Gabriel Axel

Axel Gabriel Erik Mørch, betterr known as Gabriel Axel lo Danish director, actor and writer. He spent most of his childhood and youth en París. En 1942 Axel lo admitido en el to the acting school at the Royal Danish Theatre en Copenhagen. After a short period of theatre en París, he returned to Denmark and comenzó en 1951 to direct television drama. Following a series of more or less erotic film and broadly popular comedias, Axel, en 1977 launched a prolífico career as a director de French TV la película, culminating en 1985 with a historical five-episodio de la serie "Les colonnes du ciel/heaven's Pilares". En 1987, Axel returned to Denmark direct to what had been his dream project for over 15 años, en la adaptación de Karen Blixen's "Babette's Feast." After cribado at the festival de cine de Cannes, la película se convirtió a worldwide success and won the 1988 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Gabriel Axel dirigida some 25 feature films and 50 tv-movies. He apareció en about 25 de la película.