Gabriel Axel
b. 1918 — d. 2014 (aged 96)
Aarhus, Denmark
Actor
Director
Writer
Axel Gabriel Erik Mørch, betterr known as Gabriel Axel was 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
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★ 7.5
Cinema Goes to Dinner
2005 Self
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Skide godt, Balling!
2005 Self
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★ 4.9
Leïla
2001 Director
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★ 6.8
Lumière and Company
1995 Director
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★ 5.4
Royal Deceit
1994 Director
Writer
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★ 6.2
Christian
1989 Director
Writer
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★ 7.7
Babette's Feast
1987 Director
Writer
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★ 8.2
Les colonnes du ciel
1985 Director
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★ 6.7
L'oiseau bleu
1981 Director
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★ 4.0
Antoine et Julie
1981 Director
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La ramandeuse
1981 Director
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★ 8.1
Le curé de Tours
1980 Director
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Le coq de Bruyère
1980 Director
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★ 7.8
La ronde de nuit
1978 Director
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★ 6.4
Going for Broke
1977 Director
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Un crime de notre temps
1977 Director
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★ 5.4
The Goldcabbage Family Breaks the Bank
1976 Director
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★ 5.9
The Goldcabbage Family
1975 Director
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★ 4.9
Soft Shoulders, Sharp Curves
1972 Director
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★ 5.7
Dagmar Is Where It's at
1972 Actor
Teaterpublikum
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Med kærlig hilsen
1971 Actor
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Mr. X
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★ 4.5
The Ways of Women
1970 Director
Writer
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Sex and the Law
1968 Director
Writer
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Orange soufflé
1968 Director
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I klemme
1968 Director
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Boubouroche
1968 Director
Writer
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★ 6.0
The Red Mantle
1967 Director
Writer
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★ 4.5
The Reluctant Sadist
1967 Actor
Marcel de Sade
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Frieriet
1966 Director
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Om tobakkens skadelige virkninger
1966 Director
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★ 6.3
En ven i bolignøden
1965 Actor
von Bengeldorff
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Regnvejr og ingen penge
1965 Director
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Retten på vrangen
1965 Director
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★ 5.0
Paradise and Back
1964 Director
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Dannevirkenatten
1964 Director
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Ægget
1964 Director
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Pernilles korte frøkenstand
1964 Director
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★ 5.5
Tre piger i Paris
1963 Actor
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Fransklærer
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★ 5.6
We're Doing Alright
1963 Director
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★ 6.6
Han, Hun, Dirch og Dario
1962 Actor
Monsieur Baptiste
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★ 5.3
Crazy Paradise
1962 Director
Writer
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★ 6.4
Oskar
1962 Director
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Den evige ægtemand
1962 Director
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★ 6.4
Peter's Baby
1961 Actor
Fransk politimand
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★ 6.5
Skærmydsler
1961 Director
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Dr. Belhommes pensionat
1961 Director
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Mester Pierre Pathelin
1961 Director
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En dør skal være åben eller lukket
1961 Director
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★ 6.5
Flemming og Kvik
1960 Director
Writer
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Ole Lukøje
1960 Director
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Apollon fra Bellac
1960 Director
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Selskabsrejsen
1960 Director
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★ 6.1
Helle for Helene
1959 Director
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X-60 starter
1959 Director
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★ 5.1
The Girls Are Willing
1958 Director
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★ 5.6
Møde ved midnat
1958 Director
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En skefuld katharsis
1958 Director
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Boubouroche
1958 Director
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Munken går i enge
1958 Director
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★ 6.1
En kvinde er overflødig
1957 Director
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De røde tjørne
1957 Director
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Det tvungne giftermål
1957 Director
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Henrik og Pernille
1957 Director
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Møde ved midnat
1957 Director
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Døden
1956 Director
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Kong Renées datter
1956 Director
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Falske nøgler
1956 Director
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Dronninger af Frankrig
1956 Director
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Det er så yndigt
1956 Director
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En mindefest
1956 Director
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Livet er skønt
1956 Director
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Frøken Julie
1956 Director
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Familiehaven
1956 Actor
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★ 7.0
Altid ballade
1955 Director
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En kvinde er overflødig
1955 Director
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Scapins gavtyvestreger
1955 Director
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Simon og Laura
1955 Director
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Motivet
1955 Director
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Marguerite
1955 Director
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En skefuld katharsis
1955 Director
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En caprice
1955 Director
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Stævnemøde i studiet
1955 Actor
Celebrity guest
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★ 5.0
Kongeligt besøg
1954 Actor
Tater
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★ 4.2
Jan går til filmen
1954 Actor
Instruktøren
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En mindefest
1954 Director
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Tran
1954 Director
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Livet er skønt
1954 Director
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Li' som lidt ensom
1954 Director
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En svanesang
1954 Director
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Lapointe og Ropiteau
1954 Director
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Acharnerne
1954 Director
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Hvem ved?
1954 Director
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Hallo, derude
1953 Director
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Kong Renés datter
1953 Director
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Falske nøgler
1953 Director
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Familien Hansen
1953 Director
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En bjørn
1953 Director
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Et spil
1953 Director
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Skatteøens hemmelighed
1953 Actor
Knud Asmussen (opdagelsesrejsende fra Vendsyssel)
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Skyggedans
1952 Director