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At once a rousing paean to artistic creation, a delicate evocation of divine grace, and the ultimate film about food, the Oscar-winning Babette’s Feast is a deeply beloved treasure of cinema. Directed by Gabriel Axel and adapted from a story by Isak Dinesen, it is the lovingly layered tale of a French housekeeper with a mysterious past who brings quiet revolution in the form of one exquisite meal to a circle of starkly pious villagers in late nineteenth-century Denmark. Babette’s Feast combines earthiness and reverence in an indescribably moving depiction of sensual pleasure that goes to your head like fine champagne.
Original Release
08/11/1987
US Release
03/04/1988
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Stephane Audran | Babette Hersant |
Bodil Kjer | Filippa |
Birgitte Federspiel | Martine |
Jarl Kulle | Löwenhielm's Father / General Lorens Löwenhielm / Gen. Lorens Löwenhielm |
Jean-Philippe Lafont | Achille Papin |
Bibi Andersson | Swedish Lady-in-Waiting |
Ghita Norby | Narrator / Narrator (voice) |
Asta Esper Hagen Andersen | Anna |
Thomas Antoni | Swedish Lieutenant |
Gert Bastian | Poor Man |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Stephane Audran | Babette Hersant |
Bodil Kjer | Filippa |
Birgitte Federspiel | Martine |
Jarl Kulle | Löwenhielm's Father / General Lorens Löwenhielm / Gen. Lorens Löwenhielm |
Jean-Philippe Lafont | Achille Papin |
Bibi Andersson | Swedish Lady-in-Waiting |
Ghita Norby | Narrator / Narrator (voice) |
Asta Esper Hagen Andersen | Anna |
Thomas Antoni | Swedish Lieutenant |
Gert Bastian | Poor Man |
Viggo Bentzon | Fisherman in Rowboat |
Vibeke Hastrup | Young Martine |
Therese Højgaard Christensen | Martha - Father's Maid / Martha |
Pouel Kern | Pastor / The Minister |
Cay Kristiansen | Poul |
Lars Lohmann | Fisherman |
Tine Miehe-Renard | Löwenhielm's Wife |
Lisbeth Movin | Widow / The Widow |
Finn Nielsen | Larsen - Grocer / Larsen the Grocer |
Else Petersen | Solveig |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Karen Bentzon | Producer |
Just Betzer | Producer |
Benni Korzen | Producer |
Thomas Lydholm | Producer |
Pernille Siesbye | Producer |
Sonja Vesterholt | Producer |
Marianne Vollmer | Producer |
John Fox | Producer |
Editors
Trailers
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1989 | Golden Globe | Best Foreign Language Film | Nominated |
1988 | Oscar | Best Foreign Language Film | Won |