Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthdate
1918-04-18
Day of Death
2014-02-09
Place of Birth
Aarhus, Denmark
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.
Filmography (23)
Fra "Harlekin" til "Krøniken": 60 års TV-drama
2011
Going for Broke
1977
The Goldcabbage Family Breaks the Bank
1976
Nu går den på Dagmar
1972
Med kærlig hilsen
1971
The Reluctant Sadist
1967
Dyden går amok
1966
En ven i bolignøden
1965
Three Girls in Paris
1963
Han, hun, Dirch og Dario
1962
Peter's baby
1961
Styrmand Karlsen
1958
Kispus
1956
The bride from Dragstrup
1955
