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| Directed by | Gabriel Axel |
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Benedikt Árnason Gösta Bergqvist Just Betzer Johan Bonnier Bent Christensen |
| Written by | Gabriel Axel Saxo Grammaticus Frank Jæger |
| Starring | Oleg Vidov |
| Music by | Per Nørgård |
| Cinematography | Henning Bendtsen |
| Edited by | Lars Brydesen |
| Distributed by | ASA Film |
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100 minutes |
| Country | Denmark Sweden Iceland |
| Language | Danish Swedish Icelandic |
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.