Nils Asther
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nils Anton Alfhild Asther, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

The Bitter Tea of General Yen
as General YenAn American missionary is gradually seduced by a courtly warlord holding her in Shanghai.
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as Inspector LefevreYoung female models are being strangled. Will law enforcement be able to stop the crime wave...
Movie pageNight Monster
as Agor SinghKurt Ingston, a rich recluse, invites the doctors who left him a hopeless cripple to his...
Movie pageLaugh, Clown, Laugh
as Count Luigi RavelliA despairing clown suffering a broken heart and a self-indulgent count who uncontrollably laughs...
Movie pageA Trip to Mars
as Martian citizenThe navy captain Avanti Planetaros is inspired by his astronomer-father to travel through outer...
Movie pageOur Dancing Daughters
as NormanA flapper who's secretly a good girl and a gold-digging floozy masquerading as an ingénue both...
Movie pageSon of Lassie
as OlavLaddie (Son of Lassie) and his master are trapped in Norway during WW2 - has he inherited his...
Movie pageThe Hour Before the Dawn
as Kurt van der BreughelA beautiful Austrian refugee in England--who is also a Nazi agent--marries a scholarly English...
Movie pageWild Orchids
as Prince de GaceA prince in J... tries to seduce his visitor's wife, but he's discovered.
Movie pageThe Wings
as Aspiring actorThe story is that of a conniving countess coming between a gay sculptor, Claude Zoret, and his...
Movie pageThe Single Standard
as Packy CannonA bored socialite finds fleeting romance with an artist.
Movie pageBy Candlelight
as Prince Alfred Von RommerA beautiful woman mistakes a Prince's butler for the Prince.
Movie pageJealousy
as Peter UrbanA female cabbie is suspected of killing her drunken husband.
Movie pageWhen Darkness Falls
as Vicar Tord EkstedtYoung Elisabeth comes to Västlinge to meet her old relative, the vicar and and his young...
Movie pageThe Feathered Serpent
as Paul EvansIn order to learn the location of a fabled Aztec treasure, a professor kidnaps his colleague,...
Movie pagePrejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer
as Self (archive footage)A journey through Swedish queer film history.
Movie pageThe Night of January 16th
as Bjorn FaulknerAccused of killing her employer, financier Bjorn Faulkner, Kit is championed by wisecracking...
Movie pageLady in White
as Simon EkA ghost called Vita Frun (White Lady) is accused of several murders. Detective Hillman is...
Movie pageLove's Crucible
as ApprenticeAt the end of the middle ages, Ursula is accused of having poisoned her own husband. She claims...
Movie pageSubmarine Alert
as Dr. Arthur HunekerNazi spies use a stolen shortwave transmitter prototype to broadcast top secret shipping info to...
Movie pageScreen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
as HimselfA Columbia Pictures promotional short which explains how a movie is made.
Movie pageThe Norrtull Gang
as uncreditedA collective of office girls and their tribulations in the male world, female solidarity, the...
Movie pageThe Sea Bat
as CarlThe sister of a sponge diver killed by a stingray loves an escaped convict posing as a priest.
Movie pageThe Man Who Lost Himself
as Peter RansomeJohn Evans encounters his lookalike, Malcolm Scott. When Scott is killed in an accident, Evans...
Movie pageLetty Lynton
as Emile RenaulSocialite Letty Lynton is returning to New York, abandoning one-time lover Emile Renaul in South...
Movie pageThe Crime Doctor
as Gary PattenWhen he finds out that his wife is having an affair, a criminologist commits the perfect...
Movie pageThe Right To Romance
as Dr. Helmuth HepplingAgainst her better judgment, a dedicated and hard-working plastic surgeon (Ann Harding) finds...
Movie pageDream of Love
as Prince MauritzA duke has deposed Prince Mauritz's father, so Mauritz spends his time in affairs with a...
Movie pageThe Washington Masquerade
as Henri BrennerAn honest, talented and well respected attorney defeats a corrupt incumbent U.S. Senator. After...
Movie pageDr. Kildare's Wedding Day
as Constanzo LabardiA variety of predicaments arise to distract Dr. Kildare from his wedding to Nurse Mary Lamont.
Movie pageThe Cardboard Lover
as AndreA ditzy American girl visiting Monte Carlo is hired by a tennis champ to be his "cardboard...
Movie pageWrath of the Seas
as Torpedooffizier Günther AdenriedThe film portrays the Imperial German Navy during the First World War, particularly the Battle...
Movie pageTopsy and Eva
as George ShelbyTopsy, a Black slave girl who "jes' growed" is auctioned but nobody will bid. A young girl named...
Movie pageLove Time
as Franz SchubertNewly arrived in the nineteenth century court of Emperor Francis 1st of Austria Countess Valerie...
Movie pageThe Cossacks
as Prince Olenin StieshneffStirring romance, hard riding, desperate fighting with the Cossacks playing their game of war...
Movie pageThe Night Before the Divorce
as Victor RoselleMarital comedy with a dash of murder.
Movie pageStorm at Daybreak
as Capt. Geza PeterySarajevo June 28, 1914. Dushan, the Serbian mayor of a Hungarian town, has come to see the...
Movie pageForced Landing
as Col. Jan GolasOn faraway Mosaque, an American pilot finds that he is in a desperate struggle with a military...
Movie pageBut the Flesh Is Weak
as Prince PaulA poor-but-charming father and son try to enter high society by marrying rich English widows.
Movie pageSweater Girl
as Prof. Henri MenardCollege students attempt to solve a series of murders on campus while also trying to put...
Movie pageAlaska
as Thomas LerouxA man who has been framed on a murder charge is placed in the custody of a crooked U.S. marshal,...
Movie pageThe Golden Butterfly
as Andy McFarlandA restaurant cashier, who has a mutual attraction to the restauranteur, has a secret passion for...
Movie pageIf I Were Free
as Tono CasanoveA recently divorced interior decorator falls in love with a married barrister.
Movie pageThe Man in Half Moon Street
as Dr. Julian KarellA British doctor and painter must kill for the glands he needs to stop the aging process.
Movie pageThe Gyurkovics Boys
as Bandi GyurkovicsMr. and Mrs. Gyurkovics have a dozen children the oldest of which, the twins Géza and Bandi,...
Movie pageMystery Broadcast
as Ricky MorenoA radio detective sets out to solve an old murder case, with the help of her sound man and...
Movie pageSorrell and Son
as Christopher 'Kit' SorrellStephen Sorrell, a decorated war hero, raises his son Kit alone after Kit's mother deserts...
Movie pageLoves of an Actress
as Raoul DuvalRachel becomes the leading actress in the Comédie Française through the patronage of three...
Movie pageFlying Blind
as Eric KarolekA spy steals a secret military device, then hijacks an airliner to get away. The airliner...
Movie pageMadame Spy
as Capt. FranckMaria is married to Captain Franck of German Intelligence. He does not know she is a Russian...
Movie pageCarl XII:s kurir
as Stanislaus, Potockis nevöAdjutant general Axel Roos is selected by King Charles XII to deliver a message to the court...
Movie pageThat Man from Tangier
as HenriMary Ellen travels abroad and ends up marrying a Count while she is intoxicated. The Count...
Movie pageAbdul the Damned
as Kadar Pasha, Chief of PoliceIn 1908, Sultan Abdul Hamid rules the Turkish Empire, but he is faced with the threat of revolt...
Movie pageThe Blue Danube
as Erich von StatzenMarguerite, the beauty of an Austrian village, loves the poverty-stricken Baron Erich von...
Movie pageLove, Honor and Goodbye
as Tony LinnardA lawyer's wife walks out on him, then poses as a French nurse to spy on him.
Movie pageSvenska Floyd
as Vincent MitellaThe world-famous Swedish boxer Flosse travels to Italy to fight for the world boxing title. In...
Movie pageDo You Remember?
as (archive footage)Compilation film with scenes from different Swedish silent films, many of the films have since...
Movie pageGudrun
as Mr. RoscoeDanish drama about a young woman's rites of passage in finding romance.
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