# Hagbard and Signe > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hagbard_and_Signe > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hagbard_and_Signe.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagbard_and_Signe > Source revision: 1342413920 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1967 film This article is about the 1967 film. For the Japanese urban legend also known as "Red Mantle", see [Aka Manto](/source/Aka_Manto). Hagbard and Signe Film poster Directed by Gabriel Axel Written by Gabriel Axel Saxo Grammaticus Frank Jæger Produced by Benedikt Árnason Gösta Bergqvist Just Betzer Johan Bonnier Bent Christensen Starring Oleg Vidov Cinematography Henning Bendtsen Edited by Lars Brydesen Music by Per Nørgård Distributed by ASA Film Release date 16 January 1967 (1967-01-16) Running time 100 minutes Countries Denmark Sweden Iceland Language Danish ***Hagbard and Signe*** or ***The Red Mantle***[1] ([Danish](/source/Danish_language): *Den røde kappe*, [Swedish](/source/Swedish_language): *Den röda kappan*, [Icelandic](/source/Icelandic_language): *Rauða skikkjan*) is a 1967 internationally co-produced [drama film](/source/Drama_film) based on the story of [Hagbard and Signy](/source/Hagbard_and_Signy) from the twelfth-century work *[Gesta Danorum](/source/Gesta_Danorum)* by [Saxo Grammaticus](/source/Saxo_Grammaticus),[2] directed by [Gabriel Axel](/source/Gabriel_Axel) and starring [Gitte Hænning](/source/Gitte_H%C3%A6nning). The film was shot in Iceland, with interiors built and filmed in [Nacka](/source/Nacka), [Sweden](/source/Sweden).[3] ## Cast - [Oleg Vidov](/source/Oleg_Vidov) as [Hagbard](/source/Hagbard) - [Gitte Hænning](/source/Gitte_H%C3%A6nning) as [Signe](/source/Signy) - [Eva Dahlbeck](/source/Eva_Dahlbeck) as The Queen - [Birgitte Federspiel](/source/Birgitte_Federspiel) as King Hamund's widow - [Lisbeth Movin](/source/Lisbeth_Movin) as Bengerd - [Johannes Meyer](/source/Johannes_Meyer_(actor)) as Bilvis - [Håkan Jahnberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=H%C3%A5kan_Jahnberg&action=edit&redlink=1) as Bolvis - [Manfred Reddemann](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manfred_Reddemann&action=edit&redlink=1) as Hildegisl - [Henning Palner](/source/Henning_Palner) as Hake - [Gisli Alfredsson](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gisli_Alfredsson&action=edit&redlink=1) as Sigvald - [Folmer Rubæk](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Folmer_Rub%C3%A6k&action=edit&redlink=1) as Helvin - [Borgar Garðarsson](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Borgar_Gar%C3%B0arsson&action=edit&redlink=1) as Alf (as Borgar Gardarsson) - [Jörgen Lantz](/source/J%C3%B6rgen_Lantz) as King Hammond (as Jørgen Lantz) - [Frederik Tharaldsen](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frederik_Tharaldsen&action=edit&redlink=1) as Alger - [Sisse Reingaard](/source/Sisse_Reingaard) as Rigmor - [Gunnar Björnstrand](/source/Gunnar_Bj%C3%B6rnstrand) as King Sigvor - [Niels Hinrichsen](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Niels_Hinrichsen&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Else Højgaard](/source/Else_H%C3%B8jgaard) - Jakob Nielsen - [Poul Reichhardt](/source/Poul_Reichhardt) ## Reception The film won a Technical Prize (*Mention spéciale du grand prix technique*) at the [1967 Cannes Film Festival](/source/1967_Cannes_Film_Festival).[4] [Roger Ebert](/source/Roger_Ebert) gave the film a full 4 stars out of 4 score in his 1968 review.[5] ## See also - [Germanic Heroic Age](/source/Germanic_Heroic_Age) - [Late Antiquity](/source/Late_Antiquity) - [List of historical period drama films](/source/List_of_historical_period_drama_films) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Roger Ebert](/source/Roger_Ebert) (2009). *Roger Ebert's Four Star Reviews--1967-2007*. Andrews McMeel Publishing. pp. 311–. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-7407-9217-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7407-9217-5). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Kevin J. Harty (2011). *The Vikings on Film: Essays on Depictions of the Nordic Middle Ages*. McFarland. pp. 205–. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-7864-8638-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7864-8638-0). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** *Danish Films*. Danish Film Institute. 1994. p. 18. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["DEN RODE KAPPE"](https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/films/den-rode-kappe) (in French). Festival de Cannes. 18 May 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2019. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Ebert, Roger (30 October 1968). ["Hagbard and Signe / The Red Mantle"](https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/hagbard-and-signe-the-red-mantle-1968). *RogerEbert.com*. Retrieved 31 December 2024. ## External links - [*Hagbard and Signe*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063531/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) - *[The Red Mantle](http://www.dfi.dk/faktaomfilm/film/en/15790.aspx?id=15790)* at the [Danish National Filmography](/source/Danish_National_Filmography) v t e Films directed by Gabriel Axel Altid ballade (1955) En kvinde er overflødig (1957) The Girls Are Willing (1958) Helle for Helene (1959) Flemming og Kvik (1960) Crazy Paradise (1962) Oskar (1962) Vi har det jo dejligt (1963) Three Girls in Paris (1963) Paradise and Back (1964) Hagbard and Signe (1967) Det kære legetøj (1968) Amour (1970) Med kærlig hilsen (1971) Soft Shoulders, Sharp Curves (1972) Familien Gyldenkål (1975) The Goldcabbage Family Breaks the Bank (1976) Going for Broke (1977) Babette's Feast (1987) Christian (1989) Prince of Jutland (1994) Lumière and Company (1995) Leïla (2001) This 1960s drama film–related article is a stub. 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