La Belle et la Bête

Adélaïde, Belle, Félicie and Ludovic are young adult siblings who once lived in grandeur until their father's merchant ships were lost at sea. The family is now near ruin, but Adélaïde and Félicie nonetheless still squander away the family money on themselves and keeping beautiful, whereas Belle slaves around the house, doting on her father. Ludovic detests his two spoiled sisters, but is protective of Belle, especially with his friend Avenant, a handsome scoundrel who wants to marry Belle. Crossing the forest one dark and stormy evening, the father gets lost and takes refuge in a fantastical castle. Upon leaving, he steals a blossom off a rose bush, which Belle requested. The castle's resident, an angry beast, sentences him to one of two options for the theft of the rose: his own death, or that of one of his daughters. As she feels she is the cause of her father's predicament (despite her sisters asking for far more lavish gifts), Belle sacrifices herself to the beast. Upon arriving at the castle, Belle finds that the beast, whose grotesqueness she cannot deny, does not want to kill her, but wants to marry her and lavish her with riches. He does not force her, but he will ask her every night to marry him, these times the only ones when he will appear to her. She vows never to say yes. As Belle resigns herself to her mortal fate and looks deeper into the beast - whose grotesque exterior masks a kind but tortured soul - will her thoughts change? Meanwhile, Belle's family, who learn of her situation, have their own thoughts of what to do, some working toward what they believe is Belle's best welfare, and others working toward their own benefit.

Genre(s) : Drama,Fantasy,Romance

Aka(s) :
(original title) - La Belle et la Bête
Argentina - La bella y la bestia
Australia - Beauty and the Beast
Austria - Es war einmal
Austria - Es war
Brazil - A Bela e a Fera

Bulgaria - Красавицата и звярът
Canada - Beauty and the Beast
Canada - La Belle et la Bête
Colombia - La bella y la bestia
Cuba - La bella y la bestia
Czech Republic - Kráska a zvíře
Denmark - Skønheden og Udyret
Ecuador - La Belle et la Bête
Egypt - Aljamila va Alvahsh
Finland - Kaunotar ja hirviö
France - La Belle et la Bête
Germany - Es war einmal
Germany - Die Schöne und die Bestie
Greece - I pentamorfi kai to Teras
Greece - Η πεντάμορφη και το τέρας
Hungary - A szép és a szörnyeteg
Hungary - Szépség és szörnyeteg
Iran - Div va Delbar
Italy - La bella e la bestia
Japan - 美女と野獣（1946）
Lithuania - Gražuolė ir pabaisa
Mexico - La bella y la bestia
Netherlands - Belle en het Beest
Norway - Skjønnheten og udyret
Panama - La bella y la bestia
Peru - La bella y la bestia
Poland - Piękna i bestia
Portugal - A Bela e o Monstro
Serbia - Lepotica i zver
Soviet Union - Красавица и чудовище
Spain - La bella y la bestia
Sweden - Flickan och odjuret
Taiwan - 美女與野獸
Turkey - Güzel ile Hayvan
Ukraine - Красуня і чудовисько
United Kingdom - Beauty and the Beast
United Kingdom - La Belle et la Bête
United States - Beauty and the Beast
Uruguay - La bella y la bestia
Venezuela - La bella y la bestia
World-wide - Beauty and the Beast

Actors :
Jean Marais La Bête /Le Prince /Avenant
Josette Day Belle
Mila Parély Félicie
Nane Germon Adélaïde
Michel Auclair Ludovic
Raoul Marco Merchant (scenes deleted) (credit only)
Marcel André Belle's Father
Janice Felty La Belle (1995 opera version) (singing voice)
John Kuether The Father /The usurer (1995 opera version) (singing voice)
Jacques Marbeuf
Ana María Martinez Félicie (1995 opera version) (singing voice)
Hallie Neill Adélaïde (1995 opera version) (singing voice)
Gregory Purnhagen La Bête /Avenant /Ardent /The port official (1995 opera version) (singing voice)
Zhengzhong Zhou Ludovic (1995 opera version) (singing voice)
Noël Blin Footman (uncredited)
Jean Cocteau Voice of Magic (voice) (uncredited)
Christian Marquand Footman (uncredited)
Gilles Watteaux Footman (uncredited)