Hagbard and Signe

Hagbard and Signe
Film poster
Directed byGabriel Axel
Written byGabriel Axel
Saxo Grammaticus
Frank Jæger
Produced byBenedikt Árnason
Gösta Bergqvist
Just Betzer
Johan Bonnier
Bent Christensen
StarringOleg Vidov
CinematographyHenning Bendtsen
Edited byLars Brydesen
Music byPer Nørgård
Distributed byASA Film
Release date
  • 16 January 1967 (1967-01-16)
Running time
100 minutes
CountriesDenmark
Sweden
Iceland
LanguageDanish

Hagbard and Signe or The Red Mantle (Danish: Den røde kappe, Swedish: Den röda kappan, Icelandic: 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, directed by Gabriel Axel and starring Gitte Hænning. The film was shot in Iceland, with interiors built and filmed in Nacka, Sweden.