Asta Nielsen Vamping It Up Big Time In 1910

This dance sequence is taken from the 1910 Danish film Afgrunden (The Abyss), written and directed by Urban Gad. The plot: Knud, a vicar s son meets Magda, a piano teacher, on a tram. He falls in love with her and introduces her to his parents. She refuses to go with them to the Sunday service and convinces him to go to the Circus with her. She dances with the performers and at night, one of them, Rudolf comes to seduce her. They run away on horseback. Magda is not happy with Rudolf who keeps flirtin