Asta Nielsen Movies

Jonna cheats on her husband with a chauffeur and is discovered by her husband. After the divorce, she falls into a life of theft and poverty until...

Film star Ruth Breton has a habit of falling in love. When dating Walter she meets Von Zornhorst. When Zornhorst discards her, she pines away. As a...

Tamara becomes addicted to cocaine but hides from her daughter by moving in with the dealer Mangol. The father tells his daughter that her mother has...

A sequel to 1914's Engelein, recounting the wedding of the titular protagonist. This film is considered lost.

A lost short film starring Asta Nielsen.

A deranged woman artist falls in love with a young sculptor. The impossible love ends tragically.

In this film, Nielsen plays the role of a mannequin, using her body as a clotheshorse. She makes a striking entrance on a flight of stairs, which...

Drama about Auca's relationship with two highwaymen, Ruggiero and Danilo. After the loss of a child, Auca throws herself into an abyss.

Drama about a country girl who becomes a model for an artist with no morals. Disheartened, she return to her home to her old friend Christoph who...

Comedy superstar Kamma has her professional life and her relationship strained when her son Maurice becomes fatally ill. Only a small fragment of the...

Dancing, sports and erotic pursuits are the main ingredients in this drama about the fate of this scorned and abandoned woman, Josefine, who falls...

Variety star Kaja falls in love with fisherman Peter. But he in a unfortunate situation kills a man and is sentenced to ten years imprisonment. Kaja...

Wanda marries a Count but falls in love with his son. When their relationship is discovered by the Dowager Countess, she locks them in the garden...

Kind-hearted Thekla helps her frivolous brother and hides him on a remote farm.

In a remote german valley, a lord falls in love with a gypsy thief. This film is considered lost.

The dancer Navarro has lost her husband and son. With her daughter at her side, she returns to her homeland and comes under suspicion of spying when...

Asta Nielsen: pioneer of cinema and first European film star, tragedienne and comedienne, writer and artist. As a working-class child and single...

Growing up with mean foster parents, Lotte is employed as a kitchen maid with the von Harten family. After a dramatic interlude, including an...