Babette's Feast

Babette's Feast (Danish: Babettes gæstebud) is a 1987 Danish film directed by Gabriel Axel. The film's screenplay was written by Axel based on the story by Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen), who also wrote the story which inspired the 1985 Academy Award winning film Out of Africa. Produced by Just Betzer, Bo Christensen, and Benni Korzen with funding from the Danish Film Institute, Babette's Feast was the first Danish cinema film of a Blixen story. It ... More

Initial release date:

  • 1987

Directed by:

Rating:

G (USA)

Runtime:

  • 1 h 42 min

Also known as:

  • Babettes gæstebud,
  • Babettes Gaestebud,
  • Babette's Feast,
  • Babettes Feast,
  • Babettes Fest

Film

Directed by

Gabriel Axel

Gabriel Axel (born 18 April 1918) is an Oscar winning Danish film director, actor, writer and producer, best known for the Oscar-winning Babette's Feast (1987), which he wrote and directed. Born in Århus, Denmark, on April 18, 1918, Axel spent most of his childhood in France, and returned to...

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Release date(s):

Release Date Film release distribution medium
  • 1987
  • Jan 23, 2001
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Runtime:

  • 1 h 42 min
  • 1 h 43 min
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Awards

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Winners

Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film Nominees

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