Hagbard and Signe or The Red Mantle (, , ) 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, directed by Gabriel Axel and starring Gitte Hænning. The film was shot in Iceland, with interiors built and filmed in Nacka, Sweden.
Cast Oleg Vidov as Hagbard Gitte Hænning as Signe Eva Dahlbeck as The Queen Birgitte Federspiel as King Hamund's widow Lisbeth Movin as Bengerd 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. Roger Ebert gave the film a full 4 stars out of 4 score in his 1968 review.
See also Germanic Heroic Age Late Antiquity List of historical period drama films
References
External links
The Red Mantle at the Danish National Filmography