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).

Movies directed by Urban Gad

• The Abyss 1910 · ★ 6.2
• The Black Dream 1911 · ★ 5.1
• Little Angel 1914 · ★ 6.1
• Poor Jenny 1912 · ★ 6.4
• The Suffragette 1913 · ★ 5.2
• The Traitress 1911 · ★ 4.5
• A Romany Spy 1912 · ★ 6.3
• The Island of the Lost 1921 · ★ 5.3
• A Recruit from 64 1910 · ★ 5.2
• The Strange Bird 1911 · ★ 4.7
• The Film Prima Donna 1913 · ★ 5.5
• Witching Hour 1917 · ★ 7.0
• Zapata's Gang 1914 · ★ 6.5
• The False Asta Nielsen 1915 · ★ 9.0
• S1 1913 · ★ 7.5
• Hannele's Ascension 1922 · ★ 9.0
• Christian Wahnschaffe I: Weltbrand 1920 · ★ 10.0
• Christian Wahnschaffe II: Escape from the Golden Dungeon 1921 · ★ 7.0
• Gypsy Blood 1911 · ★ 9.0
• The Great Moment 1911 · ★ 1.0
• Little Angel's Wedding 1916 · ★ 9.0
• Thru Trials to Victory 1911 · ★ 9.0
• Der Totentanz 1912 · ★ 5.0
• When Passion Blinds Honesty 1911 · ★ 10.0
• The Moth 1911 · ★ 10.0
• Die ewige Nacht 1916 · ★ 10.0
• The General's Children 1912 · ★ 9.0
• Youth and Madness 1913 · ★ 8.0
• Das Kind ruft 1914 · ★ 7.0
• Cinderella 1916 · ★ 10.0
• Das Feuer 1914 · ★ 9.0
• The Amateur's Generosity 1911 · ★ 10.0
• The White Roses 1916 · ★ 10.0
• The Wheel of Fortune 1926 · ★ 8.0
• 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
• Gypsy Blood 1911