Portrait of Asta Nielsen

Acting

Asta Nielsen

Career

Active from 1910 to 2003, with a break from 1933 to 1967, busiest in 1912 and 1916 with 8 main titles each.

Leading roles
68
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for Hamlet
Hamlet
GoodWatch score70/100

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Silent Film 5
  • Historical Drama 4
  • German Cinema 3
  • Historical Setting 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Silent Era 2
  • Early 20th Century 2
  • Forbidden Love 2
  • Psychological Drama 2
  • Tragic Love Story 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

72
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

1 title
Den talende muse - samtaler med Asta Nielsen
Den talende muse - samtaler med Asta Nielsen (2003)

as (archive footage)

1960s

1 title
Asta Nielsen
Asta Nielsen (1968)

Director

1930s

1 title
Impossible Love
Impossible Love (1932)

as Vera Holgk

1920s

27 titles · average score 68
Tragedy of the Street
Tragedy of the Street (1927)

as Auguste - Old Street Walker

The Vice of Humanity
The Vice of Humanity (1927)

as Tamara

The Dangerous Age
The Dangerous Age (1927)

as Elsie Lindtner

Living Buddhas
Living Buddhas (1925)

as Tibetanerin

Joyless Street
Joyless Street (1925)
GoodWatch score 66

as Maria Lechner (Mizzi)

The House by the Sea
The House by the Sea (1924)

as Enricos Ehefrau Teresa

Downfall
Downfall (1923)

as Kaja Falk

I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity
I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity (1923)

as Maria Magdalena

Earth Spirit
Earth Spirit (1923)

as Lulu

Vanina
Vanina (1922)

as Vanina

Hamlet
Hamlet (1921)
GoodWatch score 70

as Hamlet

The Merry-Go-Round
The Merry-Go-Round (1920)

as Elena

1910s

42 titles · average score 58
Towards the Light
Towards the Light (1919)

as Komtesse Ysabel, grevindens datter

The Queen of the Stock Exchange
The Queen of the Stock Exchange (1918)

as Helene Netzler

In Turmoil
In Turmoil (1918)

as Margit

The Eskimo Baby
The Eskimo Baby (1918)

as Eskimo Ivigtut

The ABC of Love
The ABC of Love (1916)

as Lis

The Suffragette
The Suffragette (1913)

as Nelly Panburne

A Romany Spy
A Romany Spy (1912)

as Zidra

Poor Jenny
Poor Jenny (1912)

as Jenny Schmidt

Der Totentanz
Der Totentanz (1912)

as Bella Burk

The Strange Bird
The Strange Bird (1911)

as Miss May Wolton

The Black Dream
The Black Dream (1911)
GoodWatch score 54

as Stella, cirkusdanserinde

The Abyss
The Abyss (1910)
GoodWatch score 63

as Magda Vang