Asta Nielsen - Europas erste Filmikone

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.

• Sabine JainskiWriter
• Sabine JainskiDirector

• Asta NielsenSelf (archive footage)
• Sonja BeißwengerAsta Nielsen