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Genre
  
Drama, History

Duration
  

Country
  
Denmark Sweden Iceland

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Director
  
Gabriel Axel

Screenplay
  
Gabriel Axel, Frank Jaeger

Hagbard and Signe movie poster

Language
  
Danish Swedish Icelandic

Writer
  
Saxo Grammaticus
,
Frank Jaeger

Release date
  
16 January 1967 (1967-01-16)

Initial release
  
January 16, 1967 (Denmark)

Music director
  
Per Norgard, Marc Fredericks

Cast
  
Oleg Vidov
(Hagbard),
Gitte Hænning
(Signe),
Eva Dahlbeck
(The Queen),
Birgitte Federspiel
(King Hamund's widow),
Lisbeth Movin
(Bengerd),
Johannes Meyer
(Bilvis)

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,
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,
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,
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,
Anne of the Thousand Days

Hagbard and Signe or The Red Mantle (Danish: Den røde kappe, Swedish: Den röda kappan, Icelandic: Rauðu skikkjuna) is a 1967 Danish-Swedish-Icelandic drama film based on the story of Hagbard and Signy from the twelfth-century work Gesta Danorum by Saxo Grammaticus, directed by Gabriel Axel and starring Gitte Hænning. The film won a Technical Prize (Mention spéciale du grand prix technique) at the 1967 Cannes Film Festival.

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Cast

  • Oleg Vidov - Hagbard
  • Gitte Hænning - Signe
  • Eva Dahlbeck - The Queen
  • Birgitte Federspiel - King Hamund's widow
  • Lisbeth Movin - Bengerd
  • Johannes Meyer - Bilvis
  • Håkan Jahnberg - Bolvis
  • Manfred Reddemann - Hildegisl
  • Henning Palner - Hake
  • Gisli Alfredsson - Sigvald
  • Folmer Rubæk - Helvin
  • Borgar Garðarsson - Alf (as Borgar Gardarsson)
  • Jörgen Lantz - King Hammond (as Jørgen Lantz)
  • Frederik Tharaldsen - Alger
  • Sisse Reingaard - Rigmor
  • Gunnar Björnstrand - King Sigvor
  • Niels Hinrichsen - (uncredited)
  • Else Højgaard - (uncredited)
  • Jakob Nielsen - (uncredited)
  • Poul Reichhardt - (uncredited)

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