Urban Gad
Peter Urban Bruun Gad (12 February 1879 – 26 December 1947) was a Danish film director, stage actor, screenwriter, and author. He directed 40 films between 1910 and 1927. His wife Asta Nielsen starred in 30 of his films, also in his début film Afgrunden (The Abyss) from 1910.
Also recorded as Peter Urban Bruun Gad
Urban Gad

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- Name
- Urban Gad
- Born
- 12 February 1879
- Birthplace
- Korsør, Denmark
- Died
- 26 December 1947
- Place of death
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Occupation
- Film director, actor, screenwriter, author
- Full name
- Peter Urban Brunn Gad.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Languages
- Danish
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Peter Urban Bruun Gad (12 February 1879 – 26 December 1947) was a Danish film director, stage actor, screenwriter, and author. He directed 40 films between 1910 and 1927. His wife Asta Nielsen starred in 30 of his films, also in his début film Afgrunden (The Abyss) from 1910.
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They moved to Germany in 1911 where Gad worked with Paul Davidson until 1922. His mother was the playwright Emma Gad. In 1873, the painter Paul Gauguin married his father's cousin, Mette-Sophie Gad. Between 1912 and 1918, Gad was married to actress Asta Nielsen. His films include a German-language adaptation of Gerhart Hauptmann's play The Assumption of Hannele, which Gad directed in 1922.

Screenshot from the Danish silent film Admiral Gad (Humlebæk) from June 1913 featuring the former counter admiral Urban Gad and his wife, the author Emma Gad, in their summer house. Urban Gad and Emma Gad with their son, the film director Urban Gad.

Screenshot from the Danish silent film Admiral Gad (Humlebæk) from June 1913 featuring the former counter admiral Urban Gad and his wife, the author Emma Gad, in their summer house. Emma Gad with their son, the film director Urban Gad.
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• Name — Urban Gad • Born — 12 February 1879 • Birthplace — Korsør, Denmark • Died — 26 December 1947 • Place of death — Copenhagen, Denmark • Occupation — Film director, actor, screenwriter, author • Years Active — 1900–1947 • Parents — Urban Gad (father) Emma Gad (mother)
Filmography
Filmography
• En rekrut fra 64 • The Abyss (Afgrunden) (1910) • Gipsy Blood (1911) • The Moth (Nachtfalter) (1911) • Den sorte drøm (1911) • Im großen Augenblick (1911) • Zigeunerblut (1911) • Der fremde Vogel (1911) • Dyrekøbt glimmer • The Traitress (Die Verräterin) (1911) • Den store flyver • Die Macht des Goldes (1912) • Poor Jenny (Die arme Jenny) (1912) • Zu Tode gehetzt (1912) • Der Totentanz (1912) • Die Kinder des Generals (1912) • Wenn die Maske fällt (1912) • Det berygtede Hus • A Romany Spy (Das Mädchen ohne Vaterland) (1912) • Behind Comedy's Mask (Komödianten) (1913) • Jugend und Tollheit (1913) • Die Sünden der Väter (1913) • Der Tod in Sevilla (1913) • Die Suffragette (1913) • S 1 (1913) • The Film Primadonna (Die Filmprimadonna) (1913) • Engelein - Mimisches Lustspiel (1913) • Emma og Urban Gad i hjemmet (1913) • Engelein (1914) • Das Kind ruft (1914) • Zapata's Gang (Zapatas Bande) (1914) • Das Feuer (1914) • Standrechtlich erschossen (1914) • Das Feuer. Die alte Gnädige (1914) • Vordertreppe - Hintertreppe (1915) • Die Tochter der Landstraße (1915) • Die falsche Asta Nielsen (1915) • Die ewige Nacht (1915) • Engeleins Hochzeit (1916) • Die weißen Rosen (1916) • Cinderella (Aschenbrödel) (1916) • Der rote Streifen (1916) • Der breite Weg (1917) • Die verschlossene Tür (1917) • Klosterfriede (1917) • Die Vergangenheit rächt sich (1917) • Die Gespensterstunde (1917) • Vera Panina (1918) • Die neue Daliah (1918) • Die Kleptomanin (1918) • Der schuldlose Verdacht (1918) • Der Schmuck des Rajah (1918) • Das verhängnisvolle Andenken (1918) • Das sterbende Modell (1918) • Das Spiel von Liebe und Tod (1919) • Christian Wahnschaffe (1920) • What a Girl (1920) • Der Abgrund der Seelen (1920) • Ich bin Du (1921) • Mein Mann - Der Nachtredakteur (1921) • The Love Corridor (1921) • The Poisoned Stream (1921) • The Island of the Lost (1921) • Hannele's Journey to Heaven (1922) • Graf Festenberg (1922) • Lykkehjulet (1926)
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1879
Urban Gad born at Skælskør.
1910
Afgrunden (The Abyss) - 1910 - Urban Gad (1910) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
1912
Das Mädchen ohne Vaterland (Urban Gad, 1912) (1912) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
1947
Urban Gad died at Copenhagen.
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