Asta Nielsen, a pioneering Danish-born cinematic luminary, is often hailed as the 'first international movie star', her extraordinary allure and captivating on-screen presence captivating audiences worldwide throughout the pivotal decades of the 1910s and 1920s.
Notably, she devoted a significant portion of her esteemed career to Germany, where she achieved remarkable success by starring in an astonishingly impressive total of 70 films or more, with the overwhelming majority of her directorial collaborations being with her esteemed husband, Urban Gad.
