Asta Nielsen - Europas erste Filmikone (2023)
Asta Nielsen: pioneer of cinema and first European film star, tragedienne and comedienne, writer and artist. As a working-class child and single parent, she works her way up from the bottom - and consciously stages herself as the first role model for independent women and queers. We retell the story of this singular phenomenon with her own words and film clips.
Director: Sabine Jainski
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Asta Nielsen as Self (archive footage) |
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Sonja Beißwenger as Asta Nielsen |
| Production | Nalan Kahriman | Producer |
| Production | Irene Höfer | Producer |
| Editing | Christopher Kaps | Editor |
| Sound | Christoph Rinnert | Music |
| Writing | Sabine Jainski | Writer |
| Sound | Mike Glöckner | Sound Director |
| Camera | Sebastian Hattop | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Anne Misselwitz | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Evgenij Ussach | Sound Director |
| Sound | Johannes Schneeweiß | Sound Director |
| Directing | Sabine Jainski | Director |
| Camera | Thomas Bresinsky | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Sabine Panossian | Director of Photography |