Danske Stumfilmsklassikere: Asta Nielsen
På trods af at Asta Nielsen er den gennem tiderne største danske filmstjerne, medvirkede hun kun i fire danske spillefilm. Det blev til gengæld til næsten 70 tyske spillefilm. Alle fire danske film er at finde på denne DVD: Fra Urban Gads nyskabende debutfilm Afgrunden (1910) til Holger Madsens moraliserende Mod Lyset (1919).
Afgrunden præsenteres i en digitalt nyrestaureret udgave, hvor bl.a. den svenske censurs fraklip af gauchodansen er indsat i stedet for de hidtil overlevende nedbrudte billeder. Afgrundens succes i samtiden havde ikke alene betydning for Asta Nielsens karriere, men var også direkte medvirkende
til, at dansk stumfilm for mange blev synonym med "det erotiske melodrama".
I de fire film ses Asta Nielsen spille over for en række af de største danske mandlige skuespillere: Poul Reumert, Valdemar Psilander og Alf Blütecher, ligesom hun senere skulle spille sammen med de største tyske skuespillere.
ENGLISH SYNOPSIS:
Asta Nielsen is probably the greatest Danish film star. However, she only starred in four Danish films, all of which are on this DVD: From her breathtaking appearance in The Abyss (1910) to Holger Madsen's moral tale Towards the Light (1919).
Most of Asta Nielsen's career took place in Germany where she starred in almost seventy films in the period 1911-1932. In the Danish films she starred with the greatest Danish male protagonists of the period: Poul Reumert, Valdemar Psilander and Alf Blütecher, as she was also to star with the greatest German stars in her German production.
The Abyss is by many regarded as not only the important debut of Asta Nielsen, but also the film that marks the early 1910's as the golden age of Danish cinema, relying heavily on feature length erotically charged melodramas. The Abyss is here presented in a digitally restored version with the inclusion of the Swedish censorship outtakes, dramatically improving the quality of the central erotic dance sequence.
AFGRUNDEN / THE ABYSS (1910)
- Directed by Urban Gad. Manuscript: Urban Gad. Production Company: Kosmorama. Cinematography: Alfred Lind. Cast: Asta Nielsen, Poul Reumert, Hans Neergaard, Robert Dinesen, Emilie Sannom, Oscar Stribolt. 35 minutes (16 fps).
BALLETDANSERINDEN / THE BALLET DANCER (1911)
- Directed by August Blom. Manuscript: Alfred Kjerulf. Production Company: Nordisk Films Kompagni. Cinematography: Axel Graatkjær. Cast: Asta Nielsen, Valdemar Psilander, Johannes Poulsen, Valdemar Møller, Karen Lund, Emilie Sannom. 45 minutes (16 fps).
DEN SORTE DRØM / THE BLACK DREAM (1911)
- Directed by Urban Gad. Manuscript: Urban Gad. Production Company: Fotorama. Cinematography: Adam Johansen. Cast: Asta Nielsen, Valdemar Psilander, Gunnar Helsengren, Ellen Holm, Peter Fjelstrup, Ellen Feldmann. 56 minutes (16 fps).
MOD LYSET / TOWARDS THE LIGHT (1919)
- Directed by Holger Madsen. Manuscript: Holger Madsen. Production Company: Nordisk Films Kompagni. Cinematography: Sophus Wangøe. Cast: Asta Nielsen, Augusta Blad, Alf Blütecher, Frederik Jacobsen, Anton de Verdier, Nicolai Neiiendam, Elith Pio, Astrid Holm. 55 minutes (20 fps).
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