Gabriel Axel
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.
Acting
Movie
Han, hun, Dirch og Dario
as Modedesigneren Monsieur Baptiste
1962
Movie
Styrmand Karlsen
1958
Movie
Going for Broke
1977
Movie
Peter's baby
as Lompard - Brigader
1961
Movie
The Reluctant Sadist
as Marcel de Sade
1967
Movie
Dyden går amok
1966
Movie
Der kom en dag
as Stenert
1955
Movie
The Goldcabbage Family Breaks the Bank
1976
Movie
En ven i bolignøden
as von Bengeldorff
1965
Movie
Three Girls in Paris
as French teacher
1963
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Kispus
as Tailor
1956
Movie
The bride from Dragstrup
as Taxichauffør
1955
Movie
Med kærlig hilsen
as Mr. X
1971
Movie
Himlen er blaa
as Receptionist
1954
Movie
Karen, Maren og Mette
1954
Movie
Us Petty Sinners
as Værtshusgæst
1952
Movie
Kongeligt besøg
1954
Movie
Nu går den på Dagmar
1972
Movie
Det er så yndigt at følges ad
1954
Movie
Skatteøens hemmelighed
as Knud Asmussen
1953
Movie
Vi som går køkkenvejen
1953
Movie
Jan går til filmen
as Instruktøren
1954
Movie
Fra "Harlekin" til "Krøniken": 60 års TV-drama
as Sig selv
2011
Crew
Movie
Babette's Feast
Director
1987
Movie
Lumière & Company
Director
1995
Movie
Prince of Jutland
Director
1994
Movie
The Red Mantle
Director
1967
Movie
Paradise and Back
Director
1964
Movie
Going for Broke
Director
1977
Movie
Crazy Paradise
Director
1962
Movie
The Girls Are Willing
Director
1958
Movie
Sex and the Law
Director
1968
Movie
The Goldcabbage Family
Director
1975
Movie
The Goldcabbage Family Breaks the Bank
Director
1976
Movie
Vi har det jo dejligt
Director
1963