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Gabriel Axel
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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 adaâŚ
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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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BODY OF WORK
Gabriel Axel's Filmography
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Fra "Harlekin" til "Krøniken": 60 ürs TV-drama
as Sig selv
Going for Broke
The Goldcabbage Family Breaks the Bank
Nu gĂĽr den pĂĽ Dagmar
Med kĂŚrlig hilsen
as Mr. X
The Reluctant Sadist
as Marcel de Sade
Dyden gĂĽr amok
En ven i bolignøden
as von Bengeldorff
Three Girls in Paris
as French teacher
Han, hun, Dirch og Dario
as Modedesigneren Monsieur Baptiste
Peter's baby
as Lompard - Brigader
Styrmand Karlsen
Kispus
as Tailor
The bride from Dragstrup
as Taxichauffør
Der kom en dag
as Stenert
Det er sü yndigt at følges ad
Karen, Maren og Mette
Jan gĂĽr til filmen
as Instruktøren
Himlen er blaa
as Receptionist
Kongeligt besøg
Vi som gür køkkenvejen
No Poster
Skatteøens hemmelighed
as Knud Asmussen
Us Petty Sinners
as VĂŚrtshusgĂŚst