Beauty and the Beast

Overview

German/Austrian TV adaptation of the famous fairy tale “Beauty and the Beast“. There is only one way to break the spell which has turned the prince into a horrible beast: a beautiful girl has to fall in love with the creature. As time is running out, the beast abducts the girl Elsa and takes her prisoner. He puts all his efforts into charming the girl. Elsa does not accept her fate, and the beast is not at all a gentleman with fine manners. The transformative power of love, which frees Elsa of her feelings of guilt towards her parents and which returns the beast to his former humanity, is at the heart of the film. Aimed at a family audience, the film's eerie scenes are balanced with humor and poetry.

Cast

Maximilian Simonischek

Arbo

Cornelia Gröschel

Elsa

Jürgen Tarrach

Wirt Hugo, Elsas Vater

Johannes Silberschneider

Pfandleiher

Christoph Letkowski

Ritter Berthold von Rabenburg

Karsten Kramer

Wenzel

Carolin Walter

Irmel

Nadine Wrietz

Magd Gertrud

N/A

Wolfgang Edelmayer

Vogt

Wolfgang S. Zechmayer

Schäfer

N/A

Stanislav Satko

Knappe