The Abyss (1910 film)
{{short description|1910 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = The Abyss
| image = Afgrunden still.jpg
| alt =
| caption = "Gaucho dance" scene
| director = Urban Gad
| producer = Hjalmar Davidsen
| writer = Urban Gad
| screenplay =
| story =
| based_on =
| starring = {{plainlist|
- Asta Nielsen
- Robert Dinesen
}}
| music =
| cinematography = Alfred Lind
| editing =
| studio = Kosmorama
| distributor = Kosmorama
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1910|9|12|Denmark}}
| runtime = 38 minutes
| country = Denmark
| language = Silent
| budget =
| gross =
}}
The Abyss ({{langx|da|Afgrunden}}), also known as Woman Always Pays, is a 1910 Danish silent black-and-white drama film, written and directed by Urban Gad. The lead performance and natural acting by Asta Nielsen led to her international stardom. Because of the overt eroticism of Nielsen's performance, the film was censored in Norway and Sweden.{{cite journal | title=The Erotic Melodrama in Danish Silent Films 1910-1918 | first=Marguerite | last=Engberg | journal=Film History | volume=5 | number=1 | date=March 1993 | pages=63–67}}
Plot
Knud, a vicar's son, meets Magda, a piano teacher, on a tram. He falls in love with her and introduces her to his parents. She refuses to go with them to the Sunday service and convinces him to go to the circus with her. She dances with the performers and at night and one of them, Rudolf, comes to seduce her. They run away on horseback. Magda is not happy with Rudolf who keeps flirting with other girls, but she cannot leave him, despite Knud's efforts.Review, synopsis and link to watch the film: {{cite web |url=http://www.acinemahistory.com/2014/01/afgrunden-1910.html|title=A cinema history|accessdate=20 February 2015}}
Cast
- Asta Nielsen as Magda Vang
- Robert Dinesen as Knud Svane, Magda's fiancé
- Poul Reumert as Rudolf Stern, circus performer
- Hans Neergaard as Peder Svane, vicar
- Hulda Didrichsen as the Vicar's wife
- Emilie Sannom as Lilly d'Estrelle, singer
- Oscar Stribolt as Waiter
- Arne Weel as garden guest
- Johannes Fønss as garden guest
- Torben Meyer
References
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External links
- [http://www.dfi.dk/faktaomfilm/nationalfilmografien/nffilm.aspx?id=18667 Afgrunden], at the Danish Film Institute
- {{Internet Archive film|id=Afgrunden_1910|name=Afgrunden / The Abyss (1910)}}
- {{IMDb title|id=0001105|title=The Woman Always Pays}}
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Category:Films directed by Urban Gad
Category:Danish black-and-white films
Category:Silent Danish drama films
Category:Danish-language films
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