Hagbard and Signe
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Hagbard and Signe or The Red Mantle (Danish: Den røde kappe, Swedish: Den röda kappan, Icelandic: 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, directed by Gabriel Axel and starring Gitte Hænning. The film was shot in Iceland, with interiors built and filmed in Nacka, Sweden.
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. Roger Ebert gave the film a full 4 stars out of 4 score in his 1968 review.
See also
External links
- at IMDb
- at the Danish National Filmography