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Section: Czechoslovakian Cinema: Films of My Childhood, Czechoslovakian Cinema: Film Music
The Beauty and the Beast (1979)
A rich widowed merchant has three daughters. The two eldest think only of good marriages and riches. For Julie, the youngest, the most important love is for their father. One day, while in a mysterious forest, the merchant loses all his wagons and is immediately destitute. He escapes into a mysterious castle occupied by a threatening monster. In exchange for the man's life, he demands one of his daughters. Julie eventually goes to the castle and awakens in its master feelings he's never felt before. Instead of killing her, a human heart awakens in his animal body...
| Country | Czechoslovakia |
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| Year | 1979 |
| Duration | 84 min |
| Rating | 12 |
| Language | Czech |
| Subtitle | No subtitles |
| Directed by | Juraj Herz |
| Screenplay | Ota Hofman, Juraj Herz |
| Director of Photography | Jiří Macháně |
| Music | Petr Hapka |
| Edited by | Jaromír Janáček |
| Contact | Národní filmový archiv |
Biography
Screenwriter, director and actor. He studied photography, directing, and puppetry. Among his most important films are the dramas Cremator (1968) and Oil Lamps (1971), the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast (1978), the first Czech horror Ferat Vampire (1981), and the historical drama Habermann's Mill (2010).