Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Released | 1946-10-29 | Fantasy-Drama-Romance | 96m | 7.499/10
Henri Alekan (Director of Photography) | René Clément (First Assistant Director) | Jean Cocteau (Dialogue) | Georges Auric (Original Music Composer) | Lucien Carré (Set Decoration) | André Paulvé (Executive Producer) | Claude Ibéria (Editor) | René Moulaert (Set Decoration) | Hagop Arakelian (Makeup Artist) | Antonio Castillo (Costume Design) | Jacques Carrère (Sound) | Jacques Lebreton (Sound) | Marcel Escoffier (Costume Design) | Christian Bérard (Production Design) | Roger Desormière (Conductor) | Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (Novel) |
The story of a gentle-hearted beast in love with a simple and beautiful girl. She is drawn to the repellent but strangely fascinating Beast, who tests her fidelity by giving her a key, telling her that if she doesn't return it to him by a specific time, he will die of grief. She is unable to return the key on time, but it is revealed that the Beast is the genuinely handsome one. A simple tale of tragic love that turns into a surreal vision of death, desire, and beauty.
Jean Marais (La Bête / Le Prince / Avenant) | Josette Day (Belle) | Marcel André (Belle's Father) | Mila Parély (Félicie) | Nane Germon (Adélaïde) | Michel Auclair (Ludovic) | Raoul Marco (The Insurer) | Jean Cocteau (The Voice of Magic (uncredited)) | Noël Blin (Footman (uncredited)) | Christian Marquand (Footman (uncredited)) | Gilles Watteaux (Footman (uncredited)) |