Gabriel Axel

Known for DirectingBorn 1918-04-18Died 2014-02-09Aarhus, Denmark

Axel Gabriel Erik Mørch, better known as Gabriel Axel was a Danish director, actor and writer. He spent most of his childhood and youth in Paris. In 1942 Axel was admitted to the acting school at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen. After a short period of theatre in Paris, he returned to Denmark and began in 1951 to direct television drama. Following a series of more or less erotic films and broadly popular comedies, Axel in 1977 launched a prolific career as a director of French TV films, culminating in 1985 with a historical five-episode series, "Les colonnes du ciel/Heaven's Pillars". In 1987, Axel returned to Denmark to direct what had been his dream project for over 15 years, an adaptation of Karen Blixen's "Babette's Feast." After screening at the Cannes film festival, the film became a worldwide success and won the 1988 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Gabriel Axel directed some 25 feature films and 50 tv-movies. He appeared in about 25 films.Read more

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Christian

Les Colonnes du ciel

A Crime of Our Times

Nu går den på Dagmar

Det er så yndigt at følges ad

Karen, Maren og Mette

Le Curé de Tours

Always Trouble

Kongeligt besøg

Jan går til filmen

En kvinde er overflødig

Paradise and Back

Babette's Feast

Himlen er blaa

Us Petty Sinners

Le Coq de Bruyère

Going for Broke

The bride from Dragstrup

En ven i bolignøden

Peter's baby

Lumière & Company

Der kom en dag

Styrmand Karlsen

Oskar

Helle for Helene

Flemming and Kvik

Kispus

Han, hun, Dirch og Dario

Vi har det jo dejligt

The Goldcabbage Family Breaks the Bank

Skatteøens hemmelighed

The Red Mantle

The Goldcabbage Family

Three Girls in Paris

Prince of Jutland

Med kærlig hilsen

The Girls Are Willing

The Reluctant Sadist

Amour

Dyden går amok

Sex and the Law

Leïla

Crazy Paradise

Soft Shoulders, Sharp Curves

Fra "Harlekin" til "Krøniken": 60 års TV-drama

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