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Peter Urban Gad was a Danish director who worked mostly in Germany, directing 40 films between 1910 and 1927. From 1912 to 1918 he was married to his leading lady Asta Nielsen, who starred in 30 of his productions. Gad directed both the first feature-length Danish film (Den sorte drøm 1911) and the first feature-length German film (Die Verräterin 1911).
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29 November 1926
At full speed on the ice, the young scultptor and eager skater Erik Elmer meets a charming young lady, Ethel, who quite literally sweeps him off his feet.
12 November 1920
Weltbrand is the first part of the two-part silent movie Christian Wahnschaffe.
23 October 1916
The actress Thilda Wardier is courted by the wealthy Adam de Rochord, who presents her with a large bouquet of white roses every time they see each other.
24 March 1916
A sequel to 1914's Engelein, recounting the wedding of the titular protagonist. This film is considered lost.
09 April 1922
A young woman is abused or abandoned by the men in her life.
04 September 1911
Stella, a circus princess, has two suitors: young, handsome Count Waldberg and the greying, hidebound jeweller Hirsch.
15 November 1913
The general's daughter spies on her fiancé to achieve information.
02 March 1912
Jenny, a cleaner, is seduced by a local playboy, Edouard. Jenny's parents reject her after she spends the night with him.
01 May 1917
The noble family de la Porte lives at castle Medan. After the lost heir August returns unexpectedly, countess Herm, mother-in-law of younger brother Johann, fears for the inheritance of her daughter.
03 November 1911
The English landowner Wolton has gone on a fishing trip in the Spreewald with his daughter May. They meet fellow Englishman Bruce, who falls head over heels in love with the beautiful May and plans to make her his wife before their holiday is over.
08 October 1911
In a remote german valley, a lord falls in love with a gypsy thief. This film is considered lost.
19 December 1912
Comedy superstar Kamma has her professional life and her relationship strained when her son Maurice becomes fatally ill.
24 March 1916
Comedy about the courting couple Sabine and Lehman. Her roving eye catches a lieutenant, and when he finds out about her winning lottery ticket, he tries to steal it.
12 September 1910
Magda, a piano teacher, meets Knud, a parson’s son, who invites her to spend the summer at his parents’ parsonage.
12 September 1913
Nelly's mother is a suffragette and persuades her daughter to join the good cause. Placing a bomb under Lord William's chair love develops between the two.
01 December 1916
Growing up with mean foster parents, Lotte is employed as a kitchen maid with the von Harten family. After a dramatic interlude, including an accusation of theft, Mrs.
03 January 1914
Engelein is a comedy of deliberately mistaken identity. If Jesta, a 17-year-old, can play the part of a 12-year-old, her family will gain a large inheritance from a rich uncle from Chicago.
12 June 1911
A doctor's housekeeper marries a painter. He dies, and she marries the doctor.
09 December 1911
A woman betrays the regiment location in which the officer she is interested in is assigned because he despises her, only to regret it when he is caught and try to free him.
30 March 1921
Escape from the Golden Dungeon is the second part of the two-part silent movie Christian Wahnschaffe.
27 February 1914
A film crew is shooting a movie about guns and robbers, when real robbers turn up. Having to go home in robbers costume, they are mistakingly accused of a robbery.
11 April 1911
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 her daughter helps her reconcile with her ex.
16 September 1911
The landowner Bergmann and his wife hire Annie as a maid, but when the girl gets pregnant by a relative of her master, they dismiss her.
07 September 1912
Bella is married to engineer Burk who meets with an accident. To provide an income she starts as a performer, but happen to meet an infatuated, intriguing composer.
28 November 1912
A young woman, Nina, works as a singer at a Copenhagen variety theatre, but when her contract expires she suddenly finds herself with no income to support her and her old mother.
27 March 1914
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 shed and sets fire to it.
03 January 1913
Comedy about the lieutenant who marries poor Jesta. As a wealthy neighbor wants his own daughter to wed the officer, Jesta has to disguise herself as a man to woo her rival.
08 October 1915
Zirzi witnesses the murder of Professor Wormser.
06 December 1913
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.
06 February 1914
Ernest Schiller, a wealthy merchant, has the cherished ambition to secure as his son-in-law the Count De Grechy, a member of the nobility.
28 November 1912
Gypsy girl Zidra falls in love with the lieutenant she is supposed to spy on.
01 November 1912
Bank director Hardner, a cunning businessman who hides his unscrupulousness behind a mask of friendliness, tries to destroy a family.
05 October 1912
Kind-hearted Thekla helps her frivolous brother and hides him on a remote farm.
03 February 1912
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 accidentally kills a man.
21 November 1921
A loose, unauthorized adaptation of the 1896 novel The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells. Somewhat illogical, the film has more emphasis on comedy and romance than horror, but offers "memorable glimpses of human-animal hybrids".
01 August 1910
The year is 1864, and the young officer cadet Felix courageously throws himself at the prussian troops in Fredericia.
11 February 1916
Drama with poor blind Marta who falls in love with sculptor Paul who prefers the high life. As she tries to bring him to the straight and narrow, he lets her down again which results in her taking both their lives.
28 February 1913
Hanna is a lush and her artist friend abandons her only to reacquaint himself with when she is down and out.
16 November 1911
The poor shipwright's daughter Hulda i dating the equally poor clerk Aage. One day she meets theatre manager Winckler who makes her a famous varieté star.
14 December 1911
The pilot Vidart and his good friend Aubert are competing against each other in an aviation contest. When Vidart gets in the claws of a loan shark, winning the prize suddenly becomes a necessity.
01 March 1912
When architect Ernstein falls for secretary Paula, his wife makes sure, that she is fired and evicted from her apartment.
10 December 1915
A doppelganger comedy made at the height of Asta Nielsen's fame in which she plays dual roles. This film is considered lost.
