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    Beauty and the Beast

    1947 · Fantasy · 1h 30m

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  1. Beauty and the Beast (French: La Belle et la Bête – also the UK title) 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 ...

  2. 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
  3. Dec 26, 1999 · Beauty and the Beast. Roger Ebert December 26, 1999. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. 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.

  4. Jean Cocteaus 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.

    • Avenant/Beast/Prince Ardent
    • 1 min
  5. Mar 23, 2017 · With Beauty and the Beast, Jean Cocteau found a uniquely personal response to the post-war world. It was a strange time to be making such a stylized, fantastic film, and a particularly brazen act given his own tarnished reputation.

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  7. Jul 26, 2020 · Jean Cocteau's adaptation of the fairy tale is a luminous and enchanted cinema, with a sympathetic Beast and a brave Belle. The film features stunning visual effects, a haunting score, and a self-conscious directorial voice.

  8. With its magical optical effects and enchanting performances, Jean Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast remains the most surreal -- and soulful -- of the fairy tale's film adaptations. The story of a ...

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