Gabriel Axel
Biography
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 directed some 25 feature films and 50 tv-movies. He appeared in about 25 films.
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Full filmography
- Kongeligt besøg (1954)
- Med kærlig hilsen (1971) as Mr. X
- Han, hun, Dirch og Dario (1962) as Modedesigneren Monsieur Baptiste
- Vi som går køkkenvejen (1953)
- Nu går den på Dagmar (1972)
- Dyden går amok (1966)
- The Goldcabbage Family Breaks the Bank (1976)
- Styrmand Karlsen (1958)
- Peter's baby (1961) as Lompard - Brigader
- Three Girls in Paris (1963) as French teacher
- En ven i bolignøden (1965) as von Bengeldorff
- Going for Broke (1977)
- Karen, Maren og Mette (1954)
- Kispus (1956) as Tailor
- Der kom en dag (1955) as Stenert
- The bride from Dragstrup (1955) as Taxichauffør
- Jan går til filmen (1954) as Instruktøren
- Skatteøens hemmelighed (1953) as Knud Asmussen
- Fra "Harlekin" til "Krøniken": 60 års TV-drama (2011) as Sig selv
- Us Petty Sinners (1952) as Værtshusgæst
- Det er så yndigt at følges ad (1954)
- Himlen er blaa (1954) as Receptionist
- The Reluctant Sadist (1967) as Marcel de Sade