'' Babette 's Feast '' ( ) is a 1987 Danish drama film directed by Gabriel Axel . The film 's screenplay was written by Axel based on the story by Isak Dinesen ( Karen Blixen ) . Produced by Just Betzer , Bo Christensen , and Benni Korzen with funding from the Danish Film Institute , '' Babette 's Feast '' was the first Danish cinema film of a Blixen story . It was also the first Danish film to win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film . The film premiered in the Un Certain Regard section of the 1987 Cannes Film Festival
1987 Cannes Film Festival
1987 Cannes Film Festival
Babette's Feast