
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.
Crew
Sabine Jainski
Director, Writer
Christopher Kaps
Editor
Thomas Bresinsky
Director of Photography
Anne Misselwitz
Director of Photography
Sabine Panossian
Director of Photography

Sebastian Hattop
Director of Photography
Nalan Kahriman
Producer
Irene Höfer
Producer
Mike Glöckner
Sound Director
Evgenij Ussach
Sound Director
Johannes Schneeweiß
Sound Director
Christoph Rinnert
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