Svend Gade

Danish screenwriter and director.

Hamlet (1921)

Free adaptation of Shakespeare′s drama: The Danish queen masquerades her daughter as a boy. Thus, the girl lives her whole life as Prince Hamlet.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Svend Gade  •  Heinz Schall
CAST:  Asta Nielsen  •  Heinz Stieda  •  Eduard von Winterstein  •  Paul Conradi

Free adaptation of Shakespeare′s drama: The Danish queen masquerades her daughter as a boy. Thus, the girl lives her whole life as Prince Hamlet.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Svend Gade  •  Heinz Schall
CAST:  Asta Nielsen  •  Heinz Stieda  •  Eduard von Winterstein  •  Paul Conradi

Balletten danser (1938)

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DIRECTION:  Svend Gade
CAST:  Bodil Kjer  •  Beatrice Bonnesen  •  Ebbe Rode  •  Aage Fønss

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DIRECTION:  Svend Gade
CAST:  Bodil Kjer  •  Beatrice Bonnesen  •  Ebbe Rode  •  Aage Fønss

Fifth Avenue Models (1925)

A model in an expensive clothing shop quarrels with another model, and an expensive gown is ruined. In order to pay for it, she asks her father, an artist, for the money. In order to get the money, the father gets mixed up with art thieves  (more)

DIRECTION:  Svend Gade
CAST:  Mary Philbin  •  Norman Kerry  •  Josef Swickard  •  William Conklin

A model in an expensive clothing shop quarrels with another model, and an expensive gown is ruined. In order to pay for it, she asks her father, an artist, for the money. In order to get the money, the father gets mixed up with art thieves  (more)

DIRECTION:  Svend Gade
CAST:  Mary Philbin  •  Norman Kerry  •  Josef Swickard  •  William Conklin

Siege (1925)

A stern old woman, who owns the largest factory in a small town and has ruled both the factory and the town with an iron hand, finds herself battling with the wife of her nephew, the man she has picked to succeed her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Svend Gade
CAST:  Virginia Valli  •  Eugene O'Brien  •  Mary Alden  •  Marc McDermott

A stern old woman, who owns the largest factory in a small town and has ruled both the factory and the town with an iron hand, finds herself battling with the wife of her nephew, the man she has picked to succeed her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Svend Gade
CAST:  Virginia Valli  •  Eugene O'Brien  •  Mary Alden  •  Marc McDermott

Into Her Kingdom (1926)

In Czarist Russia, a young peasant boy is sent to Siberia for insulting the Grand Duchess. Released years later, he joins the fighting to overthrow the royal family. The entire royal family is condemned to death when fighting ceases.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Svend Gade
CAST:  Corinne Griffith  •  Einar Hanson  •  Claude Gillingwater  •  Charles Crockett

In Czarist Russia, a young peasant boy is sent to Siberia for insulting the Grand Duchess. Released years later, he joins the fighting to overthrow the royal family. The entire royal family is condemned to death when fighting ceases.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Svend Gade
CAST:  Corinne Griffith  •  Einar Hanson  •  Claude Gillingwater  •  Charles Crockett