Hagbard and Signe

This article is about the 1967 film. For the Japanese urban legend also known as "Red Mantle", see Aka Manto.

Hagbard and Signe or The Red Mantle^[1] (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,^[2] directed by Gabriel Axel and starring Gitte Hænning. The film was shot in Iceland, with interiors built and filmed in Nacka, Sweden.^[3]

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

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.^[4] Roger Ebert gave the film a full 4 stars out of 4 score in his 1968 review.^[5]

See also

• Germanic Heroic Age
• Late Antiquity
• List of historical period drama films