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Zigeunerblut

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Asta Nielsen, Hugo Flink

In a remote german valley, a lord falls in love with a gypsy thief. This film is considered lost.

So ein Mädel

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Hella Moja, Harry Liedtke

Aschenbrödel

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Asta Nielsen, Max Landa

Growing up with mean foster parents, Lotte is employed as a kitchen maid with the von Harten family. After a dramatic interlude including accusation of theft, Mrs. von Harten reveals the truth about being her real mother and the two are reunited.

Die Macht des Goldes

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Asta Nielsen, Paula Helmert

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. Tempted to leave again, she awaits his dismissal.

Das Kind ruft

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Asta Nielsen, Fred Immler

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. His ambition is about to be realized, for the Count has accepted an urgent invitation to be Schiller's guest. His arrival is hailed with delight by the merchant, who offers the freedom of his home. Bertha, Schiller's daughter, does not experience the same enthusiasm which is manifested by her father. The reason for this is that she has pledged her heart and hand to Franz Rambauld, her sweetheart. The Count's attentions, therefore, are greatly distressing to Bertha. Nevertheless, through her father's insistence, the unfortunate girl is compelled to engage herself to the Count.

Hanneles Himmelfahrt

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Margarete Schlegel, Hermann Vallentin

A young woman is abused or abandoned by the men in her life.

Die falsche Asta Nielsen

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Asta Nielsen, Victor Arnold

A doppelganger comedy made at the height of Asta Nielsen's fame in which she plays dual roles. This film is considered lost.

Zu Tode Gehetzt

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Asta Nielsen, Paul Bildt

When architect Ernstein falls for secretary Paula, his wife makes sure, that she is fired and evicted from her apartment. When she finds herself pregnant, Ernstein offers her money, but she chooses suicide.

Wenn die Maske fällt

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Asta Nielsen, Fritz Weidemann

Bank director Hardner, a cunning businessman who hides his unscrupulousness behind a mask of friendliness, tries to destroy a family. This film is considered lost.

Weltbrand

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Conrad Veidt, Lillebil Ibsen

Weltbrand is the first part of the two-part silent movie Christian Wahnschaffe.

Die Sünden der Väter

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Asta Nielsen, Fritz Weidemann

The George Eastman Museum holds a 35mm acetate master positive and a 35mm acetate positive print.

Christian Wahnschaffe, 2. Teil: Die Flucht aus dem goldenen Kerker

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Conrad Veidt, Werner Krauß

Escape from the Golden Dungeon is the second part of the two-part silent movie Christian Wahnschaffe.

Afgrunden

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Asta Nielsen, Poul Reumert

Magda, a piano teacher, meets Knud, a parson’s son, who invites her to spend the summer at his parents’ parsonage. When a travelling circus stops in the village, Magda leaves the meek Knud for the dashing circus rider Rudolf. But circus life with Rudolf quickly turns out to be anything but happy, and Magda comes to a tragic end.

Das Feuer

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Asta Nielsen, Max Landa

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.

Vordertreppe und Hintertreppe

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Asta Nielsen, Paul Otto

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. Lehman intervenes and saves the day.

Engelein

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Asta Nielsen, Alfred Kuehne

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. Her unruly “play-acting” for the uncle is preceded by an earlier incident in the film that results in Jesta being evicted from her girl’s school. Wearing a long, woman’s skirt, she climbs up a ladder and onto a thatched roof. She reaches over the top of the wall to kiss her boyfriend, who appears from the other side. However, Jesta is caught by the headmistress, and her forced descent is precipitous. Pulled downward, she reveals a great deal of a black-stockinged leg. She looks distinctly sexual as she falls into the matrimonly arms of the law, whose duty is to enforce the rules of female decorum.