Screenplay:
Jean CocteauCinematography:
Henri AlekanComposer:
Georges AuricCast:
Jean Marais, Josette Day, Mila Parély, Michel Auclair, Marcel André, Jean Cocteau, Christian Marquand, Nane Germon, Raoul MarcoVOD (1)
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Josette Day is luminous yet feisty as Beauty, and Jean Marais gives one of his best performances as the Beast, at once brutal and gentle, rapacious and vulnerable, shamed and repelled by his own bloodlust. Henri Alekan's subtle black and white cinematography combine with Christian Bérard's masterly costumes and set designs to create a magical piece of cinema, a children's fairy tale refashioned into a stylised and highly sophisticated dream. (British Film Institute (BFI))
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Jean Marais
France
Best movies:
Fantomas (1964)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1954)
Fantomas Strikes Back (1965)
Josette Day
France
Best movies:
La Belle et la Bête (1946)
Mila Parély
France
Best movies:
La Règle du Jeu (1939)
La Belle et la Bête (1946)
Angels of Sin (1943)
Michel Auclair
German Empire
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
Docteur Teyran (1980) (TV movie)
Marcel André
France
Best movies:
La Belle et la Bête (1946)
The Scheming Women (1954)
Hôtel du Nord (1938)
Jean Cocteau
France
Best movies:
Orpheus (1950)
The Testament of Orpheus (1960)
La Belle et la Bête (1946)
Christian Marquand
France
Best movies:
Apocalypse Now (1979)
The Longest Day (1962)
The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
Nane Germon
France
Best movies:
Des gens sans importance (1956)
The Seven Deadly Sins (1961)
La Belle et la Bête (1946)
Raoul Marco
France
Best movies:
The President (1961)
Des gens sans importance (1956)
The Sleepwalker (1951)