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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