Babette's Feast = Babettes gæstebud
by
Axel, Gabriel, screenwriter, film director.
Title
:
Babette's Feast = Babettes gæstebud
Added Title
:
Karen Blixen -storyteller.
Author
:
Axel, Gabriel, screenwriter, film director.
Betzer, Just, film producer.
Hansen, Claes Kastholm, consultant.
Christensen, Bo, 1937-2020, film producer.
Audran, Stéphane, 1932-2018, actor.
Kjer, Bodil, 1917-2003, actor.
Federspiel, Birgitte, actor.
Kulle, Jarl, 1927-1997, actor.
Lafont, Jean-Philippe, actor.
Andersson, Bibi, 1935-2019- actor.
Nørby, Ghita, narrator.
Kristiansen, Henning, director of photography.
Wichmann, Sven, 1931- production designer.
Nørgård, Per, 1932- composer.
Henriksen, Finn, 1933-2008, editor of moving image work.
Hauberg, Annelise, 1946- costume designer.
Almereyda, Michael, filmmaker.
Singer, Lori, 1962- narrator.
Ferguson, Priscilla Parkhurst, interviewee.
Le Fanu, Mark, writer of added text.
Dinesen, Isak, 1885-1962.
Janus Films, presenter.
Panorama Film International, production company.
Nordisk Film (Firm), production company.
Danske filminstitut, production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor.
Series
:
Criterion collection ;
Series Number
:
665.
Summary
:
At once a rousing paean to artistic creation, a delicate evocation of divine grace, and the ultimate film about food, the Oscar-winning Babette's Feast is a layered tale of a French housekeeper with a mysterious past who brings quiet revolution in the form of one exquisite meal to a circle of starkly pious villagers in late nineteenth-century Denmark.
Audience
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MPAA rating: G; for mild frightening scenes, violence, usage of alcohol and smoking.
General Note
:
Adapted from a story by Isak Dinesen.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1987.
Special features: Disc 1: Trailer. Disc 2: Gabriel Axel (new interview with the director); Stéphane Audran (new interview with the actor); Table scraps (visual essay by Michael Almereyda of book to film, narrated by Lori Singer); Karen Blixen - storyteller (a 1995 documentary about the author); An artist of the everyday (interview with sociologist Priscilla Parkhurst Ferguson). Booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Mark Le Fanu and Dinesen's 1950 story.
Edition
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Two-DVD special edition.
Physical Description
:
2 videodiscs (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (64 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm).
Genre
:
Foreign films.
Films in Danish.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Personal Subject
:
Dinesen, Isak, 1885-1962-Film adaptations.
Corporate Subject
:
Rungstedlund (Denmark) -- Drama.
Subject Term
:
Christian life -- Drama.
Cooking, French -- Drama.
Geographic Term
:
Denmark -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Drama.
Author(s)
:
Axel, Gabriel,
Betzer, Just,
Hansen, Claes Kastholm,
Christensen, Bo, 1937-2020,
Audran, Stéphane, 1932-2018,
Kjer, Bodil, 1917-2003,
Federspiel, Birgitte,
Kulle, Jarl, 1927-1997,
Lafont, Jean-Philippe,
Andersson, Bibi, 1935-2019-
Nørby, Ghita,
Kristiansen, Henning,
Wichmann, Sven, 1931-
Nørgård, Per, 1932-
Henriksen, Finn, 1933-2008,
Hauberg, Annelise, 1946-
Almereyda, Michael,
Singer, Lori, 1962-
Ferguson, Priscilla Parkhurst,
Le Fanu, Mark,
Dinesen, Isak, 1885-1962.
Added Corporate Author
:
Janus Films,
Panorama Film International,
Nordisk Film (Firm),
Danske filminstitut,
Criterion Collection (Firm),
Publisher
:
The Criterion Collection,
Publication Date
:
2013
1987
ISBN
:
9781604657418
9781604659276
Publication Information
:
[New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2013]
©2013
Call Number
:
DVD BABETTE
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