Waldberg
Gunnar Helsengren ..... Hofjuveler A. Hirsch
Emil Albes
Hugo Flink
Mary Hagen
Asta Nielsen ..... Komtesse Ysabel, grevindens datter
Augusta Blad ..... Enkegrevinde Prosca
Frederik Jacobsen ..... Stiftsprovst Cordes
Carl Schenstrøm ..... Djævelen
Alf Blutecher ..... Elias Renato, fattigpræst
Axel Boesen ..... Sandro Grec
Anton De Verdier ..... Wenkas stiffader
Hans Dymsesen ..... Wenka
Astrid Holm ..... Inga, professorens datter
Lilly Jacobson ..... Felix, professorens nevø
Harry Komdrup ..... Professor Manini
Henny Lauritzen ..... Suffløren
Nicolai Neiiendam ..... Kludesamler Peters
Elith Pio
Charles Willumsen

Synopsis:

Asta Nielsen is probably the greatest Danish film star. However, she only starred in four Danish films, all of which are on this DVD: From her breathtaking appearance in The Abyss (1910) to Holger-Madsen's moral tale Towards the Light (1919). Most of Asta Nielsen's career took place in Germany where she starred in almost seventy films in the period 1911-1932, of which only forty are known to survive either complete or in fragments. Obviously the fact that very few of Asta Nielsen's films are available on video or dvd makes it difficult for historians to study the films, but also the fact that many films survive in fragmented form or in different versions adds to the trouble. In the Danish films she starred with the greatest Danish male protagonists of the period: Poul Reumert, Valdemar Psilander and Alf Blütecher, as she was also to star with the greatest German stars in her German production. The Abyss is by many regarded as not only the important debut of Asta Nielsen, but also the film that marks the early 1910's as the golden age of Danish cinema, with its feature length erotically charged melodramas. The Abyss is here presented in a digitally restored version with the inclusion of the Swedish censorship outtakes, dramatically improving the quality of the central erotic dance sequence.

Afgrunden / The Abyss - Denmark 1910 - Directed and written by: Urban Gad - Cinematographed by: Alfred Lind - Cast: Asta Nielsen, Poul Reumert, Hans Neergaard, Robert Dinesen, Emilie Sannom, Oscar Stribolt - Produced by: Kosmorama - Premiere: September 12, 1910

Balletdanserinden / The Ballet Dancer - Denmark 1911 - Directed by: August Blom - Written by: Alfred Kjerulf - Cinematographed by: Axel Graatkjær - Cast: Asta Nielsen, Valdemar Psilander, Johannes Poulsen, Valdemar Møller, Karen Lund, Emilie Sannom - Produced by: Nordisk Films Kompagni - Premiere: November 16, 1911

Den Sorte Drøm / The Black Dream - Denmark 1911 - Directed and written by: Urban Gad - Cinematographed by: Adam Johansen - Cast: Asta Nielsen, Valdemar Psilander, Gunnar Helsengren, Ellen Holm, Peter Fjelstrup, Ellen Feldmann - Production Company: Fotorama - Premiere: August 19, 1911

Mod Lyset / Towards The Light - Denmark 1919 - Directed and written by: Holger-Madsen - Cinematographed by: Sophus Wangøe - Cast: Asta Nielsen, Augusta Blad, Alf Blütecher, Frederik Jacobsen, Anton de Verdier, Nicolai Neiiendam, Elith Pio, Astrid Holm - Produced by: Nordisk Films Kompagni - Premiere: August 21, 1919

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 26 September, 2011.

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