Babette's Feast Quotes

Babette's Feast is a television program that debuted in 1970 . Babette's Feast ended its run in 1970.

It features Just Betzer as producer, Per Nørgård in charge of musical score, and Henning Kristiansen as head of cinematography.

Babette's Feast is recorded in Danish and originally aired in Denmark. Each episode of Babette's Feast is 102 minutes long.

The cast includes: Stéphane Audran as Babette, Bodil Kjer as Filippa, Jean-Philippe Lafont as Achille Papin, and Ghita Nørby as Narrator.

Babette's Feast Quotes

Bodil Kjer as Filippa

• (Bodil Kjer) "In Paradise you will be the great artist that God meant you to be. Ah, how you will delight the angels."

Stéphane Audran as Babette

• (Old Martina) "Now you'll be poor for the rest of your life."
• (Stéphane Audran) "An artist is never poor."

• (Stéphane Audran) "Throughout the world sounds one long cry from the heart of the artist: Give me the chance to do my very best."

Ghita Nørby as Narrator

• (Ghita Nørby) "In this remote spot there once lived two sisters who were both past the first flush of youth. They had been christened Martina and Philippa after Martin Luther and his friend Philipp Melanchton. They spent all their time and almost all their small income on good works."

• (Ghita Nørby) "At this very moment, he had a mighty vision of a higher and purer life, without creditors' letters or parental lectures -- and with a gentle angel at his side."

Jean-Philippe Lafont as Achille Papin

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