
Urban Gad
Biography
Peter Urban Gad was a Danish director who worked mostly in Germany, directing 40 films between 1910 and 1927. From 1912 to 1918 he was married to his leading lady Asta Nielsen, who starred in 30 of his productions. Gad directed both the first feature-length Danish film (Den sorte drøm 1911) and the first feature-length German film (Die Verräterin 1911).
Directing (48 movies)

The Abyss
1910

The Traitress
1911

The Suffragette
1913

Little Angel
1914

The Film Prima Donna
1913

The Black Dream
1911

A Romany Spy
1912

Witching Hour
1917

Poor Jenny
1912

Zapata's Gang
1914

S1
1913

The Island of the Lost
1921

The Strange Bird
1911

A Recruit from 64
1910
Such a Girl
1920
The Game of Love and Death
1919
The Abyss of Souls
1920
My Life as a Night Editor
1921

Frontstairs and Backstairs
1916
Hannele's Ascension
1922

Christian Wahnschaffe I: Weltbrand
1920

Christian Wahnschaffe II: Escape from the Golden Dungeon
1921

Gypsy Blood
1911

The False Asta Nielsen
1915

The Great Moment
1911

When the Mask Falls
1912

Comedians
1912

Gypsy Blood
1911

Death in Seville
1913

Little Angel's Wedding
1916
Thru Trials to Victory
1911

Die Sünden der Väter
1913

Der Totentanz
1912

When Passion Blinds Honesty
1911

The Moth
1911
Die Ewige Nacht
1916
Die Macht des Goldes
1912
Zu Tode Gehetzt
1912
The General's Children
1912
Das Kind ruft
1914

Jugend und Tollheit
1913

Cinderella
1916
Das Feuer
1914

Die Tochter der Landstrasse
1915

The Amateur's Generosity
1911

The White Roses
1916

The House of Ill Repute
1912

Lykkehjulet
1926
| Title | Year | Job | 
|---|---|---|
| The Abyss | 1910 | Writer | 
| Gypsy Blood | 1911 | Writer | 
| The Moth | 1911 | Writer | 
| The Black Dream | 1911 | Writer | 
| The Great Moment | 1911 | Writer | 
| The Strange Bird | 1911 | Writer | 
| Die Macht des Goldes | 1912 | Writer | 
| Zu Tode Gehetzt | 1912 | Writer | 
| Poor Jenny | 1912 | Writer | 
| Der Totentanz | 1912 | Writer | 
| When the Mask Falls | 1912 | Writer | 
| A Romany Spy | 1912 | Writer | 
| Comedians | 1912 | Writer | 
| Jugend und Tollheit | 1913 | Writer | 
| Die Sünden der Väter | 1913 | Writer | 
| Death in Seville | 1913 | Writer | 
| The Suffragette | 1913 | Writer | 
| S1 | 1913 | Writer | 
| The Film Prima Donna | 1913 | Writer | 
| Little Angel | 1914 | Writer | 
| Das Kind ruft | 1914 | Writer | 
| Zapata's Gang | 1914 | Writer | 
| Das Feuer | 1914 | Writer | 
| Die Tochter der Landstrasse | 1915 | Writer | 
| Die Ewige Nacht | 1916 | Writer | 
| Frontstairs and Backstairs | 1916 | Writer | 
| Little Angel's Wedding | 1916 | Writer | 
| The White Roses | 1916 | Writer | 
| Cinderella | 1916 | Writer | 
| Witching Hour | 1917 | Writer | 
| The Game of Love and Death | 1919 | Writer | 
| The Abyss of Souls | 1920 | Writer |