Babette’s Feast

(1987)   Tags: Orion

Josi W Konski v. Danish Film Directors

The Complaint pleads a controversy concerning Konski’s rights to license reproduction and distribution of Babette’s Feast in the U.S. and Canadian territories. The Complaint seeks declaratory relief that Konski holds the rights to reproduce and distribute the Film in the U.S. and Canadian territories and that Defendants hold no rights that would justify interference with such reproduction and distribution in such territories.

Konski entered into a distribution agreement with Astrablu Media, which in turn entered into a sub-distribution agreement with Janus Films Company, or “Criterion,” a U.S. company, to distribute the Film in the U.S. and Canadian territories. The Danish Film Directors directed a communication to Criterion claiming that Konski owned no copyright in the Film, in an unwarranted effort to interfere with distribution of the Film in the U.S.

Judgment: The parties have privately settled the case [SETTLEMENT documents are unavailable].