Beauty and the Beast (2012) [N/A]

Release Date:
August 6, 2012

Original Title:
Die Schöne und das Biest

Alternate Titles:
Beauty and the Beast
Belle en het Beest
Kaunitar ja koletis
Märchenperlen – Die Schöne und das Biest

Genres:
Family | Fantasy | TV Movie

Production Companies:
ZDF

Production Countries:
Austria | Germany

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 6  SK: 7 

Runtime: 89

German/Austrian TV adaptation of the famous fairy tale “Beauty and the Beast“. There is only one way to break the spell which has turned the prince into a horrible beast: a beautiful girl has to fall in love with the creature. As time is running out, the beast abducts the girl Elsa and takes her prisoner. He puts all his efforts into charming the girl. Elsa does not accept her fate, and the beast is not at all a gentleman with fine manners. The transformative power of love, which frees Elsa of her feelings of guilt towards her parents and which returns the beast to his former humanity, is at the heart of the film. Aimed at a family audience, the film's eerie scenes are balanced with humor and poetry.

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Casting:
Uwe Bünker

Costume Design:
Barbara Langbein

Director:
Marc-Andreas Bochert

Director of Photography:
Hermann Dunzendorfer

Editor:
Antonia Fenn

Production Design:
Judith Saupper

Sound Editor:
Sven Mevissen

Sound Mixer:
Heinz Ebner

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Martin Loecker

Writer:
Marcus Hertneck
Cornelia Gröschel

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