
Axel Gabriel Erik Mørch, better known as Gabriel Axel was a Danish director, actor and writer. He spent most of his childhood and youth in Paris. In 1942 Axel was admitted to the acting school at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen. After a short period of theatre in Paris, he returned to Denmark and began in 1951 to direct television drama. Following a series of more or less erotic films and broadly popular comedies, Axel in 1977 launched a prolific career as a director of French TV films, culminating in 1985 with a historical five-episode series, "Les colonnes du ciel/Heaven's Pillars". In 1987, Axel returned to Denmark to direct what had been his dream project for over 15 years, an adaptation of Karen Blixen's "Babette's Feast." After screening at the Cannes film festival, the film became a worldwide success and won the 1988 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Gabriel Axel directed some 25 feature films and 50 tv-movies. He appeared in about 25 films.

Paradis retur

バベットの晩餐会

Altid ballade

En kvinde er overflødig

Alt på et bræt

Lumière et Compagnie

Flemming og Kvik

Oskar

Den røde kappe

Helle for Helene

Familien Gyldenkål

Prince of Jutland

Vi har det jo dejligt

Tre piger i Paris

Guld og grønne skove

Familien Gyldenkål sprænger banken

Med kærlig hilsen

Det kære legetøj

Amour

Det tossede paradis

Leïla

Die Auto-Nummer - Sex auf Rädern

Christian

Un crime de notre temps

Henrik og Pernille

Skærmydsler

Le Curé de Tours

Le Coq de Bruyère

Les Colonnes du ciel

Nu går den på Dagmar

Karen, Maren og Mette

Vi arme syndere

Det er så yndigt at følges ad

Bruden fra Dragstrup

En ven i bolignøden

Styrmand Karlsen

Alt på et bræt

Peter's baby

Himlen er blaa

Der kom en dag

Kongeligt besøg

Han, hun, Dirch og Dario

Kispus

Tre piger i Paris

Familien Gyldenkål sprænger banken

Jeg - en marki

Med kærlig hilsen

Dyden går amok

Vi som går køkkenvejen

Jan går til filmen

Fra "Harlekin" til "Krøniken": 60 års TV-drama