Hagbard and Signe
{{Short description|1967 film}}
{{about|the 1967 film|the Japanese urban legend also known as "Red Mantle"|Aka Manto}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{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
- Oleg Vidov as Hagbard
- Gitte Hænning as Signe
- Eva Dahlbeck as The Queen
- Birgitte Federspiel as King Hamund's widow
- Lisbeth Movin as Bengerd
- Johannes Meyer as Bilvis
- Håkan Jahnberg as Bolvis
- Manfred Reddemann as Hildegisl
- Henning Palner as Hake
- Gisli Alfredsson as Sigvald
- Folmer Rubæk as Helvin
- Borgar Garðarsson as Alf (as Borgar Gardarsson)
- Jörgen Lantz as King Hammond (as Jørgen Lantz)
- Frederik Tharaldsen as Alger
- Sisse Reingaard as Rigmor
- Gunnar Björnstrand as King Sigvor
- Niels Hinrichsen
- Else Højgaard
- Jakob Nielsen
- Poul Reichhardt
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
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|0063531}}
- [http://www.dfi.dk/faktaomfilm/film/en/15790.aspx?id=15790 The Red Mantle] at the Danish National Filmography
{{Gabriel Axel}}
Category:Icelandic drama films
Category:1960s Danish-language films
Category:1960s Swedish-language films
Category:Icelandic-language films
Category:Films directed by Gabriel Axel
Category:ASA Filmudlejning films
Category:Films set in the Viking Age
Category:Works based on Gesta Danorum
Category:Danish multilingual films
Category:Swedish multilingual films
Category:Icelandic multilingual films
Category:Films scored by Per Nørgård
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