ARTE Documentaries

Asta Nielsen꞉ Europe's first film icon (2023x4)

Air date: May 06, 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.