Movie
Babette's Feast
Romance film with a runtime of 105 minutes, released in 1987. Presented in English.
At a Glance
Synopsis
The Danish/French Babette's Feast is based on a story by Isak Dinesen, also the source of the very different Out of Africa (1985). Stephane Audran plays Babette, a 19th century Parisian political refugee who seeks shelter in a rough Danish coastal town. Philippa (Bodil Kjer) and Martina (Birgitte Federspiel), the elderly daughters of the town's long-dead minister, take Babette in. As revealed in flashback, Philippa and Martina were once beautiful young women (played by Hanne Stensgaard and Vibeke Hastrup), who'd forsaken their chances at romance and fame, taking hollow refuge in religion. Babette holds a secret that may very well allow the older ladies to have a second chance at life. This is one of the great movies about food, but there are way too many surprises in Babette's Feast to allow us to reveal anything else at this point (except that Ingmar Bergman "regulars" Bibi Andersson and Jarl Kulle have significant cameo roles).
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Cast
- Stéphane Audran
- Birgitte Federspiel
- Bodil Kjer
- Jarl Kulle
- Jean-Philippe Lafont
- Vibeke Hastrup
- Gudmar Wivesson
- Bibi Andersson
- Hanne Stensgaard
- Bendt Rothe
- Ebbe Rode
- Lisbeth Movin
- Preben Rye
- Pouel Kern
- Axel Strøbye
- Ebba With
- Else Peterson
- Else Petersen
- Therese Hojgaard Christensen
- Asta Esper Andersen
- Finn Nielsen
- Erik Petersen
- Lars Lohmann
- Holger Perfort
- Tine Miehe-Renard
- Thomas Antoni
- Gert Bastian
- Viggo Bentzon
- Cay Kristiansen
- Bernadette Lafont
- Henning Kristiansen
- Ghita Nørby
- Gabriel Axel
- Just Betzer
- Karen Blixen
- Bo Christensen
- Karen Bentzon
- Benni Korzen
- Michael Dela
- Pernille Siesbye
- Grethe Hollenfer
- Pia Myrdal
- Henning Kristiansen
- Annelise Hauberg
- Just Betzer
- Ghita Nørby
- Elisabeth Bukkehave
- Karen Blixen
- Karen Bentzon
- Bo Christensen
- Gabriel Axel
- Bente Moller
- Karl Lagerfeld
- Henning Bahs
- Birthe Lyngsoe Sorensen
- Lydia Pujol
- Michael Dela
- Ase Tarp
- Finn Henriksen
- Michel Bouquet
- Sven Wichmann
- Sanna Dandanell
