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Babette's Feast
Artistic, sensual and sacred passions unite in Babette's Feast.
Genres
Drama
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$4398938
Runtime
104 min
Release Date
1987-08-11
Status
Released
Original Language
Danish
Vote Count
415
Vote Average
7.2
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Stéphane Audran
Babette
Bodil Kjer
Filippa
Birgitte Federspiel
Martine
Jarl Kulle
General Lorens Löwenhielm
Jean-Philippe Lafont
Achille Papin
Bibi Andersson
Svensk hofdame
Ghita Nørby
Fortæller (stemme)
Asta Esper Hagen Andersen
Anna
Thomas Antoni
Svensk Løjtnant
Hanne Stensgaard
Filippa som ung
Vibeke Hastrup
Martine som ung
Gudmar Wivesson
Lorens Löwenhielm som ung
Bendt Rothe
Gamle Nielsen
Gert Bastian
Fatttig mand
Viggo Bentzon
Fisker i robåd
Lisbeth Movin
Enken
Preben Lerdorff Rye
Kaptajnen
Cay Kristiansen
Poul
Axel Strøbye
Kusken
Erik Petersen
Erik
Ebbe Rode
Christopher
Ebba With
Löwenhielms tante
Pouel Kern
Præsten
Finn Nielsen
Købmand
Holger Perfort
Karlsen
Therese Højgaard Christensen
Martha
Lars Lohmann
Fisker
Tine Miehe-Renard
Löwenhielms kone
Tina Kiberg
Filippa (singing voice)
Else Petersen
Solveig
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