Gabriel Axel
Director
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
Han, hun, Dirch og Dario
as Modedesigneren Monsieur Baptiste 1962
Styrmand Karlsen
1958
Going for Broke
1977
Peter's baby
as Lompard - Brigader 1961
The Reluctant Sadist
as Marcel de Sade 1967
Dyden går amok
1966
Der kom en dag
as Stenert 1955
The Goldcabbage Family Breaks the Bank
1976
En ven i bolignøden
as von Bengeldorff 1965
Three Girls in Paris
as French teacher 1963
Kispus
as Tailor 1956
The bride from Dragstrup
as Taxichauffør 1955
Med kærlig hilsen
as Mr. X 1971
Himlen er blaa
as Receptionist 1954
Karen, Maren og Mette
1954
Us Petty Sinners
as Værtshusgæst 1952
Kongeligt besøg
1954