Den sorte drom. 1911. Directed by Urban Gad.

(1/17/00)

This film was also shown with untranslated intertitles. During the first part of the film (maybe half) there were hardly any titles at all, but I still couldn't follow it, so I wonder if some of the titles were missing. I didn't find it very interesting until the scene where the two men have a duel at cards and then the film came alive for me. It probably would have been truly absorbing with adequate translation.

Asta Nielsen is intense and always interesting to watch. There is one scene in which it seems she is willing to sell herself to this man to get her boyfriend out of trouble. The sheer revuslsion she shows in that scene is amazing.