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The story of a gentle-hearted beast in love with a simple and beautiful girl. She is drawn to the repellent but strangely fascinating Beast, who tests her fidelity by giving her a key, telling her that if she doesn't return it to him by a specific time, he will die of grief. She is unable to return the key on time, but it is revealed that the Beast is the genuinely handsome one. A simple tale of tragic love that turns into a surreal vision of death, desire, and beauty.
Keywords
underdog
daughter
monster
beauty
rose
black and white
romantic
Casts

Jean Marais
La Bête / Le Prince / Avenant

Josette Day
Belle

Marcel André
Belle's Father

Mila Parély
Félicie

Nane Germon
Adélaïde

Michel Auclair
Ludovic

Raoul Marco
The Insurer

Jean Cocteau
The Voice of Magic (uncredited)
Noël Blin
Footman (uncredited)

Christian Marquand
Footman (uncredited)
Gilles Watteaux
Footman (uncredited)
Crews
Lucien Carré
Set Decoration

Jean Cocteau
Dialogue
Marcel Escoffier
Costume Design
Christian Bérard
Production Design
Hagop Arakelian
Makeup Artist

Jean Cocteau
Director

Jean Cocteau
Screenplay

Georges Auric
Original Music Composer
Antonio Castillo
Costume Design

Jean Cocteau
Story
Claude Ibéria
Editor
Lucien Carré
Production Design
René Moulaert
Set Decoration

Henri Alekan
Director of Photography

Roger Desormière
Conductor
André Paulvé
Executive Producer
Jacques Lebreton
Sound
Jacques Carrère
Sound
Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
Novel

René Clément
First Assistant Director
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