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Asta Nielsen
(1910-1919)

Contents: Afgrunden [The Abyss] (1910), Balletdanserinden [The Ballet Dancer] (1911), Det sorte Drøm [The Black Dream] (1911) and Mod lyset [Towards the Light] (1919).

This collection of short and feature films starring Asta Nielsen will showcase her famed acting talents beyond her well-known appearance in The Joyless Street (1925).

Danish Film Institute
2005? DVD edition

Asta Nielsen (1910-1919), black & white, 191 minutes total, not rated, including Afgrunden [The Abyss] (1910), black & white, 35 minutes, not rated, Balletdanserinden [The Ballet Dancer] (1911), black & white, 45 minutes, not rated, Det sorte Drøm [The Black Dream] (1911), black & white, 56 minutes, not rated, and Mod lyset [Towards the Light] (1919), black & white, 55 minutes, not rated.

Danish Film Institute, DFIASTAN, no UPC number.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 PAL DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 576 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; Danish and English language intertitles, optional English language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; DKK 159,00.
Release date: 2005?
Country of origin: Denmark •

Four films starring the famous Asta Nielsen, including her debut film, have been released in this PAL DVD collection by the Danish Film Institute.

The films are accompanied by music scores performed on piano by Ronen Thalmay.

Recommended. North American collectors will need a region-free PAL DVD player capable of outputting an NTSC-compatible signal to view this edition.

This Region 0 PAL DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .