Hagbard and Signe

{{Short description|1967 film}}

{{about|the 1967 film|the Japanese urban legend also known as "Red Mantle"|Aka Manto}}

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{{Infobox film

|name = Hagbard and Signe

|image = Hagbard and signe.jpg

|caption = Film poster

|director = Gabriel Axel

|producer = Benedikt Árnason
Gösta Bergqvist
Just Betzer
Johan Bonnier
Bent Christensen

|writer = Gabriel Axel
Saxo Grammaticus
Frank Jæger

|starring = Oleg Vidov

|music = Per Nørgård

|cinematography = Henning Bendtsen

|editing = Lars Brydesen

|distributor = ASA Film

|released = {{Film date|1967|1|16|df=yes}}

|runtime = 100 minutes

|country = Denmark
Sweden
Iceland

|language = Danish

}}

Hagbard and Signe or The Red Mantle{{cite book|author=Roger Ebert|author-link=Roger Ebert|title=Roger Ebert's Four Star Reviews--1967-2007|year=2009|publisher=Andrews McMeel Publishing|isbn=978-0-7407-9217-5|pages=311–}} ({{langx|da|Den røde kappe}}, {{langx|sv|Den röda kappan}}, {{langx|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,{{cite book|author=Kevin J. Harty|title=The Vikings on Film: Essays on Depictions of the Nordic Middle Ages|year=2011|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-8638-0|pages=205–}} directed by Gabriel Axel and starring Gitte Hænning. The film was shot in Iceland, with interiors built and filmed in Nacka, Sweden.{{cite book|title=Danish Films|publisher=Danish Film Institute|year=1994|page=18}}

Cast

Reception

The film won a Technical Prize (Mention spéciale du grand prix technique) at the 1967 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web|title=DEN RODE KAPPE|publisher=Festival de Cannes|date=18 May 2017|url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/films/den-rode-kappe|language=fr|accessdate=5 May 2019}} Roger Ebert gave the film a full 4 stars out of 4 score in his 1968 review.{{cite news|last=Ebert|first=Roger|title=Hagbard and Signe / The Red Mantle|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/hagbard-and-signe-the-red-mantle-1968|work=RogerEbert.com|date=October 30, 1968|access-date=December 31, 2024|url-status=live}}

See also

References

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