Babette's Feast

Babette's Feast
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGabriel Axel
Screenplay byGabriel Axel
Based onBabette's Feast
1958 story
by Isak Dinesen
Produced byJust Betzer
Bo Christensen
Benni Korzen
Pernille Siesbye
StarringStephane Audran
Birgitte Federspiel
Bodil Kjer
Narrated byGhita Nørby
CinematographyHenning Kristiansen
Edited byFinn Henriksen
Music byPer Nørgård
Production
company
Release date
  • 28 August 1987 (1987-08-28)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryDenmark
LanguagesDanish
Swedish
French
Box office$4.4 million (US)[1]

Babette's Feast (Danish: Babettes Gæstebud) is a 1987 Danish drama film directed by Gabriel Axel. The screenplay, written by Axel, was based on the 1958 story by Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen). It was produced by Just Betzer, Bo Christensen and Benni Korzen, with funding from the Danish Film Institute. It stars Stéphane Audran, Birgitte Federspiel, and Bodil Kjer.

Babette's Feast was met with widespread critical acclaim and became the first Danish film to win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.[2] It was also the first Danish cinema film of a Blixen story.

The film premiered in the Un Certain Regard section of the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.[3]

  1. ^ Babettes gæstebud (Babette's Feast) at Box Office Mojo
  2. ^ "Babette's gæstebud". Danish Film Institute.
  3. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Babette's Feast". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-03. Retrieved 2009-07-20.