Gabriel Axel
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| - | '''Gabriel Axel''' (b. [[1918]]) [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] winning Danish director, actor, writer, and producer, best known for writing the screenplay for and directing ''[[Babette's Feast]]'' ([[1987]]). | + | '''Gabriel Axel''' (18 April 1918 – 9 February 2014) was a Danish film director, actor, writer and producer, best known for ''[[Babette's Feast]]'' (1987), which he wrote and directed. |
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| + | * ''[[Altid ballade]]'' (1955) | ||
| + | * ''[[En kvinde er overflødig]]'' (1957) | ||
| + | * ''[[The Girls Are Willing]]'' (1958) | ||
| + | * ''[[Helle for Helene]]'' (1959) | ||
| + | * ''[[Flemming og Kvik]]'' (1960) | ||
| + | * ''[[Crazy Paradise]]'' (1962) | ||
| + | * ''[[Oskar (film)|Oskar]]'' (1962) | ||
| + | * ''[[Vi har det jo dejligt]]'' (1963) | ||
| + | * ''[[Three Girls in Paris]]'' (1963) | ||
| + | * ''[[Paradise and Back]]'' (1964) | ||
| + | * ''[[Hagbard and Signe]]'' (1967) | ||
| + | * ''[[Det kære legetøj]]'' (1968) | ||
| + | * ''[[Amour (1970 film)|Amour]]'' (1970) | ||
| + | * ''[[Med kærlig hilsen]]'' (1971) | ||
| + | * ''[[Familien Gyldenkål]]'' (1975) | ||
| + | * ''[[Familien Gyldenkål sprænger banken]]'' (1976) | ||
| + | * ''[[Going for Broke (1977 film)|Going for Broke]]'' (1977) | ||
| + | * ''[[Babette's Feast]]'' (1987) | ||
| + | * ''[[Christian (1989 film)|Christian]]'' (1989) | ||
| + | * ''[[Prince of Jutland]]'' (1994) | ||
| + | * ''[[Lumière and Company]]'' (1995) | ||
| + | * ''[[Leïla (film)|Leïla]]'' (2001) | ||
| - | Born in [[Århus]], [[Denmark]], on [[April 18]], [[1918]], Axel spent most of his childhood in [[France]], and returned to [[Denmark]] to train as an actor at the Royal Danish Theatre. After spending some years in [[Paris]], working with the [[Louis Jouvet]] theatre ensemble, Axel concentrated his efforts on directing for the theatre, television and film in [[Denmark]]. With some 16 feature films to his credits (including his film, ''The Red Mantle'' (1967), which received the Grand Prix de la Technique at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] in 1967), Axel returned to [[France]] where he directed several large projects for television, which brought him a number of distinguished honours. In 1988, Gabriel Axel won an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] for his Danish feature film ''[[Babette's Feast]]'', an adaptation of [[Isak Dinesen]]'s novel of the same name. | ||
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Gabriel Axel (18 April 1918 – 9 February 2014) was a Danish film director, actor, writer and producer, best known for Babette's Feast (1987), which he wrote and directed.
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Filmography
- Altid ballade (1955)
- En kvinde er overflødig (1957)
- The Girls Are Willing (1958)
- Helle for Helene (1959)
- Flemming og Kvik (1960)
- Crazy Paradise (1962)
- Oskar (1962)
- Vi har det jo dejligt (1963)
- Three Girls in Paris (1963)
- Paradise and Back (1964)
- Hagbard and Signe (1967)
- Det kære legetøj (1968)
- Amour (1970)
- Med kærlig hilsen (1971)
- Familien Gyldenkål (1975)
- Familien Gyldenkål sprænger banken (1976)
- Going for Broke (1977)
- Babette's Feast (1987)
- Christian (1989)
- Prince of Jutland (1994)
- Lumière and Company (1995)
- Leïla (2001)
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