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Cast
Stéphane Audran (Babette Hersant)Bodil Kjer (Filippa)Birgitte Federspiel (Martine)Jarl Kulle (General Lorens Löwenhielm)Jean-Philippe Lafont (Achille Papin)Bibi Andersson (Swedish Lady-in-Waiting)Ghita Nørby (Narrator)Asta Esper Hagen Andersen (Anna)Thomas Antoni (Swedish Lieutenant)Gert Bastian (Poor Man)Viggo Bentzon (Fisherman in Rowboat)Vibeke Hastrup (Young Martine)Therese Højgaard Christensen (Martha - Father's Maid)Pouel Kern (Pastor)Cay Kristiansen (Poul)Lars Lohmann (Fisherman)Tine Miehe-Renard (Löwenhielm's Wife)Lisbeth Movin (Widow)
Director
Gabriel Axel
Synopsis
During the late 19th century, a strict religious community in a Danish village takes in a French refugee from the Franco-Prussian War as a servant to the late pastor's daughters.