Beauty and the Beast

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.

• 
  Jean Cocteau
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  René Clément

• 
  Jean Marais
  La Bête / Le Prince / Avenant
• 
  Josette Day
  Belle
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  Marcel André
  Belle's Father
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  Mila Parély
  Félicie
• 
  Nane Germon
  Adélaïde
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  Michel Auclair
  Ludovic
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  Raoul Marco
  The Insurer
• 
  Jean Cocteau
  The Voice of Magic (uncredited)
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  Noël Blin
  Footman (uncredited)
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  Christian Marquand
  Footman (uncredited)
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  Gilles Watteaux
  Footman (uncredited)