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Beauty and the Beast is a Czechoslovak horror fairy tale film directed by Slovak film director Juraj Herz in 1978. The film is a re-telling of the classic tale Beauty and the Beast. Herz made the innovative decision to depict the beast as a bird-like creature. It has a gothic atmosphere and setting, and a pervasive atmosphere of dread.
Original Release
03/01/1978
US Release
10/31/1983
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Zdena Studénková | Julie |
| Vlastimil Harapes | Netvor |
| Václav Voska | Otec / kupec |
| Jana Brejchová | Gábinka / Julie's sister Gábinka |
| Zuzana Kocúriková | Málinka / Julie's sister Málinka |
| Marta Hrachovinová | Devecka / Maid |
| Vít Olmer | Jezdec / Horseman |
| Jan Preucil | Jezdec / Horseman |
| Frantisek Svacina | Skret / Chrlic |
| Milan Hein | Zenich / Bridegroom |
Directors
Writers
Juraj Herz, Ota Hofman, František Hrubín, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Zdena Studénková | Julie |
| Vlastimil Harapes | Netvor |
| Václav Voska | Otec / kupec |
| Jana Brejchová | Gábinka / Julie's sister Gábinka |
| Zuzana Kocúriková | Málinka / Julie's sister Málinka |
| Marta Hrachovinová | Devecka / Maid |
| Vít Olmer | Jezdec / Horseman |
| Jan Preucil | Jezdec / Horseman |
| Frantisek Svacina | Skret / Chrlic |
| Milan Hein | Zenich / Bridegroom |
| Karel Augusta | Nápadník |
| Josef Laufer | Zenych |
| Josef Langmiler | Nápadník |
| Olga Fleischerová | |
| Miroslav Horácek | |
| Zdenek Jelen | |
| Jorga Kotrbová | Málinka |
| Taťjana Medvecká | Julie |
| Jirí Zahajský | Netvor |
