Beauty and the Beast (2012)
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.
Director: Marc-Andreas Bochert
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Maximilian Simonischek as Arbo |
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Cornelia Gröschel as Elsa |
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Jürgen Tarrach as Wirt Hugo, Elsas Vater |
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Johannes Silberschneider as Pfandleiher |
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Christoph Letkowski as Ritter Berthold von Rabenburg |
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Karsten Kramer as Wenzel |
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Carolin Walter as Irmel |
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Nadine Wrietz as Magd Gertrud |
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Wolfgang Edelmayer as Vogt |
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Wolfgang S. Zechmayer as Schäfer |
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Stanislav Satko as Knappe |
| Directing | Marc-Andreas Bochert | Director |
| Writing | Cornelia Gröschel | Writer |
| Writing | Marcus Hertneck | Writer |
| Camera | Hermann Dunzendorfer | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Antonia Fenn | Editor |
| Sound | Heinz Ebner | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Sven Mevissen | Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Barbara Langbein | Costume Design |
| Sound | Martin Loecker | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Uwe Bünker | Casting |
| Art | Judith Saupper | Production Design |