The Black Dream
About The Black Dream
Stella, a circus rider, is loved by Count Waldberg and by the older jeweler Hirsch. Hirsch's jealousy sharpens when she chooses the count. Waldberg loses a large sum to Hirsch in a gambling match. Stella tries to buy her lover's honor back, and Hirsch will not let her go.
Cast & crew
More about The Black Dream
Urban Gad wrote and directed Den sorte Drøm for the Danish company Fotorama. Asta Nielsen plays Stella and Valdemar Psilander plays Count Waldberg. Guido Seeber and Adam Johansen photographed it. The Danish release was in 1911. A circulating copy runs 56 minutes.
Themes
Background
By 1911 Danish producers were selling multi-reel dramas abroad, and Nielsen was the performer those exports were built around.
Making
Seeber, a German cameraman, shot Nielsen in the circus scenes and in the gambling room, the two spaces the plot keeps crossing.
Look
Guido Seeber and Adam Johansen photographed the circus ring and the jeweler's rooms.
Preservation
A 56-minute print survives.
Notes
- The Danish title is Den sorte Drøm.
- Gunnar Helsengreen, Emil Albes, and Hugo Flink are in the cast. Ellen Feldmann and Peter Fjelstrup are also credited.
- Gad and Nielsen were married. This is one of the features they made together before they moved their work to Germany.
- Fotorama, not Nordisk, is the production company on the credits.
Scenes
- Waldberg loses a large sum to Hirsch across a gaming table.
- Stella tries to trade herself against the count's debt.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons
