Directed by:
Juraj HerzCinematography:
Jiří MacháněComposer:
Petr HapkaCast:
Zdena Studenková, Vlastimil Harapes, Václav Voska, Jana Brejchová, Zuzana Kocúriková, Josef Laufer, Milan Hein, Marta Hrachovinová, Karel Augusta (more)Plots(1)
From Juraj Herz, come this singular adaption of the classic tale - an altogether darker interpretation than we're used to. Light years from Disney, Herz's Beauty and the Beast (also known more provocatively as The Virgin and the Monster) follows the familiar story. Innocent girl presents herself as sacrifice to a cursed man-beast hiding in exile, and learns to live with, and eventually love her captor - but is transformed into something entirely more twisted and terrifying in Herz’s macabre re-imagining. Aided by wonderful set and costume design, superb cinematography and evocative score, this is a fairy-tale-turned-horror story from Czechoslovak cinema’s most wryly subversive artist. (Second Run)
(more)Cast
Zdena Studenková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Divadelná komédia (1994) (theatrical recording)
LENI (2015) (theatrical recording)
I Enjoy the World with You (1982)
Vlastimil Harapes
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
How to Get Dad Into Reform School (1978) (TV movie)
How to Pull Out a Whale's Tooth (1977) (TV movie)
Marketa Lazarová (1967)
Václav Voska
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Vajíčko (1968) (TV movie)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series) - narrator
The White Lady (1965)
Jana Brejchová
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Půlpenny (1974) (TV movie)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1961)
Zuzana Kocúriková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Red Wine (1976) (TV movie)
Sluha dvoch pánov (1976) (theatrical recording)
Beauty and the Beast (1978)
Josef Laufer
France
Best movies:
Boys Will Be Boys (1975)
Oil Lamps (1971)
Dvacet let Olympicu (1983) (concert)
Milan Hein
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Beauty and the Beast (1978)
Touha jménem Einodis (2013) (theatrical recording)
The Little Mermaid (1976)
Marta Hrachovinová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Beauty and the Beast (1978)
Malý bílý koníček (1994)
Hidden in Silence (1996) (TV movie)
Karel Augusta
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Waiter, Scarper! (1980)
All My Compatriots (1968)
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
Josef Langmiler
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Romeo a Julie na konci listopadu (1971) (TV movie)
Alexandr Dumas starší (1970) (series)
Dařbuján a Pandrhola (1959)
Vít Olmer
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Boys Will Be Boys (1975)
Ball Lightning (1978)
The Devil's Trap (1961)
Jan Přeučil
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
Muž v pozadí (1995) (series)
Four Murders Are Enough, Darling (1970)
František Svačina
Best movies:
Princ a chuďas (1971) (TV movie)
Beauty and the Beast (1978)
Fantom Morrisvillu (1966)
Martin Hodák
Best movies:
Beauty and the Beast (1978)
Václav Vodák
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Oil Lamps (1971)
The Party and the Guests (1966)
Zeno Dostál
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Beauty and the Beast (1978)
The Ninth Heart (1978)
Jaroslav Engelhart
Best movies:
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
Beauty and the Beast (1978)
Zdeněk Jelen
Best movies:
Amadeus (1984)
Beauty and the Beast (1978)
Krásná Helena (1973) (TV movie)
Eduard Pavlíček
Austria
Best movies:
Kočičí hra (1982) (theatrical recording)
Naši furianti (1983) (theatrical recording)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Kamal El Rasheed
Best movies:
Beauty and the Beast (1978)
The Ninth Heart (1978)