Babette's Feast

Aug 11, 1987

1h 44m

★ 7.2

Artistic, sensual and sacred passions unite in Babette's Feast.

Overview

A French housekeeper with a mysterious past brings quiet revolution in the form of one exquisite meal to a circle of starkly pious villagers in late 19th century Denmark.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Rungstedlundfonden

Det Danske Filminstitut

Nordisk Film Denmark

Panorama-Film

Babette's Feast Trailers

Cast

Babette

Stéphane Audran

Filippa

Bodil Kjer

Martine

Birgitte Federspiel

General Lorens Löwenhielm

Jarl Kulle

Achille Papin

Jean-Philippe Lafont

Svensk hofdame

Bibi Andersson

Fortæller (stemme)

Ghita Nørby

Anna

Asta Esper Hagen Andersen

Svensk Løjtnant

Thomas Antoni

Filippa som ung

Hanne Stensgaard

Martine som ung

Vibeke Hastrup

Lorens Löwenhielm som ung

Gudmar Wivesson

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