
Babette's Feast (1987)
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.

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.
Stéphane AudranBabette
Bodil KjerFilippa
Birgitte FederspielMartine
Jarl KulleGeneral Lorens Löwenhielm
Jean-Philippe LafontAchille Papin
Bibi AnderssonSvensk hofdame
Ghita NørbyFortæller (stemme)
Asta Esper Hagen AndersenAnna
Hanne StensgaardFilippa som ung
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