Poor Jenny
About Poor Jenny
Jenny, a cleaner, spends the night with the local playboy Edouard, and her parents reject her. She gets work as a vaudeville dancer and ends in the gutter. Urban Gad directed. Asta Nielsen, his wife, plays Jenny.
Cast & crew
More about Poor Jenny
Gad also wrote it. Guido Seeber photographed it. Robert A. Dietrich designed the sets. Release date March 2, 1912. Running time 34 minutes. Leo Peukert, Emil Albes, Max Obal, Bruno Lopinski, and Helene Voß are billed. Germany.
Themes
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Guido Seeber shot the Nielsen featurette.
Notes
- Wikipedia notes that Nielsen was Gad's wife.
- The catalog plot ends with Jenny in the gutter. It does not add a rescue.
Scenes
- Her parents shut her out after the night with Edouard.
- She dances in vaudeville and still ends in the gutter.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-die-arme-jenny-aka-poor-jenny)
