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Urban Gad

Director, Writer

February 12, 1879 — December 26, 1947 (68 years)
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).

Known For

  • The Abyss
    The Abyss1910
  • The Black Dream
    The Black Dream1911
  • The Traitress
    The Traitress1911
  • The Suffragette
    The Suffragette1913
  • Poor Jenny
    Poor Jenny1912
  • Zapata's Gang
    Zapata's Gang1914
  • The Strange Bird
    The Strange Bird1911
  • The White Roses
    The White Roses1916
  • When Passion Blinds Honesty
    When Passion Blinds Honesty1911

Filmography

1926
Lykkehjulet
1921
The Island of the Lost
1921
Mein Mann - Der Nachtredakteur
1919
Das Spiel von Liebe und Tod
1918
Die Kleptomanin
1916
Die weißen Rosen
1916
Die ewige Nacht
1916
Der rote Streifen
1915
Vordertreppe - Hintertreppe
1914
Das Feuer
1914
Zapata's Gang
1914
The Call of the Child
1914
Engelein
1913
A Militant Suffragette
1913
The Devil's Assistant
1912
Zu Tode gehetzt
1912
Poor Jenny
1911
The Traitress
1911
When Passion Blinds Honesty
1911
Der fremde Vogel
1911
Den sorte drøm
1910
The Woman Always Pays

1926
Lykkehjulet
1919
Das Spiel von Liebe und Tod
1916
Die weißen Rosen
1916
Die ewige Nacht
1916
Der rote Streifen
1915
Vordertreppe - Hintertreppe
1914
Das Feuer
1914
Zapata's Gang
1914
The Call of the Child
1914
Engelein
1913
A Militant Suffragette
1913
The Devil's Assistant
1912
Zu Tode gehetzt
1912
Poor Jenny
1911
Der fremde Vogel
1911
Den sorte drøm
1910
The Woman Always Pays