Gabriel Axel

Born April 18, 1918· Aarhus, Denmark

† Died February 9, 2014

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Raised in a Danish family that spent his early years in Paris, he returned to Denmark as a teenager, first learning cabinet-making before entering the Royal Danish Theatre’s acting school in Copenhagen; after graduating he spent five years on the Paris stage, notably at the Théâtre de l’Athénée. Beginning in 1951 he directed numerous television dramas and, from 1955, joined Nordisk Film, where his…

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources

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