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Babette's Feast

1987-1h 44min
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7.2 / 10 410

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.

Directed by Gabriel Axel

Writers Karen Blixen Gabriel Axel

Stars Stéphane Audran Bodil Kjer Birgitte Federspiel

Videos

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Three Reasons: Babette's Feast

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Babette's Feast (1987) - trailer

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Babette's Feast (1988) Trailer

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'Babette's Feast' | Critics' Picks | The New York Times

Cast

Stéphane Audran's picture in the cast

Stéphane Audran

Babette Hersant
Bodil Kjer's picture in the cast

Bodil Kjer

Filippa
Birgitte Federspiel's picture in the cast

Birgitte Federspiel

Martine
Jarl Kulle's picture in the cast

Jarl Kulle

Gen. Lorens Löwenhielm
Jean-Philippe Lafont's picture in the cast

Jean-Philippe Lafont

Achille Papin
Bibi Andersson's picture in the cast

Bibi Andersson

Swedish Lady-in-Waiting
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Ghita Nørby

Narrator (voice)
Asta Esper Hagen Andersen's picture in the cast

Asta Esper Hagen Andersen

Anna
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Thomas Antoni

Swedish Lieutenant
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Hanne Stensgaard

Young Filippa
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Vibeke Hastrup

Young Martine
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Gudmar Wivesson

Young Lorens Löwenhielm

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