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Beauty and the Beast (French: La Belle et la Bête – also the UK title) [2] is a 1946 French romantic fantasy film directed by French poet and filmmaker Jean Cocteau.Starring Josette Day as Belle and Jean Marais as the Beast, it is an adaptation of the 1757 story Beauty and the Beast, written by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont and published as part of a fairy tale anthology.
Fantastique. Durée. 96 min. Sortie. 1946. Pour plus de détails, voir Fiche technique et Distribution. modifier. La Belle et la Bête est un film fantastique français, réalisé par Jean Cocteau, sorti en 1946 1 . Il s'inspire de la version du conte La Belle et la Bête de Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, publié en 1756 .
- Jean Cocteau
- La Belle et la Bête
- Jean Cocteau
Beauty and the Beast: Directed by Jean Cocteau, René Clément. With Jean Marais, Josette Day, Mila Parély, Nane Germon. A beautiful young woman takes her father's place as the prisoner of a mysterious beast, who wishes to marry her.
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- Drama, Fantasy, Romance
- Jean Cocteau, René Clément
- 1947-12-23
Jean Cocteau’s sublime adaptation of Mme. Leprince de Beaumont’s fairy-tale masterpiece—in which the pure love of a beautiful girl melts the heart of a feral but gentle beast—is a landmark of motion picture fantasy, with unforgettably romantic performances by Jean Marais and Josette Day. The spectacular visions of enchantment, desire, and death in Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la ...
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La Belle et la Bête, directed by Jean Cocteau and with uncredited directing assistance from René Clément, is a dark and lyrical adaptation of the well-known fairy tale by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont. Made in 1946 in the immediate aftermath of WWII, the film gave French audiences something they deeply desired: a rich and enticing fantasy, an escape from post-war drudgery.
Dec 26, 1999 · Before Disney's 1991 film and long before the Beast started signing autographs in Orlando, Jean Cocteau filmed "Beauty and the Beast" in 1946, in France. It is one of the most magical of all films. Before the days of computer effects and modern creature makeup, here is a fantasy alive with trick shots and astonishing effects, giving us a Beast ...
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Jun 26, 2023 · 7617041924. Jean Cocteau’s sublime adaptation of Mme. Leprince de Beaumont’s fairy-tale masterpiece—in which the pure love of a beautiful girl melts the heart of a feral but gentle beast—is a landmark of motion picture fantasy, with unforgettably romantic performances by Jean Marais and Josette Day. The spectacular visions of ...