The Abyss (1910 film)
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The Abyss, also known as Woman Always Pays, is a 1910 Danish silent black-and-white drama film, written and directed by Urban Gad. The lead performance and natural acting by Asta Nielsen led to her in
"Gaucho dance" scene
Asta Nielsen and Poul Reumert
Asta Nielsen
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Asta Sofie Amalie Nielsen was a Danish silent film actress who was one of the most popular leading ladies of the 1910s and one of the first international movie stars. Seventy of Nielsen's 74 films wer
The Abyss (1910 film)
…Woman Always Pays, is a 1910 Danish silent black-and-white drama film, written and directed by Urban Gad. The lead performance and natural acting by Asta Nielsen led to her international stardom. Because of the overt eroticism of Nielsen's performance, the film was censored in Norway and Sweden. Knud, a vicar's…
Asta Nielsen in 1911
Asta Nielsen photographed by Alexander Binder, 1920s.
Asta Nielsen at an appearance at Scala Theater in Berlin, 1934
Memorial plaque for Asta Nielsen at Fasanenstraße 69, in Charlottenburg