Hagbard and Signe | |
Director: | Gabriel Axel |
Producer: | Benedikt Árnason Gösta Bergqvist Just Betzer Johan Bonnier Bent Christensen |
Starring: | Oleg Vidov |
Music: | Per Nørgård |
Cinematography: | Henning Bendtsen |
Editing: | Lars Brydesen |
Distributor: | ASA Film |
Runtime: | 100 minutes |
Country: | Denmark Sweden Iceland |
Language: | Danish Swedish Icelandic |
Hagbard and Signe or The Red Mantle[1] (da|Den røde kappe, sv|Den röda kappan, is|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 won a Technical Prize (Mention spéciale du grand prix technique) at the 1967 Cannes Film Festival.[3] [4]