Movie: Sex, Sensations & Superstars: The History of Danish Silent Cinema

Top 9 Billed Cast

Liv Thomsen
Liv Thomsen

Self – Host

Lars-Martin Sørensen
Lars-Martin Sørensen

Self – Interviewee

Anne Schwartz
Anne Schwartz

Self – Interviewee

Ole Olsen
Ole Olsen

Self (archive footage)

Elith Pio
Elith Pio

Self – Interviewee (archive footage)

Lotte Thrane
Lotte Thrane

Self – Interviewee

Clara Pontoppidan
Clara Pontoppidan

Self – Interviewee (archive footage)

Asta Nielsen
Asta Nielsen

Self – Interviewee (archive footage)

Carl Theodor Dreyer
Carl Theodor Dreyer

Self (archive footage)

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