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Urban Gad
Born
12 February 1879
Died
26 December 1947
Place
Korsør, Denmark
Directing

Urban Gad

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).

As director

The Wheel of Fortune

1926 · Director

Hannele's Ascension

1922 · Director

The Island of the Lost

1921 · Director

My Life as a Night Editor

1921 · Director

Christian Wahnschaffe II: Escape from the Golden Dungeon

1921 · Director

Such a Girl

1920 · Director

The Abyss of Souls

1920 · Director

Christian Wahnschaffe I: Weltbrand

1920 · Director

The Game of Love and Death

1919 · Director

Witching Hour

1917 · Director

Frontstairs and Backstairs

1916 · Director

Little Angel's Wedding

1916 · Director

Die ewige Nacht

1916 · Director

Cinderella

1916 · Director

The White Roses

1916 · Director

The False Asta Nielsen

1915 · Director

Die Tochter der Landstrasse

1915 · Director

Little Angel

1914 · Director

Zapata's Gang

1914 · Director

Das Feuer

1914 · Director

Das Kind ruft

1914 · Director

The Suffragette

1913 · Director

The Film Prima Donna

1913 · Director

S1

1913 · Director

Death in Seville

1913 · Director

Die Sünden der Väter

1913 · Director

Youth and Madness

1913 · Director

A Romany Spy

1912 · Director

Poor Jenny

1912 · Director

When the Mask Falls

1912 · Director