"Afgrunden" or "The Woman Always Pays" or "The Abyss" is a Danish silent short film from 1910, so this one is not only over a century old, but already closer to the 110-year mark than the 100-year mark as this one is even from before World War I. And this is not only a very long film for its time at 37 minutes, but also from a country that one does not necessarily think of when talking about early European silent film. So unless you are fluent in Danish, make sure you get a good set of subtitles. Then again, the intertitles here really were a big problem like with so many other silent films too. Two words every couple minutes are just not enough in understanding a relatively complicated story. The director here is Urban Gad and it is a really early career effort from him as well as lead actress Asta Nielsen. Both went on to have very prolific careers afterward and also got married to each other a couple years later. As for their collaboration here, I sadly cannot say this was a success. Nielsen's aura alone is not sufficient to carry all the mediocrity and obscurity about several characters that add absolutely nothing to the story. Maybe I am a bit biased as I am not the greatest silent film fan, but this was pretty underwhelming. Don't watch.
Review of The Woman Always Pays
