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Gabriel Axel

Gabriel Axel

ActorDirectorWriter Apr 18 (died age 95) Aarhus, Denmark 1952–2011 (59 year career)
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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, c…

Known For

Babette's Feast
Film

Babette's Feast

Director
Lumière & Company
Film

Lumière & Company

Director
Prince of Jutland
Film

Prince of Jutland

Director
Paradise and Back
Film

Paradise and Back

Director
Styrmand Karlsen
Film

Styrmand Karlsen

6.5 1958
The Red Mantle
Film

The Red Mantle

Director
Going for Broke
Film

Going for Broke

6.4 1977
Han, hun, Dirch og Dario
Film

Han, hun, Dirch og Dario

Modedesigneren Monsieur Baptiste

Filmography