"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 Audran
as Babette
Bodil Kjer
as Filippa
Birgitte Federspiel
as Martine
Jarl Kulle
as General Lorens Löwenhielm
Jean-Philippe Lafont
as Achille Papin
Bibi Andersson
as Svensk hofdame
Ghita Nørby
as Fortæller (stemme)
Asta Esper Hagen Andersen
as Anna
Thomas Antoni
as Svensk Løjtnant
Hanne Stensgaard
as Filippa som ung
Vibeke Hastrup
as Martine som ung
Gudmar Wivesson
as Lorens Löwenhielm som ung
Bendt Rothe
as Gamle Nielsen
Gert Bastian
as Fatttig mand
Viggo Bentzon
as Fisker i robåd
Lisbeth Movin
as Enken
Preben Lerdorff Rye
as Kaptajnen
Cay Kristiansen
as Poul
Axel Strøbye
as Kusken
Erik Petersen
as Erik
Ebbe Rode
as Christopher
Ebba With
as Löwenhielms tante
Pouel Kern
as Præsten
Finn Nielsen
as Købmand
Holger Perfort
as Karlsen
Therese Højgaard Christensen
as Martha
Lars Lohmann
as Fisker
Tine Miehe-Renard
as Löwenhielms kone
Tina Kiberg
as Filippa (singing voice)
Else Petersen
as Solveig
Finn Henriksen
Editor
Karen Blixen
Novel
Gabriel Axel
Director
Just Betzer
Producer
Screenplay
Benni Korzen
Bo Christensen
Pernille Siesbye
Henning Kristiansen
Director of Photography
Pia Myrdal
Costume Design
Sonja Vesterholt
Sound Recordist
Jesper Find
Camera Operator
Peter Klitgaard
Niels Bjørn Larsen
Choreographer
Annemarie Aaes
Script
Karl Lagerfeld
Birger Bohm
Peter Obeling Johannsen
Set Decoration
Annelise Hauberg
Torben Bækmark Pedersen
Property Master
Peter Gabriel Mørch
Still Photographer
Sven Wichmann
Production Design
Roald Pay
Karen Bentzon
Hans-Eric Ahrn
Sound Mixer
Tom Hedegaard
Assistant Director
Per Nørgård
Original Music Composer