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.
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Film Cast:
- La Bête / Le Prince / Avenant: Jean Marais
- Belle: Josette Day
- Belle’s Father: Marcel André
- Félicie: Mila Parély
- Adélaïde: Nane Germon
- Ludovic: Michel Auclair
- The Insurer: Raoul Marco
- The Voice of Magic (uncredited): Jean Cocteau
- Footman (uncredited): Noël Blin
- Footman (uncredited): Christian Marquand
- Footman (uncredited): Gilles Watteaux
Film Crew:
- Director of Photography: Henri Alekan
- Original Music Composer: Georges Auric
- Story: Jean Cocteau
- Executive Producer: André Paulvé
- Editor: Claude Ibéria
- Production Design: Christian Bérard
- Set Decoration: Lucien Carré
- Set Decoration: René Moulaert
- Costume Design: Antonio Castillo
- Costume Design: Marcel Escoffier
- Makeup Artist: Hagop Arakelian
- First Assistant Director: René Clément
- Sound: Jacques Lebreton
- Conductor: Roger Desormière
- Novel: Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
- Sound: Jacques Carrère
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