Babette's Feast (1987)
- Starring:
- Stéphane Audran, Jean-Philippe Lafont, (more)
- Director(s):
- Gabriel Axel
- Category:
- Drama, Foreign, Independent Films
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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).. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 103 mins
Complete Cast:
- Stéphane Audran - Babette Hersant
- Gudmar Wivesson - Lorenz Lowenhielm as a Young Man
- Bibi Andersson - Swedish Court Lady-in-waiting
- Birgitte Federspiel - Old Martina
- Hanne Stensgaard - Young Philippa
- Vibeke Hastrup - Young Martina
- Pouel Kern - The Vicar
- Ghita Nørby - Narrator
- Axel Ströbye - Driver
- Else Petersen - Solveig
- Finn Nielsen - Grocer
- Erik Petersen - Young Erik
- Tine Miehe-Renard - Lorens' wife
- Therese Hojgaard Christensen - Martha
- Thomas Antoni - Swedish Lieutenant
- Gert Bastian - Poor Man
- Jean-Philippe Lafont - Achille Papin
- Jarl Kulle - Lorenz Lowenhielm as an old man
- Bodil Kjer - Old Philippa
- Ebbe Rode - Christopher
- Bendt Rothe - Old Nielsen
- Lisbeth Movin - The Widow
- Michel Bouquet - Narrator
- Tina Kiberg - Philippa [singing]
- Ebba With - Lorens' Aunt
- Asta Esper Andersen - Anna
- Holger Perfort - Karlsen
- Lars Lohmann - Fisherman
- Cay Kristiansen - Poul
- Bernadette Lafont
- Viggo Bentzon - Fisherman in Rowboat
- Preben Lerdorff-Rye - Kaptajnen
- Director(s):
- Gabriel Axel
- Writer(s):
- Gabriel Axel
- Producer(s):
- Bo Christensen, Just Betzer
- Categories:
- Foreign, Independent Films, Drama
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- 1988 - Babette's Feast - British Academy of Film and Television Arts - Best Foreign Language Film
