S1

Germany

1913

60 Min

Black and White

1.33:1

Silent

Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
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DP Karl Freund, Emil Schünemann, Axel Graatkjaer

CAST Asta Nielsen, Charly Berger, Siegwart Gruder, Frau Lumbye, Paul Meffert, Herr Sachs, Mary Scheller

Synopsis

As the daughter of a general who is trying to acquire aninventor’s plans for an air defense system, and the lover of a baron who wants the same plans, Asta must choose between love and country. Unlike her gypsy in Das Mädchen ohne Vaterland, here she knows the many meanings of “fatherland.” —http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu

Director

Urban Gad

Peter Urban Gad (12 February 1879 – 26 December 1947) was a Danish film director. He directed 40 film between 1910 and 1927. His wife Asta Nielsen starred in 30 of his films. Also in his debut the famous movie Afgrunden (The Abyss) from 1910. They moved to Germany in 1911 where Gad worked until 1922. —Wikipedia