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3 unusual facts about Asta Nielsen


Fern Andra

Next to Henny Porten and Asta Nielsen she was one of the most popular and best-known actresses in German silent films of the 1910s.

Frieda Riess

Partly as a result of her marriage to the journalist Rudolf Leonhard in the early 1920s, she extended her clientele to celebrities such as playwright Walter Hasenclever, novelist Gerhart Hauptmann and actors and actresses including Tilla Durieux, Asta Nielsen and Emil Jannings.

Paul Otto

Otto appeared in 144 films between 1910 and 1940 next to stars like Asta Nielsen or Urban Gad.


Wandering Souls

Wandering Souls (German:Irrende Seelen) is a 1921 German silent drama film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Asta Nielsen, Alfred Abel and Walter Janssen.


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