Nils Asther
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Nils Anton Alfhild Asther (17 January 1897 - 13 October 1981) was a Danish-born Swedish actor active in Hollywood from 1926 to the mid 1950s, known for his beautiful face and often called "the male Greta Garbo". Between 1916 and 1963 he appeared in over 70 feature films, 16 done in the silent era.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.747 |
| Birthday | 1897-01-16 |
| Place of Birth | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Also Known As | Nils Anton Alfhild Asther, |
1918
A Trip to Mars
6.4/33
The navy captain Avanti Planetaros is inspired by his astronomer-father to travel through outer space to reach other worlds. He becomes an aviator and...
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A Trip to Mars
1929
Wild Orchids
6.417/18
A prince in Java tries to seduce his visitor's wife, but he's discovered.
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Wild Orchids
1924
Carl XII:s Courier
9/1
Adjutant general Axel Roos is selected by King Charles XII to deliver a message to the court from the army in Bender, current day Moldova. His ride wi...
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Carl XII:s Courier
1928
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
7.385/39
A despairing clown suffering a broken heart and a self-indulgent count who uncontrollably laughs learn to help each other with their problems, but bot...
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Laugh, Clown, Laugh
1927
Topsy and Eva
10/1
Topsy, a Black slave girl who "jes' growed" is auctioned but nobody will bid. A young girl named Eva purchases Topsy for a nickel.
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Topsy and Eva
1932
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
6.262/101
An American missionary is gradually seduced by a courtly warlord holding her in Shanghai.
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The Bitter Tea of General Yen
1944
Bluebeard
5.44/50
Young female models are being strangled. Will law enforcement be able to stop the crime wave before more women become victims?
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Bluebeard
1928
Our Dancing Daughters
6.177/31
A flapper who's secretly a good girl and a gold-digging floozy masquerading as an ingénue both vie for the hand of a millionaire.
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Our Dancing Daughters
1945
Jealousy
5.692/13
A female cabbie is suspected of killing her drunken husband.
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Jealousy
1934
The Crime Doctor
3.75/4
When he finds out that his wife is having an affair, a criminologist commits the perfect murder--and pins the crime on his wife's boyfriend so well th...
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The Crime Doctor
1932
Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
6/1
A Columbia Pictures promotional short which explains how a movie is made.
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Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
1943
Submarine Alert
4.818/11
Nazi spies use a stolen shortwave transmitter prototype to broadcast top secret shipping info to an offshore Japanese sub. To nab the spy ring, the Go...
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Submarine Alert
1934
Love Time
10/1
Newly arrived in the nineteenth century court of Emperor Francis 1st of Austria Countess Valerie happens to overhear a young pianist and advises him t...
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Love Time
1960
When Darkness Falls
5.636/11
Young Elisabeth comes to Västlinge to meet her old relative, the vicar and and his young daughter. She is going to spend the Christmas there in peace...
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When Darkness Falls
1941
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
6.833/9
A variety of predicaments arise to distract Dr. Kildare from his wedding to Nurse Mary Lamont.
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Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
1948
The Feathered Serpent
6.077/13
In order to learn the location of a fabled Aztec treasure, a professor kidnaps his colleague, the only man able to read the ancient Aztec script that...
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The Feathered Serpent
1928
The Cardboard Lover
6.3/5
A ditzy American girl visiting Monte Carlo is hired by a tennis champ to be his "cardboard lover"--to pretend to be in love with him so he can teach h...
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The Cardboard Lover
1941
The Night of January 16th
5.833/6
Accused of killing her employer, financier Bjorn Faulkner, Kit is championed by wisecracking sailor-on-leave Steve Van Ruyle, who has a vested interes...
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The Night of January 16th
1953
That Man from Tangier
4/2
Mary Ellen travels abroad and ends up marrying a Count while she is intoxicated. The Count disappears and with the aid of her father, George, she trac...
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That Man from Tangier
1929
The Single Standard
5.857/7
A bored socialite finds fleeting romance with an artist.
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The Single Standard
1942
Night Monster
6.25/40
Kurt Ingston, a rich recluse, invites the doctors who left him a hopeless cripple to his desolate mansion in the swamps as one by one they meet horrib...
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Night Monster
1933
If I Were Free
5/7
A recently divorced interior decorator falls in love with a married barrister.
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If I Were Free
1943
Mystery Broadcast
6.667/6
A radio detective sets out to solve an old murder case, with the help of her sound man and another radio detective. They manage to talk to the people...
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Mystery Broadcast
1932
Letty Lynton
7.167/9
Socialite Letty Lynton is returning to New York, abandoning one-time lover Emile Renaul in South America, when she strikes up a shipboard romance with...
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Letty Lynton
1933
By Candlelight
5.5/16
A beautiful woman mistakes a Prince's butler for the Prince.
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By Candlelight
1932
But the Flesh Is Weak
6.25/4
A poor-but-charming father and son try to enter high society by marrying rich English widows.
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But the Flesh Is Weak
2022
Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer
6/8
A journey through Swedish queer film history.
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Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer
1944
Alaska
7/2
A man who has been framed on a murder charge is placed in the custody of a crooked U.S. marshal, who is secretly running a murderous claim-jumping gan...
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Alaska
1928
The Cossacks
7.375/8
Stirring romance, hard riding, desperate fighting with the Cossacks playing their game of war and chivalry. A mighty picturization of Count Leo Tolsto...
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The Cossacks
1930
The Sea Bat
4.5/11
The sister of a sponge diver killed by a stingray loves an escaped convict posing as a priest.
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The Sea Bat
1933
The Right To Romance
4.857/7
Against her better judgment, a dedicated and hard-working plastic surgeon (Ann Harding) finds herself falling in love with a playboy (Robert Young). D...
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The Right To Romance
1945
The Man in Half Moon Street
5.9/5
A British doctor and painter must kill for the glands he needs to stop the aging process.
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The Man in Half Moon Street
1935
Abdul the Damned
6.5/4
In 1908, Sultan Abdul Hamid rules the Turkish Empire, but he is faced with the threat of revolt by the Young Turk party. He allows Hilmi Pasha, the le...
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Abdul the Damned
1936
Guilty Melody
8/1
A British spy falls in love with a singer whose husband is working for the enemy.
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Guilty Melody
1936
The Marriage of Corbal
6/3
The film hinges on the love triangle between a young aristocratic lady on the run (Cleonie, played by Hazel Terry), the murderous Varennes, Citizen-De...
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The Marriage of Corbal
1920
The Gyurkovics Boys
5/5
Mr. and Mrs. Gyurkovics have a dozen children the oldest of which, the twins Géza and Bandi, just preparing for their matriculation examination. When...
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The Gyurkovics Boys
1932
The Washington Masquerade
6.8/5
An honest, talented and well respected attorney defeats a corrupt incumbent U.S. Senator. After a very good start he has to face the subtle temptation...
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The Washington Masquerade
1942
Sweater Girl
5.333/3
College students attempt to solve a series of murders on campus while also trying to put together the school's big show.
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Sweater Girl
1917
Hittebarnet
0/0
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Hittebarnet
1933
Storm at Daybreak
6.6/5
Sarajevo June 28, 1914. Dushan, the Serbian mayor of a Hungarian town, has come to see the parade of Archduke Ferdinand. While there he runs into Geza...
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Storm at Daybreak
1944
The Hour Before the Dawn
6.375/8
A beautiful Austrian refugee in England--who is also a Nazi agent--marries a scholarly English pacifist. He lives near a secret military base she need...
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The Hour Before the Dawn
1935
Do You Remember?
0/0
Compilation film with scenes from different Swedish silent films, many of the films have since been lost and the only surviving fragments can be found...
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Do You Remember?
1928
The Blue Danube
10/1
Marguerite, the beauty of an Austrian village, loves the poverty-stricken Baron Erich von Statzen, although her mother is opposed to the affair, havin...
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The Blue Danube
1928
Dream of Love
7.333/3
A duke has deposed Prince Mauritz's father, so Mauritz spends his time in affairs with a countess, the duke's wife and a gypsy girl Adrienne. Years la...
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Dream of Love
1937
Make-Up
10/1
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Make-Up
1941
Forced Landing
6/3
On faraway Mosaque, an American pilot finds that he is in a desperate struggle with a military officer intent on sabotaging a local fort.
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Forced Landing
1963
Gudrun
7.5/2
Danish drama about a young woman's rites of passage in finding romance.
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Gudrun
1945
Love, Honor and Goodbye
5.5/4
A lawyer's wife walks out on him, then poses as a French nurse to spy on him.
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Love, Honor and Goodbye
1926
The Golden Butterfly
10/1
A restaurant cashier, who has a mutual attraction to the restauranteur, has a secret passion for dance. As soon as she finishes work she is off down t...
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The Golden Butterfly
1941
Flying Blind
4.6/5
A spy steals a secret military device, then hijacks an airliner to get away. The airliner crashes in the wilderness & the survivors are threatened...
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Flying Blind
1927
Sorrell and Son
6/4
Stephen Sorrell, a decorated war hero, raises his son Kit alone after Kit's mother deserts husband and child in the boy's infancy. Sorrell loses a pro...
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Sorrell and Son
1928
Loves of an Actress
8/1
Rachel becomes the leading actress in the Comédie Française through the patronage of three influential men: Baron Hartman, the wealthiest man in Franc...
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Loves of an Actress
1942
The Night Before the Divorce
5.6/5
Marital comedy with a dash of murder.
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The Night Before the Divorce
1945
Son of Lassie
6.19/21
Laddie (Son of Lassie) and his master are trapped in Norway during WW2 - has he inherited his mothers famous courage?
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Son of Lassie
1934
Madame Spy
7.5/2
Maria is married to Captain Franck of German Intelligence. He does not know she is a Russian assigned to spy on him. When he is told to uncover a leak...
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Madame Spy
1916
The Wings
5.9/21
The story is that of a conniving countess coming between a gay sculptor, Claude Zoret, and his bisexual model and lover, Mikaël, ultimately leading to...
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The Wings
1962
Lady in White
6.091/11
A ghost called Vita Frun (White Lady) is accused of several murders. Detective Hillman is contacted to resolve the case.
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Lady in White
1941
The Man Who Lost Himself
5.4/5
John Evans encounters his lookalike, Malcolm Scott. When Scott is killed in an accident, Evans finds himself mistaken for Scott and decides to do some...
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The Man Who Lost Himself
1923
The Norrtull Gang
6.6/10
A collective of office girls and their tribulations in the male world, female solidarity, the place of women in the labor and civil rights struggles a...
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The Norrtull Gang
1926
Wrath of the Seas
5.5/2
The film portrays the Imperial German Navy during the First World War, particularly the Battle of Jutland and is based on a novel by Helmut Lorenz.
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Wrath of the Seas
1927
Hotelratten
10/1
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Hotelratten
1961
Svenska Floyd
5.667/3
The world-famous Swedish boxer Flosse travels to Italy to fight for the world boxing title. In Rome he meets the nightclub singer Lollo.
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Svenska Floyd
1926
Adventure Mad
7/1
Lord Ernest Clifton lives with his beautiful wife, Gladys, at Easton Lodge. He has lost immense wealth in the lap of his uncle's death. One day Lord C...
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Adventure Mad
1927
Gauner im Frack
9/1
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Gauner im Frack
1922
Love's Crucible
6.455/10
At the end of the middle ages, Ursula is accused of having poisoned her own husband. She claims she is innocent, but to prove it, she must submit to a...
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Love's Crucible
1918
Retten sejrer
0/0
A man must choose between two women. One who is bad for him and one who is the opposite. About the fate one suffers by choosing the wrong one.
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Retten sejrer
1926
The Sweet Girl
10/1
The Sweet Girl (German: Das Süße Mädel) is a 1926 German silent film directed by Manfred Noa.
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The Sweet Girl
1934
The Love Captive
7/1
A hypnotist huckster is accused of casting spells on the minds of his female patients Eventually a woman and her fiancé exact their revenge on him.
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