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Babette's Feast
Babette's Feast

Babette's Feast

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

Genres

Drama

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$4398938

Status

Released

Original Language

Danish

Runtime

104 mins

Rating

7.197/10

Release Date

11 August 1987

Country

Denmark

Cast

Stéphane Audran

Stéphane Audran

Babette

Bodil Kjer

Bodil Kjer

Filippa

Birgitte Federspiel

Birgitte Federspiel

Martine

Jarl Kulle

Jarl Kulle

General Lorens Löwenhielm

Jean-Philippe Lafont

Jean-Philippe Lafont

Achille Papin

Bibi Andersson

Bibi Andersson

Svensk hofdame

Ghita Nørby

Ghita Nørby

Fortæller (stemme)

Asta Esper Hagen Andersen

Asta Esper Hagen Andersen

Anna

Thomas Antoni

Thomas Antoni

Svensk Løjtnant

Hanne Stensgaard

Hanne Stensgaard

Filippa som ung

Vibeke Hastrup

Vibeke Hastrup

Martine som ung

Gudmar Wivesson

Gudmar Wivesson

Lorens Löwenhielm som ung

Bendt Rothe

Bendt Rothe

Gamle Nielsen

Gert Bastian

Gert Bastian

Fatttig mand

Viggo Bentzon

Viggo Bentzon

Fisker i robåd

Lisbeth Movin

Lisbeth Movin

Enken

Preben Lerdorff Rye

Preben Lerdorff Rye

Kaptajnen

Cay Kristiansen

Cay Kristiansen

Poul

Axel Strøbye

Axel Strøbye

Kusken

Erik Petersen

Erik Petersen

Erik

Ebbe Rode

Ebbe Rode

Christopher

Ebba With

Ebba With

Löwenhielms tante

Pouel Kern

Pouel Kern

Præsten

Finn Nielsen

Finn Nielsen

Købmand

Holger Perfort

Holger Perfort

Karlsen

Therese Højgaard Christensen

Therese Højgaard Christensen

Martha

Lars Lohmann

Lars Lohmann

Fisker

Tine Miehe-Renard

Tine Miehe-Renard

Löwenhielms kone

Tina Kiberg

Tina Kiberg

Filippa (singing voice)

Else Petersen

Else Petersen

Solveig

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