Urban Gad
Directing · Born 1879-02-12 · age 68 at death · Korsør, Denmark
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).
Titles
The Abyss
The Black Dream
Little Angel
Poor Jenny
The Suffragette
The Traitress
A Romany Spy
The Island of the Lost
A Recruit from 64
The Strange Bird
The Film Prima Donna
Witching Hour
Zapata's Gang
The False Asta Nielsen
The Great Moment
Cinderella
S1
Hannele's Ascension
Christian Wahnschaffe I: Weltbrand
Christian Wahnschaffe II: Escape from the Golden Dungeon
Gypsy Blood
Little Angel's Wedding
Thru Trials to Victory
Der Totentanz
When Passion Blinds Honesty
The Moth
Die ewige Nacht
Das Feuer
The General's Children
Das Kind ruft
Youth and Madness
The Amateur's Generosity
The White Roses
The Wheel of Fortune
Frontstairs and Backstairs
Death in Seville
When the Mask Falls
Comedians
Gypsy Blood
Die Tochter der Landstrasse