Hagbard and Signe
Appearance
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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 |
Languages | Danish Swedish Icelandic |
Hagbard and Signe or The Red Mantle[1] (Danish: Den røde kappe, Swedish: Den röda kappan, Icelandic: Rauðu skikkjuna) is a 1967 Danish-Swedish-Icelandic 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 won a Technical Prize (Mention spéciale du grand prix technique) at the 1967 Cannes Film Festival.[3][4]
Cast
- Oleg Vidov – Hagbard
- Gitte Hænning – Signe
- Eva Dahlbeck – The Queen
- Birgitte Federspiel – King Hamund's widow
- Lisbeth Movin – Bengerd
- Johannes Meyer – Bilvis
- Håkan Jahnberg – Bolvis
- Manfred Reddemann – Hildegisl
- Henning Palner – Hake
- Gisli Alfredsson – Sigvald
- Folmer Rubæk – Helvin
- Borgar Garðarsson – Alf (as Borgar Gardarsson)
- Jörgen Lantz – King Hammond (as Jørgen Lantz)
- Frederik Tharaldsen – Alger
- Sisse Reingaard – Rigmor
- Gunnar Björnstrand – King Sigvor
- Niels Hinrichsen – (uncredited)
- Else Højgaard – (uncredited)
- Jakob Nielsen – (uncredited)
- Poul Reichhardt – (uncredited)
See also
References
- ^ Roger Ebert (15 June 2009). Roger Ebert's Four Star Reviews--1967-2007. Andrews McMeel Publishing. pp. 311–. ISBN 978-0-7407-9217-5.
- ^ Kevin J. Harty (8 April 2011). The Vikings on Film: Essays on Depictions of the Nordic Middle Ages. McFarland. pp. 205–. ISBN 978-0-7864-8638-0.
- ^ filminstitut, Danske; (Denmark), Filmfonden (1994). Danish Films. Danish Film Institute. p. 18. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
- ^ "DEN RODE KAPPE". Festival de Cannes (in French). 18 May 2017. Archived from the original on 18 May 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
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