Hagbard and Signe

{{Short description|1967 film}} {{about|the 1967 film|the Japanese urban legend also known as "Red Mantle"|Aka Manto}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox film |name = Hagbard and Signe |image = Hagbard and signe.jpg |caption = Film poster |director = [[Gabriel Axel]] |producer = Benedikt Árnason Gösta Bergqvist [[Just Betzer]] Johan Bonnier [[Bent Christensen (director)|Bent Christensen]] |writer = Gabriel Axel [[Saxo Grammaticus]] [[Frank Jæger]] |starring = [[Oleg Vidov]] |music = [[Per Nørgård]] |cinematography = Henning Bendtsen |editing = Lars Brydesen |distributor = [[ASA Film]] |released = {{Film date|1967|1|16|df=yes}} |runtime = 100 minutes |country = Denmark Sweden Iceland |language = Danish }}

'''''Hagbard and Signe''''' or '''''The Red Mantle'''''<ref>{{cite book|author=Roger Ebert|author-link=Roger Ebert|title=Roger Ebert's Four Star Reviews--1967-2007|year=2009|publisher=Andrews McMeel Publishing|isbn=978-0-7407-9217-5|pages=311–}}</ref> ({{langx|da|Den røde kappe}}, {{langx|sv|Den röda kappan}}, {{langx|is|Rauða skikkjan}}) is a 1967 internationally co-produced [[drama film]] based on the story of [[Hagbard and Signy]] from the twelfth-century work ''[[Gesta Danorum]]'' by [[Saxo Grammaticus]],<ref>{{cite book|author=Kevin J. Harty|title=The Vikings on Film: Essays on Depictions of the Nordic Middle Ages|year=2011|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-8638-0|pages=205–}}</ref> directed by [[Gabriel Axel]] and starring [[Gitte Hænning]]. The film was shot in Iceland, with interiors built and filmed in [[Nacka]], [[Sweden]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Danish Films|publisher=Danish Film Institute|year=1994|page=18}}</ref>

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

==Reception==

The film won a Technical Prize (''Mention spéciale du grand prix technique'') at the [[1967 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|title=DEN RODE KAPPE|publisher=Festival de Cannes|date=18 May 2017|url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/films/den-rode-kappe|language=fr|accessdate=5 May 2019}}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] gave the film a full 4 stars out of 4 score in his 1968 review.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ebert|first=Roger|title=Hagbard and Signe / The Red Mantle|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/hagbard-and-signe-the-red-mantle-1968|work=RogerEbert.com|date=October 30, 1968|access-date=December 31, 2024}}</ref>

==See also== *[[Germanic Heroic Age]] *[[Late Antiquity]] *[[List of historical period drama films]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb title|0063531}} * ''[http://www.dfi.dk/faktaomfilm/film/en/15790.aspx?id=15790 The Red Mantle]'' at the [[Danish National Filmography]]

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