

Babette's Feast
Artistic, sensual and sacred passions unite in Babette's Feast.
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- —
- Box office
- $4.4M
- Language
- Danish
- servant
- charity
- community service
- catholic
- feast
- reconciliation
- sect
- frenchwoman
- coastal village
- master servant relationship
- gourmet
- french cuisine
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalG4 Mar 1988
- PhysicalGOrion Home Video #5040 [VHS] 102 minutes1 Jan 1989
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalU12 Nov 2012
- PhysicalUDVD25 Feb 2013
BelgiumBE
- TVAL11 Aug 1987
BrazilBR
- PhysicalLContraCapa do DVD1 Jan 2000
DenmarkDK
- TheatricalA28 Aug 1987
FranceFR
- PremiereCannes Film Festival16 May 1987
- Theatrical18 Oct 1987
- PhysicalVHS20 Jan 1995
- PhysicalDVD3 Jul 2002
- PhysicalBlu-Ray5 Nov 2012
- TheatricalRe-release19 Dec 2012
- Digital / OTTVOD28 May 2013
- Digital / OTT10Prime Video18 Nov 2021
GermanyDE
- Theatrical68 Dec 1988
GreeceGR
- PhysicalDVD22 May 2007
IrelandIE
- TheatricalG26 Aug 1988
ItalyIT
- Theatrical21 Apr 1988
JapanJP
- TheatricalPG1218 Feb 1989
NetherlandsNL
- TV12Nederland 127 Apr 2003
- Physical12DVD10 Sept 2009
Frequently asked questions
Babette's Feast was released on 11 August 1987.
Audience reviews
4- C5/10
CRCulver
9/12/2018
Based on a Karen Blixen story, <i>Babette's Feast</i> is a heartwarming tale of generosity in 19th century Denmark. As the film opens, we are introduced to Martine and Philippa, daughters of a charismatic preacher in a tiny Jutland village. Dedicated to their father's work, they turn down the courtship of a Danish officer and a French musician. Decades later, the musician sends them Babette, a refugee from the destru…
- R7/10
r96sk
2/15/2024
Well, <em>'Babette’s Feast'</em> is exactly what it says on the tin, that's for sure. It is a film that I'd personally refer to as 'good', though my interest did ascend and descend interchangeably throughout. The religiously and sing-y scenes were the parts that kinda lost me if I'm honest, but there is still enough there that I had a fine time seeing unfold - the characters for one, and then the final feast itsel…
- W6/10
Wuchak
8/15/2024
**_The moment when “Mercy and truth… have kissed each other”_** In a northern Jutland village, two daughters of a pietistic Lutheran pastor are dutiful spinsters by 1871 (Bodil Kjer and Birgitte Federspiel) when they take-in a Parisian refugee who “can cook” (Stéphane Audran). Fourteen years later, the latter insists on banquet for the dwindling congregation and a Hussar general, a former suiter of one of the sist…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
7/3/2025
Now if you’re not up for a genuine dose of human kindness then this isn’t going to be a film for you. It’s all about the young “Babette” (Stéphane Audran) who has been taken in by a pair of spinster sisters who, despite plenty of opportunity, found themselves tied to their preacher father’s apron strings throughout his life, and who are now living life largely just waiting for it’s end. “Filippa” (Bodil Kjer) and “Ma…
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