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{{short description|1987 film by Gabriel Axel}}
{{for|the 1958 short story “Babette's Feast” by Karen Blixen|Anecdotes of Destiny}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Babette's Feast
| image          = Babettesgæstebudposter.jpg
| alt            =
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Gabriel Axel]]
| producer       = [[Just Betzer]]<br />[[Bo Christensen]]<br />[[Benni Korzen]]<br />Pernille Siesbye
| screenplay     = Gabriel Axel
| based_on       = {{based on|''[[Anecdotes of Destiny|Babette's Feast]]''<br>1958 story|[[Karen Blixen|Isak Dinesen]]}}
| narrator       = [[Ghita Nørby]]
| starring       = [[Stéphane Audran|Stephane Audran]]<br />[[Birgitte Federspiel]]<br />[[Bodil Kjer]]
| music          = [[Per Nørgård]]
| cinematography = [[Henning Kristiansen]]
| editing        = [[Finn Henriksen]]
| studio         = [[Nordisk Film]]
| distributor    =
| released       = {{Film date|df=y|1987|8|28}}
| runtime        = 102 minutes
| country        = Denmark
| language       = Danish<br />Swedish<br />French
| budget         =
| gross          = $4.4 million {{small|(US)}}<ref>{{mojo title|babettesfeast|Babettes gæstebud (Babette's Feast)}}</ref>
}}

'''''Babette's Feast''''' ({{langx|da|Babettes Gæstebud}}) is a 1987 Danish [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed by [[Gabriel Axel]]. The screenplay, written by Axel, was based on the [[Anecdotes of Destiny|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 [[60th Academy Awards|Oscar]] for [[Academy Award for Best International Feature Film|Best Foreign Language Film]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Babette's gæstebud | publisher = Danish Film Institute | url = http://www.dfi.dk/faktaomfilm/nationalfilmografien/nffilm.aspx?id=12}}</ref> 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]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/458/year/1987.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Babette's Feast |access-date=2009-07-20 |work=festival-cannes.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003003410/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/458/year/1987.html |archive-date=2012-10-03 }}</ref>

==Plot==
The elderly and pious [[Protestantism|Protestant]] sisters Martine and Filippa live in a small village on the remote western coast of [[Jutland]] in 19th-century Denmark. Their late father was a pastor who founded his own [[Pietism|Pietistic]] [[conventicle]]. Lacking new converts, the aging sisters preside over a dwindling, elderly congregation.

Forty-nine years before, the sisters had many suitors, but their father rejected them, to retain the women’s assistance with his pastoral mission. Martine was courted by a young [[List of Swedish cavalry regiments|Swedish cavalry]] officer, Lorens Löwenhielm, who was visiting Jutland. Filippa was courted by the famous [[baritone]] Achille Papin, on hiatus from the [[Paris Opera]]. Both sisters spurned their suitors and stayed with their father.

Thirty-five years later, Babette Hersant appears at their door. She carries a letter from Papin which explains that she is a refugee from [[Paris Commune|counter-revolutionary bloodshed in Paris]] and recommends her as a housekeeper. The sisters cannot afford to employ Babette, but she begs to work for free. Babette serves as their cook for the next fourteen years, producing improved versions of the bland meals typical of the abstemious nature of the congregation and gaining their respect, and that of the other locals. As the years go by, the sisters are deeply distressed by the increasing number of disputes between the congregants. Babette is also troubled, and at one point, interrupts the arguments with a stern rebuke.

Babette's only link to her former life is a [[lottery]] ticket. A Parisian friend annually renews the ticket. One day, she wins the lottery and receives 10,000 francs. After her win she decides to prepare a dinner for the sisters and their small congregation on the occasion of the founding pastor's hundredth birthday. More than just a feast, the meal is an outpouring of Babette's appreciation, an act of self-sacrifice.

The sisters accept both Babette's meal and her offer to pay for the creation of a "real [[French cuisine|French dinner]]." Babette arranges for her nephew to go to Paris and gather the supplies for the feast. The ingredients are plentiful, sumptuous and exotic, and their arrival causes much consternation and discussion among the villagers. As the various never-before-seen ingredients arrive and preparations commence, the sisters begin to worry that the meal will become a sin of sensual luxury, if not some form of devilry. In a hasty conference, the sisters and the congregation agree to eat the meal, but to forgo speaking of any pleasure in it and to make no mention of the food during the dinner.

Martine's former suitor, Lorens, now a famous general married to a member of the [[Monarchy of Denmark|Queen's court]], comes as the guest of his aunt, the local lady of the manor and a member of the old pastor's congregation. He is unaware of the other guests' austere plans and as a man of the world and former [[attaché]] in Paris, he is the only person at the table qualified to comment on the meal. He regales the guests with abundant information about the extraordinary food and drink, comparing it to a meal he enjoyed years earlier at the famous [[Café Anglais]] in Paris. Although the other celebrants refuse to comment on the earthly pleasures of their meal, Babette's gifts break down their distrust and superstitions, elevating them physically and spiritually. Old wrongs are forgiven, ancient loves are rekindled and a mystical redemption of the human spirit settles over the table.

Bereft, the sisters assume that Babette will return to Paris. However, when she says that all of her money is gone and that she is not going anywhere, the sisters are aghast. Babette then reveals that she was formerly the head chef of the Café Anglais, where a dinner for twelve cost 10,000 francs. Martine tearfully says, "Now you will be poor the rest of your life", to which Babette replies, "An artist is never poor." Filippa then says: "But this is not the end, Babette. In paradise you will be the great artist God meant you to be" and then embraces her with tears in her eyes saying: "Oh, how you will enchant the angels!"

==Cast==
{{div col|colwidth=25em}}
* [[Stéphane Audran]] as Babette Hersant
* [[Bodil Kjer]] as Filippa (old)
* [[Birgitte Federspiel]] as Martine (old)
* [[Jarl Kulle]] as General Lorens Löwenhielm (old)
* [[Jean-Philippe Lafont]] as Achille Papin
* [[Vibeke Hastrup]] as Martine (young)
* Hanne Stensgaard as Filippa (young)
* [[Tina Kiberg]] as Filippa (singing voice)
* Gudmar Wivesson as Lorens Löwenhielm (young)
* [[Bibi Andersson]] as Swedish courtier
* Pouel Kern as the pastor, the father
* [[Bendt Rothe]] as Nielsen, parishioner
* Cay Kristiansen as Poul, parishioner
* [[Lisbeth Movin]] as the Widow, parishioner
* [[Preben Lerdorff Rye]] as the Captain, parishioner 
* [[Ebbe Rode]] as Christopher, parishioner
* [[Else Petersen]] as Solveig, parishioner
* Asta Esper Andersen as Anna, parishioner
* Holger Perfort as Karlsen, parishioner
* Ebba With as Löwenhielm's aunt
* [[Axel Strøbye]] as Löwenhielm's coachman
* Finn Nielsen as grocery store owner
* [[Ghita Nørby]] as Narrator (voice)
{{div col end}}

==Production==
Blixen's original story takes place in a Norwegian village called Berlevåg, which coincidentally shares its name with the port village of [[Berlevåg (village)|Berlevåg]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bregnhøi |first1=Hans Jørgen |last2=Mikkelsen |first2=Ole Aarup |title=Berlevåg |url=https://lex.dk/Berlev%C3%A5g |website=Lex – Danmarks Nationalleksikon |access-date=April 21, 2025 |location=Copenhagen}}</ref> which has multi-coloured wooden houses on a long fjord.<ref>Karen Blixen, ''Anecdotes of Destiny and Ehrengard'', "The Diver," "Babette's Feast," "Tempests," "The Immortal Story," "The Ring" (New York: Random House; London: Michael Joseph, 1958); Skæbne-Anekdoter (Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 1960)</ref> However, when Axel researched locations in Norway, he found the settings were too idyllic and resembled a "beautiful tourist brochure".<ref name="Mørch">Mørch, Karin, ''Gabriel's Gæstebud: Portrait af en Filmmager'', Copenhagen: Gyldendal, (2008) p.403</ref> He shifted the location to the flat windswept coast of western [[Jutland]] and asked his set designer, Sven Wichmann, to build a small grey village offering very few or no attractions. [[Mårup Church]], a plain Romanesque church built around 1250 on a remote seaside cliff near the village of [[Lønstrup]], was used as a backdrop.<ref>{{cite news | first=Bent | last=Nielsen | trans-title=Church on the edge sings the last verse | url=http://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/artikel/299221:Kirke---tro--Kirken-paa-kanten-synger-paa-sidste-vers | title=Kirken på kanten synger på sidste vers | newspaper=Kristeligt Dagblad | date=30 September 2008 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017225604/http://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/artikel/299221:Kirke---tro--Kirken-paa-kanten-synger-paa-sidste-vers | archive-date=17 October 2012 }}</ref> Somewhat ironically, the actual village of Berlevåg is not on a fjord, but directly on the [[Barents Sea]], and is subject to strong winds&mdash;very much similar to Axel's vision.

Axel altered the setting from a ship-filled harbor to fishermen's rowboats on a beach. He said the changes would highlight Blixen's vision of Babette's life in near complete exile.<ref name="Mørch 2008 403">{{Harv| Mørch|2008|p=403}} translated from "Der er meget, der fungerer på skrift, men når det blive overført til billeder, giver det slet ikke samme indtryk eller følelse. Alle de ændringer, jeg foretog, gjorde jeg faktisk for at være tro mod Karen Blixens."</ref>
{{blockquote|There is a lot that works in writing, but when translated to pictures, it doesn't give at all the same impression or feeling. All the changes I undertook, I did to actually be faithful to Karen Blixen. – Gabriel Axel<ref name="Mørch 2008 403" />}}

The [[Nordisk Film]] production company suggested the cast of ''Babette's Feast'' should include only Danish actors to reduce production costs. However, Axel wanted Danish, Swedish and French actors to play the roles for the sake of authenticity. Axel was supported by the [[Danish Film Institute]]'s consultant, Claes Kastholm Hansen, who also agreed the cast should include international stars.<ref name="Mørch 2008 410">{{Harv| Mørch|2008|p=410}}</ref> The title character of Babette was initially offered to [[Catherine Deneuve]]. Deneuve was interested in the part but was concerned because she had been criticized in her past attempts to depart from her usual ‘sophisticated woman’ roles.<ref name="Mørch 2008 410" /> While Deneuve deliberated for a day, Axel met with French actress [[Stéphane Audran]]. Axel remembered Audran from her roles in [[Claude Chabrol]]'s films ''[[Violette Nozière]]'' (1978) and ''[[Cop au Vin]]'' (1985). When Axel asked Chabrol (her former husband) about Audran's suitability, Chabrol said Audran was the archetype of Babette.<ref>{{Harv| Mørch|2008|p=411}}</ref> Axel gave the script to Audran, told her that Deneuve was contemplating the role, and asked her if she might be able to respond before the next day. Audran called two hours later and said she wanted the role. The following day, Deneuve declined and Audran was officially cast.<ref>{{Harv| Mørch|2008|p=412}}</ref>

Two other major parts were the characters of the elderly maiden sisters, Phillipa and Martine. Phillipa, the once-promising singer, was portrayed by [[Bodil Kjer]], considered the first lady of Danish theater and namesake of the [[Bodil Awards|Bodil Award]].<ref>Piil, Morten, ''Bodil Kjer'' Danske Filmskuespillere, Gyldendal, (2001), pp 230–235</ref> [[Birgitte Federspiel]], best known for Carl Dreyer's 1955 classic film ''[[Ordet]]'', was cast as the staid, lovelorn Martine.

The role of the Swedish General Lorens Löwenhielm, the former suitor of Martine, was accepted by [[Jarl Kulle]] and the Swedish Court Lady by [[Bibi Andersson]]. Both had achieved international recognition as two of [[Ingmar Bergman]]'s favorite actors, appearing in many of his films.<ref>[http://www.ingmarbergman.se/universe.asp?guid=895A97B2-15CA-4740-8B14-890E85FF5CA8 "Jarl Kulle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091007095518/http://www.ingmarbergman.se/universe.asp?guid=895A97B2-15CA-4740-8B14-890E85FF5CA8 |date=2009-10-07 }}, Filmography, Ingmar Bergman Foundation, ingmarbergman.se, retrieved 28-05-2009</ref><ref>[http://www.ingmarbergman.se/universe.asp?guid=F37A6950-3B08-4452-AFB5-5260A3A6DCC5 "Bibi Andersson"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091007093227/http://www.ingmarbergman.se/universe.asp?guid=F37A6950-3B08-4452-AFB5-5260A3A6DCC5 |date=2009-10-07 }}, Filmography, Ingmar Bergman Foundation, ingmarbergman.se, retrieved 28-05-2009</ref>

The group of elderly villagers was composed of Danish actors, many of whom were well known for their roles in the films of [[Carl Theodor Dreyer]]. These included [[Lisbeth Movin]] as the Old Widow, [[Preben Lerdorff Rye]] as the Captain, [[Axel Strøbye]] as the Driver, [[Bendt Rothe]] as Old Nielsen and [[Ebbe Rode]] as Christopher.

The popular Danish actress [[Ghita Nørby]] was cast as the film's narrator. Although production consultants complained to Axel that the use of a narrator was too old-fashioned, Axel was adamant about using one. He said it was not about being old-fashioned but only about the need: "If there is need for a narrator, then one uses one."<ref name="Mørch 2008 403" />

==Menu==
The seven-[[Course (food)|course]] menu in the film consisted of:
* "Potage à la Tortue" ([[turtle soup]]) served with [[Amontillado]] [[sherry]]
* "[[Blini|Blinis]] [[Demidov|Demidoff]]" ([[buckwheat pancake]]s with [[caviar]] and [[sour cream]]) served with [[Veuve Clicquot]] Champagne
* "Cailles en Sarcophage" ([[Common quail|quail]] in [[puff pastry]] shell with [[foie gras]] and [[truffle]] sauce) served with [[Clos de Vougeot]] [[Pinot noir|Pinot Noir]]
* An [[endive]] salad
* Assorted cheeses and fruits served with [[sauternes (wine)|Sauternes]]
* "Savarin au Rhum avec des Figues et Fruit Glacée" ([[Rum baba|rum sponge cake]] with [[Fig|figs]] and [[Candied fruit|candied cherries]]) served with Champagne
* Coffee with vieux marc [[Grande Champagne]] cognac.<ref>{{cite book|last=Heiter|first=Celeste|title=A Culinary Homage to Babette's Feast|url=https://www.amazon.com/Culinary-Homage-Babettes-LoveBites-Cookbooks-ebook/dp/B007U205Y2|access-date=October 6, 2014|series=Love Bites: Romantic Dinners for Two|year=2012|publisher=lovebitescookbooks.com|page=1}}</ref>

==Release==
===Reception===
Upon its release in 1987, ''Babette's Feast'' received positive reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/then-now-babettes-feast-reviewed|title=Then and now: Babette's Feast reviewed|last=Wigley|first=Samuel|date=April 3, 2014|work=Film Forever|publisher=British Film Institute|access-date=October 6, 2014}}</ref> The film won the 1987 [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]] at the Academy Awards.<ref name="Oscars1988">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1988 |title=The 60th Academy Awards (1988) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 16, 2015 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]}}</ref> It also received the [[BAFTA]] Film Award for [[BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language|Best Foreign Language Film]]. In Denmark, it won both the [[Bodil Award|Bodil]] and [[Robert Award|Robert]] awards for Best Danish Film of the Year. The film was nominated and/or won several other awards including a [[Golden Globe]] nomination, the [[Grand Prix (Belgian Film Critics Association)]] award and a [[Cannes Film Festival]] special prize.

The film maintained a 97% "Fresh" rating {{asof|2024|lc=y}} on [[Rotten Tomatoes]] based on 34 reviews, and an average score of 8.5/10. The site's consensus is; "Charming and melancholy, ''Babette's Feast'' is a timeless Scandinavian treat that explores the complex relationships between people, beliefs, and what it means to be an artist."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/babettes_feast/|title=Babettes Gaestebud (Babette's Feast) (1987)|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=Flixster IOnc.|access-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref> The film also has a [[weighted average]] score of 78 out of 100 at [[Metacritic]] based on reviews from 18 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/babettes-feast/|title=Babette's Feast|website=[[Metacritic]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|access-date=February 22, 2024}}</ref> After the film's release, several restaurants offered recreations of the film's menu.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/02/garden/in-babette-a-great-feast-for-the-palate-and-the-eye.html|title=In 'Babette,' A Great Feast For the Palate And the Eye|last=Fabricant|first=Florence|date=March 2, 1988|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref>

The movie is a favorite of [[Alton Brown]],<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/T1-k7VYwsHg Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20180426160554/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1-k7VYwsHg Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1-k7VYwsHg#t=8m55 |title=Alton Brown Rigorously Reviews Spicy Wings {{!}} Hot Ones |website=[[YouTube]]|date=26 April 2018 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Pope Francis]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://aleteia.org/2016/11/21/why-does-pope-francis-want-us-to-watch-the-movie-babettes-feast/ |title=Why does Pope Francis want us to watch the movie "Babette's Feast"? |work=[[Aleteia]] |date=November 21, 2016}}</ref> [[Rowan Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3613962/The-Dark-Materials-debate-life-God-the-universe....html |title=The Dark Materials debate: Life, God, the universe |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=March 17, 2004}}</ref> [[Richard Gere]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/richard-geres-five-favorite-films/ |title=Richard Gere's Five Favorite Films |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=Flixster IOnc. |access-date=February 22, 2024}}</ref> and [[Stanley Tucci]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://letterboxd.com/festiville/story/tuccis-feast-food-loving-star-stanley-tucci/ |title=Tucci's Feast: Food-loving star Stanley Tucci on the culinary film that makes him moan |date=April 19, 2023 |work=[[Letterboxd]] |access-date=February 22, 2024}}</ref> The film was included by the Vatican in [[Vatican's list of films|a list of important films]] compiled in 1995, under the category of "Religion".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://old.usccb.org/movies/vaticanfilms.shtml |title=Vatican Best Films List |work=Official website of the [[United States Conference of Catholic Bishops|U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops]] |access-date=2012-04-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422064928/http://old.usccb.org/movies/vaticanfilms.shtml |archive-date=2012-04-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Home video===
''Babette's Feast'' was released on [[DVD]] by [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]] on January 23, 2001, presented in its original 1.85:1 widescreen aspect ratio. The only special feature was the original theatrical trailer.<ref>{{cite web|title=Babette's Feast|url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/1577|publisher=[[DVD Talk]]|access-date=February 22, 2024}}</ref>

On July 23, 2013, the film was released by [[The Criterion Collection]] on DVD and [[Blu-ray]]. The Blu-ray has a new, restored high-definition digital transfer, and features new video interviews with star Stéphane Audran, sociologist Priscilla Parkhurst Ferguson, and a 1995 documentary about author Karen Blixen, as well as a booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Mark Le Fanu and Dinesen's 1950 story.<ref>{{cite web|title=Babette's Feast|url=https://www.criterion.com/films/27894-babette-s-feast|publisher=[[The Criterion Collection]]|access-date=February 22, 2024}}</ref>

==American remake==
In December 2019, it was announced that [[Alexander Payne]] had been asked to direct an American remake of the film.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lattanzio|first=Ryan|title=Alexander Payne Rebounds From Cancelled Netflix Project With 'Babette's Feast' Remake|date=2 December 2019|publisher=[[IndieWire]]|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2019/12/alexander-payne-babettes-feast-1202193668/|access-date=24 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Mike Fleming Jr.|title=Alexander Payne Takes On Reimagining Of 'Babette's Feast'|date=2 December 2019|publisher=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|url=https://deadline.com/2019/12/alexander-payne-babettes-feast-remake-bob-shaye-1202798401/|access-date=24 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Gemmill|first=Allie|title='Downsizing' Director Alexander Payne to Direct New Take on 'Babette's Feast'|date=2 December 2019|publisher=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|url=https://collider.com/alexander-payne-babettes-feast-remake/|access-date=24 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Mike Fleming Jr.|title=Alexander Payne Takes On Reimagining Of 'Babette's Feast'|date=2 December 2019|publisher=[[Yahoo! Sports]]|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/alexander-payne-takes-reimagining-babette-181720220.html|access-date=24 July 2020}}</ref> Payne's version was planned to be set in [[Minnesota]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Lee Svitak Dean|title=Minnesota will be the setting for remake of Oscar-winning film 'Babette's Feast'|date=11 December 2019|publisher=[[Star Tribune]]|url=https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-will-be-the-setting-for-remake-of-oscar-winning-film-babette-s-feast/566077511/|access-date=24 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Sasvari|first=Joanne|title=Salut!: Babette's stuffed quail a French decadence worth recreating|work=vancouversun |date=18 February 2020|publisher=[[Vancouver Sun]]|url=https://vancouversun.com/life/food/salut-babettes-stuffed-quail-a-french-decadence-worth-recreating|access-date=24 July 2020}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of submissions to the 60th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film]]
* [[List of Danish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

===Sources===
* {{cite book |last1=Mørch |first1=Karin |title=Gabriels gæstebud: portræt af en filmmager |date=2008 |publisher=Gyldendal A/S |isbn=978-87-02-06775-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dvqAevpoa30C |language=da}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite journal |last1=Curry |first1=Thomas J. |year=2012 |title=Babette's Feast and the Goodness of God |journal=Journal of Religion & Film |volume=16 |issue=2 |url=http://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/jrf/vol16/iss2/10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130214065632/http://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/jrf/vol16/iss2/10/ |url-status=live |archive-date=February 14, 2013}} [http://works.bepress.com/thomas_curry/1 Alt URL]
* {{cite book |first1=Sarah Webster |last1=Goodwin |chapter=Knowing better: feminism and utopian discourse in ''Pride and Prejudice'', ''Villette'', and ''Babette's feast'' |pages=[https://archive.org/details/feminismutopiana00jone/page/1 1–20] |editor1-first=Libby Falk |editor1-last=Jones |editor2-first=Sarah McKim Webster |editor2-last=Goodwin |year=1990 |title=Feminism, Utopia, and Narrative |series=Tennessee Studies in Literature |isbn=978-0-87049-636-3 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/feminismutopiana00jone/page/1 }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Podles |first1=Mary Elizabeth |title=''Babette's Feast'': Feasting with Lutherans |journal=The Antioch Review |volume=50 |issue=3 |year=1992 |pages=551–65 |doi=10.2307/4612569 |jstor=4612569}}
* {{cite journal |last1=Schuler |first1=Jean |title=Kierkegaard at Babette's Feast: The Return to the Finite |journal=Journal of Religion and Film |volume=1 |issue=2 |year=1997 |url=http://www.unomaha.edu/jrf/kierkega.htm |access-date=2013-06-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121231034620/http://www.unomaha.edu/jrf/kierkega.htm |archive-date=2012-12-31 |url-status=dead }}
* Tibbetts, John C., and James M. Welsh, eds. ''The Encyclopedia of Novels Into Film'' (2nd ed. 2005) pp 22–23.
* {{cite journal |last1=Wright |first1=Wendy M. |title=''Babette's Feast'': A Religious Film |journal=Journal of Religion and Film |volume=1 |issue=2 |year=1997 |url=http://www.unomaha.edu/jrf/BabetteWW.htm |access-date=2009-07-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416233214/http://www.unomaha.edu/jrf/BabetteWW.htm |archive-date=2009-04-16 |url-status=dead }}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0092603}}
* [https://www.allmovie.com/movie/babettes-feast-am28865 ''Babette's Feast'' at AllMovie]
* {{tcmdb title|id=67854}}
* {{mojo title|babettesfeast}}
* {{rotten-tomatoes|babettes_feast}}
* [http://www.karenblixen.com/babette.html An extensive collection of links about ''Babette's Feast''] at KarenBlixen.com
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060516110917/http://dnfx.dfi.dk/pls/dnf/pwt.page_setup?p_pagename=dnffuldvis&p_parmlist=filmid=12 ''Babettes gæstebud''] at the Danish Film Institute (in Danish)
* [http://artsandfaith.com/t100/babettesfeast.html Voted #3 on The Arts and Faith Top 100 Films (2010)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100414065156/http://artsandfaith.com/t100/babettesfeast.html |date=2010-04-14 }}
* [https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/2842-babette-s-feast-mercy-and-truth-have-met-together ''Babette’s Feast: “Mercy and Truth Have Met Together”''] an essay by Mark Le Fanu at the [[Criterion Collection]]

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