
Directing
Community Rating
5.4
TMDB estimate
Born
February 12, 1879
Died
December 26, 1947 (age 68)
Born in
Korsør, Denmark
Peter Urban Gad was a Danish director who worked mostly in Germany, directing 40 films between 1910 and 1927. From 1912 to 1918 he was married to his leading lady Asta Nielsen, who starred in 30 of his productions. Gad directed both the first feature-length Danish film (Den sorte drøm 1911) and the first feature-length German film (Die Verräterin 1911).

The Wheel of Fortune
as Director
1926
Hannele's Ascension
as Director
1922

The Island of the Lost
as Director
1921

Christian Wahnschaffe II: Escape from the Golden Dungeon
as Director
1921
My Life as a Night Editor
as Director
1921

Christian Wahnschaffe I: Weltbrand
as Director
1920
The Abyss of Souls
as Writer, Director
1920
Such a Girl
as Director
1920
The Game of Love and Death
as Director, Writer
1919

Witching Hour
as Director, Writer
1917

Cinderella
as Cinematography, Director, Writer
1916

The White Roses
as Writer, Director
1916

Frontstairs and Backstairs
as Writer, Director
1916

Little Angel's Wedding
as Writer, Director
1916
Die ewige Nacht
as Director, Writer
1916

The False Asta Nielsen
as Director
1915

Die Tochter der Landstrasse
as Director, Writer
1915
Das Feuer
as Director, Writer
1914

Zapata's Gang
as Director, Writer
1914
Das Kind ruft
as Director, Writer
1914