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).

Directed

1. The Abyss (1910) — Director
2. The Black Dream (1911) — Director
3. Little Angel (1914) — Director
4. Poor Jenny (1912) — Director
5. The Suffragette (1913) — Director
6. The Traitress (1911) — Director
7. A Romany Spy (1912) — Director
8. The Island of the Lost (1921) — Director
9. A Recruit from 64 (1910) — Director
10. The Strange Bird (1911) — Director
11. The Film Prima Donna (1913) — Director
12. Witching Hour (1917) — Director
13. Zapata's Gang (1914) — Director
14. The False Asta Nielsen (1915) — Director
15. S1 (1913) — Director
16. Hannele's Ascension (1922) — Director
17. Christian Wahnschaffe I: Weltbrand (1920) — Director
18. Christian Wahnschaffe II: Escape from the Golden Dungeon (1921) — Director
19. Gypsy Blood (1911) — Director
20. The Great Moment (1911) — Director
21. Little Angel's Wedding (1916) — Director
22. Thru Trials to Victory (1911) — Director
23. Der Totentanz (1912) — Director
24. When Passion Blinds Honesty (1911) — Director
25. The Moth (1911) — Director
26. Die ewige Nacht (1916) — Director
27. The General's Children (1912) — Director
28. Youth and Madness (1913) — Director
29. Das Kind ruft (1914) — Director
30. Cinderella (1916) — Director
31. Das Feuer (1914) — Director
32. The Amateur's Generosity (1911) — Director
33. The White Roses (1916) — Director
34. The Wheel of Fortune (1926) — Director
35. Such a Girl (1920) — Director
36. The Game of Love and Death (1919) — Director
37. The Abyss of Souls (1920) — Director
38. My Life as a Night Editor (1921) — Director
39. Frontstairs and Backstairs (1916) — Director
40. Gypsy Blood (1911) — Director