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 |