- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- April 18, 1918
- Place of Birth
- Aarhus, Denmark
- Died
- February 9, 2014
Gabriel Axel
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 direc…
Filmography
movieFra "Harlekin" til "Krøniken": 60 års TV-drama
2011 · Sig selv
movieLeïla
2001 · Director
movieLumière & Company
1995 · Director
moviePrince of Jutland
1994 · Director, Screenplay
movieChristian
1989 · Director
movieBabette's Feast
1987 · Director, Screenplay
tvLes Colonnes du ciel
1985 · Director, Creator
movieLe Curé de Tours
1980 · Director
movieLe Coq de Bruyère
1980 · Director
movieA Crime of Our Times
1977 · Director
movieGoing for Broke
1977 · , Director
movieThe Goldcabbage Family Breaks the Bank
1976 · , Director
movieThe Goldcabbage Family
1975 · Director
movieNu går den på Dagmar
1972
movieSoft Shoulders, Sharp Curves
1972 · Director
movieMed kærlig hilsen
1971 · Mr. X, Director, Writer
movieAmour
1970 · Director, Writer
movieSex and the Law
1968 · Director, Writer
movieThe Reluctant Sadist
1967 · Marcel de Sade
movieThe Red Mantle
1967 · Director, Writer
movieDyden går amok
1966
movieEn ven i bolignøden
1965 · von Bengeldorff
Dannevirkenatten
movieDannevirkenatten
1964 · Director
movieParadise and Back
1964 · Director
movieThree Girls in Paris
1963 · French teacher, Director
movieVi har det jo dejligt
1963 · Director
movieOskar
1962 · Director
movieCrazy Paradise
1962 · Director
movieHan, hun, Dirch og Dario
1962 · Modedesigneren Monsieur Baptiste
moviePeter's baby
1961 · Lompard - Brigader
movieSkærmydsler
1961 · Director
movieFlemming and Kvik
1960 · Director
movieHelle for Helene
1959 · Director
movieMøde ved midnat
1958 · Director
movieStyrmand Karlsen
1958
movieThe Girls Are Willing
1958 · Director
movieHenrik and Pernille
1957 · Director
movieEn kvinde er overflødig
1957 · Director
movieKispus
1956 · Tailor
movieAlways Trouble
1955 · Director
movieThe bride from Dragstrup
1955 · Taxichauffør
movieDer kom en dag
1955 · Stenert
movieDet er så yndigt at følges ad
1954
movieKaren, Maren og Mette
1954
movieJan går til filmen
1954 · Instruktøren
movieHimlen er blaa
1954 · Receptionist
movieKongeligt besøg
1954
movieVi som går køkkenvejen
1953
Skatteøens hemmelighed
movieSkatteøens hemmelighed
1953 · Knud Asmussen
movieUs Petty Sinners
1952 · Værtshusgæst