Known For
Directing
Born
Apr 18, 1918
Died
Feb 09, 2014
Place of Birth
Aarhus, Denmark
Credits
50 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
Fra "Harlekin" til "Krøniken": 60 års TV-drama
Sig selv
Leïla
Director
Lumière & Company
Director
Prince of Jutland
Director
Christian
Director
Babette's Feast
Screenplay
Les Colonnes du ciel
Director
Le Curé de Tours
Director
Le Coq de Bruyère
Director
A Crime of Our Times
Director
Going for Broke
The Goldcabbage Family Breaks the Bank
The Goldcabbage Family
Director
Nu går den på Dagmar
Soft Shoulders, Sharp Curves
Director
Med kærlig hilsen
Mr. X
Amour
Director
Sex and the Law
Writer
The Reluctant Sadist
Marcel de Sade
The Red Mantle
Director
Dyden går amok
En ven i bolignøden
von Bengeldorff
Dannevirkenatten
Director
Paradise and Back
Director
Three Girls in Paris
French teacher
Vi har det jo dejligt
Director
Oskar
Director
Crazy Paradise
Director
Han, hun, Dirch og Dario
Modedesigneren Monsieur Baptiste
Peter's baby
Lompard - Brigader
Skærmydsler
Director
Flemming and Kvik
Director
Helle for Helene
Director
Møde ved midnat
Director
Styrmand Karlsen
The Girls Are Willing
Director
Henrik and Pernille
Director
En kvinde er overflødig
Director
Kispus
Tailor
Always Trouble
Director
The bride from Dragstrup
Taxichauffør
Der kom en dag
Stenert
Det er så yndigt at følges ad
Karen, Maren og Mette
Jan går til filmen
Instruktøren
Himlen er blaa
Receptionist
Kongeligt besøg
Vi som går køkkenvejen
Skatteøens hemmelighed
Knud Asmussen
Us Petty Sinners
Værtshusgæst