Hagbard and Signe
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| Hagbard and Signe | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Gabriel Axel |
| Written by | Gabriel Axel Saxo Grammaticus Frank Jæger |
| Produced by | Benedikt Árnason Gösta Bergqvist Just Betzer Johan Bonnier Bent Christensen |
| Starring | Oleg Vidov |
| Cinematography | Henning Bendtsen |
| Edited by | Lars Brydesen |
| Music by | Per Nørgård |
| Distributed by | ASA Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Countries | Denmark Sweden Iceland |
| Language | Danish |
Hagbard and Signe or The Red Mantle[1] (Danish: Den røde kappe, Swedish: Den röda kappan, Icelandic: Rauða skikkjan) is a 1967 internationally co-produced drama film based on the story of Hagbard and Signy from the twelfth-century work Gesta Danorum by Saxo Grammaticus,[2] directed by Gabriel Axel and starring Gitte Hænning. The film was shot in Iceland, with interiors built and filmed in Nacka, Sweden.[3]
Cast
[edit | edit source]- Oleg Vidov as Hagbard
- Gitte Hænning as Signe
- Eva Dahlbeck as The Queen
- Birgitte Federspiel as King Hamund's widow
- Lisbeth Movin as Bengerd
- Johannes Meyer as Bilvis
- Håkan Jahnberg as Bolvis
- Manfred Reddemann as Hildegisl
- Henning Palner as Hake
- Gisli Alfredsson as Sigvald
- Folmer Rubæk as Helvin
- Borgar Garðarsson as Alf (as Borgar Gardarsson)
- Jörgen Lantz as King Hammond (as Jørgen Lantz)
- Frederik Tharaldsen as Alger
- Sisse Reingaard as Rigmor
- Gunnar Björnstrand as King Sigvor
- Niels Hinrichsen
- Else Højgaard
- Jakob Nielsen
- Poul Reichhardt
Reception
[edit | edit source]The film won a Technical Prize (Mention spéciale du grand prix technique) at the 1967 Cannes Film Festival.[4] Roger Ebert gave the film a full 4 stars out of 4 score in his 1968 review.[5]
See also
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External links
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- The Red Mantle at the Danish National Filmography
Categories:
- 1967 films
- 1967 drama films
- Danish drama films
- Swedish drama films
- Icelandic drama films
- 1960s Danish-language films
- 1960s Swedish-language films
- Icelandic-language films
- Films directed by Gabriel Axel
- ASA Filmudlejning films
- Films set in the Viking Age
- Works based on Gesta Danorum
- Danish multilingual films
- Swedish multilingual films
- Icelandic multilingual films
- 1960s Swedish films
- Films scored by Per Nørgård
- 1960s drama film stubs
- 1960s Danish film stubs