Jean Marais
Avenant/The Beast/The Prince
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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
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 ...
Beauty and the Beast and Jean Cocteau. Marais became a star in Beauty and the Beast (1946), written and directed by Cocteau. He performed in a popular revival of Cocteau's 1938 play Les Parents terribles on stage.
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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.
- Avenant/Beast/Prince Ardent
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Jul 26, 2023 · Jean Marais, Cocteau’s lover at the time, plays the magnificent, soulful beast: Marais’ gallantly handsome visage is hidden behind an intricately crafted mask of shaggy fur and makeup that took...
Mar 23, 2017 · The genesis of the film came from a suggestion from Jean Cocteau's much younger lover, Jean Marais. Marais would be cast in the role of the Beast/Prince, and also of Avenant, Beauty's initial suitor.
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