Asta Nielsen battled against convention, scandal and powerful men to become the original international film star – a siren of the silent movie.
It may be that Nielsen’s stardom helped the film survive while others with less well-known actresses were treated with less care.
“She’s recognised as the first real screen actress, the first one who was aware that she was performing on film and not just on stage in theatre.
“But she had a reputation in Denmark of being a Nazi sympathiser, so she was excluded from Danish art society,” added Jensen.
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