Urban Gad

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Urban Gad
Born(1879-02-12)12 February 1879
Korsør, Denmark
Died26 December 1947(1947-12-26) (aged 68)
Copenhagen, Denmark
NationalityDanish
Occupation(s)Film director, actor, screenwriter, author
Years active1900–1947
Spouses
(m. 1912; div. 1918)
Esther Burgert Westenhagen
(m. 1922⁠–⁠1947)
Parent(s)Urban Gad (father)
Emma Gad (mother)

Peter Urban Bruun Gad (12 February 1879 – 26 December 1947) was a

Afgrunden (The Abyss) from 1910. They moved to Germany in 1911 where Gad worked with Paul Davidson
until 1922.

His mother was the playwright Emma Gad. In 1873, the painter Paul Gauguin married his father's cousin, Mette-Sophie Gad. Between 1912 and 1918, Gad was married to actress Asta Nielsen.

His films include a German-language adaptation of Gerhart Hauptmann's play The Assumption of Hannele, which Gad directed in 1922.[1]

Filmography

References

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