Genre: Fantasy
Release Date: 09/09/2008
Flags: Suitable for Children
Distributor/Studio: Criterion

Jean Cocteau's adaptation of Beauty and the Beast (originally released in France as La Belle et la Bête) stars Josette Day as Beauty and Jean Marais as the Beast. When a merchant (Marcel André) is told that he must die for picking a rose from the Beast's garden, his courageous daughter (Day) offers to go back to the Beast in her father's place. The Beast falls in love with her and proposes marriage on a nightly basis; she refuses, having pledged her troth to a handsome prince (also played by Marais). Eventually, however, 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. The film features a musical score by Georges Auric.

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Josette Day - Beauty
Jean Marais - The Beast/ Avenant
Mila Parély - Adelaide
Nane Germon - Felice
Michel Auclair - Ludovic
Marcel André - The Merchant
Raoul Marco - The Usurer
Georges Auric -
Jean Cocteau - Magic objects [uncredited]

Production:
Jean Cocteau - Director
André Paulve - Producer
Georges Auric - Composer
Claude Iberia - Editor
Jean Cocteau - Screen Writer
René Moulaert - Set Designer
Christian Berard - Art Director
Henri Alékan - Cinematographer
Irving Drutman - Consultant/advisor
René Clément - Consultant/advisor
Christian Berard - Costume Designer
Marcel Escoffier - Costume Designer
Hagop Arakelian - Makeup
René Clément - Technical Advisor
Mme. Leprince DeBeaumont - Short Story Author

1946 Cannes Film Festival

1946 French Film Critics Circle