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Urban Gad

Urban Gad

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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Known For

  • The Abyss
  • The Traitress
  • The Suffragette
  • Little Angel
  • The Film Prima Donna
  • The Black Dream
  • A Romany Spy
  • Witching Hour
  • Poor Jenny
  • Zapata's Gang
  • S1
  • The Island of the Lost
  • The Strange Bird
  • A Recruit from 64
  • The Game of Love and Death
  • Such a Girl
  • The Abyss of Souls
  • My Life as a Night Editor
  • Frontstairs and Backstairs
  • Hannele's Ascension
  • Christian Wahnschaffe I: Weltbrand
  • Christian Wahnschaffe II: Escape from the Golden Dungeon
  • The False Asta Nielsen
  • Gypsy Blood
  • Death in Seville
  • When the Mask Falls
  • Comedians
  • The Great Moment
  • Gypsy Blood
  • Little Angel's Wedding
  • Thru Trials to Victory
  • Die Sünden der Väter
  • Der Totentanz
  • When Passion Blinds Honesty
  • The Moth
  • Die Ewige Nacht
  • Die Macht des Goldes
  • Das Feuer
  • Zu Tode Gehetzt
  • The General's Children
  • Das Kind ruft
  • Cinderella
  • Jugend und Tollheit
  • Die Tochter der Landstrasse
  • The Amateur's Generosity
  • The White Roses
  • The House of Ill Repute
  • Lykkehjulet