Hagbard and Signe

Hagbard and Signe
Film poster
Directed byGabriel Axel
Written byGabriel Axel
Saxo Grammaticus
Frank Jæger
Produced byBenedikt Árnason
Gösta Bergqvist
Just Betzer
Johan Bonnier
Bent Christensen
StarringOleg Vidov
CinematographyHenning Bendtsen
Edited byLars Brydesen
Music byPer Nørgård
Distributed byASA Film
Release date
  • 16 January 1967 (1967-01-16)
Running time
100 minutes
CountriesDenmark
Sweden
Iceland
LanguageDanish

Hagbard and Signe or The Red Mantle (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, directed by Gabriel Axel and starring Gitte Hænning. The film was shot in Iceland, with interiors built and filmed in Nacka, Sweden.

Cast

Reception

The film won a Technical Prize (Mention spéciale du grand prix technique) at the 1967 Cannes Film Festival. Roger Ebert gave the film a full 4 stars out of 4 score in his 1968 review.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Roger Ebert (2009). Roger Ebert's Four Star Reviews--1967-2007. Andrews McMeel Publishing. pp. 311–. ISBN 978-0-7407-9217-5.
  2. ↑ Kevin J. Harty (2011). The Vikings on Film: Essays on Depictions of the Nordic Middle Ages. McFarland. pp. 205–. ISBN 978-0-7864-8638-0.
  3. ↑ Danish Films. Danish Film Institute. 1994. p. 18.
  4. ↑ "DEN RODE KAPPE" (in French). Festival de Cannes. 18 May 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  5. ↑ Ebert, Roger (30 October 1968). "Hagbard and Signe / The Red Mantle". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 31 December 2024.