Babette's Feast

Babette's Feast
Babette's Feast
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Gabriel Axel
Screenplay by	Gabriel Axel
Based on	Babette's Feast; 1958 story; by Isak Dinesen
Produced by	Just Betzer; Bo Christensen; Benni Korzen; Pernille Siesbye
Starring	Stephane Audran; Birgitte Federspiel; Bodil Kjer
Narrated by	Ghita Nørby
Cinematography	Henning Kristiansen
Edited by	Finn Henriksen
Music by	Per Nørgård
Production; company	Nordisk Film
Release date	28 August 1987;
Running time	102 minutes
Country	Denmark
Languages	Danish; Swedish; French
Box office	$4.4 million (US)

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 of the same name 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]

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

[1] Babettes gæstebud (Babette's Feast) at Box Office Mojo

[2] "Babette's gæstebud". Danish Film Institute.

[festival-cannes.com-3] "Festival de Cannes: Babette's Feast". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-03. Retrieved 2009-07-20.

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