Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bete) (1946)
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Synopsis
A beautiful young woman takes her father's place as the prisoner of a mysterious beast, who wishes to marry her.
Cast
- Jean Marais
- Josette Day
- Mila Parély
- Nane Germon
- Michel Auclair
- Raoul Marco
- Marcel André
- Janice Felty
- John Kuether
- Jacques Marbeuf
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- Oct 10, 2015
show this to your kids instead of the cartoon so they'll know that magic is real.
sydneyJan 11, 2022Oh no. I've turned into one of those dweebs that pushes the glasses up their noses and goes, "Did you know that the English subtitle translation doesn't actually capture the reality of what is being said in the original language?" In the final moments as the Beast asks…
Justin DeclouxOct 30, 2018The beast was so submissive, love that.
Robin - Nov 22, 2014
Jean Cocteau's Beauty and The Beast is a magical and transcendent ode to the limits of fantasy, brought to life with exceptional performances, awe-inspiring production design, startling atmosphere, and luscious direction. In particular, the close ups are given a mesmerizing…
SilentDawnAug 28, 2020boys.... if she lets you lap water from her hands when you're in full cats cosplay... then you know she's a keeper
sydAug 5, 2022one of Belle’s sisters looks at the enchanted mirror to reveal her true self, sees a monkey, and then denies she saw anything at all this movie is amazing
san - Jun 21, 2024
Elegance, charm and dramatic poetry — it has always been this way that I imagined the fairy tale being channeled from the books to the screen. The aesthetics of the film are so subtle; the whole design of the set was so meticulously worked that it transmits, along with the…
noenJul 10, 2025i'd be very disappointed if my beast turned into a boring white man.
maryJul 14, 2019Funny how most of the effects in this 1946 film are leagues above any modern computer generated effects I’ve ever seen.
Jackson Stern
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- Da channel Fire likedBeauty and the Beast
really unique and trippy movie. it had some really cool effects for the time but it also had the vibe (lack of sets) of movies from the 30s. WW2 just ended so that probably didn't help the budget. the ending was kinda bad though. I'm leaving, my people need me. same rifts as dis?
William Luckenbach likedBeauty and the BeastWhile slow at first, about halfway through, Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast I was sucked in by the magnificence of it. This really is a great movie. It’s honestly crazy how much Disney stole from this. 8/10
Michael likedBeauty and the BeastI'm probably the only person born after 2000 who watched this version first. 8/10
- Lily McBride likedBeauty and the Beast
Pretend like I watched this for pleasure and not for my film class
cal dislikedBeauty and the BeastI support the argument that this is beastiality.
In2mnts lovedBeauty and the BeastStrong early cinema
- Maceyk is "meh" onBeauty and the Beast
it was okay
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One of the great marvels of the medium, a film that you cannot miss if you hope to be literate in cinema -- or, indeed, if you seek acquaintance with the great works of modern times.
Shawn Levy
Portland Oregonian
The timeless fairy tale about a young woman who agrees to dwell with a mysterious monster, as interpreted in 1946 by one of cinema's most brilliant visual stylists and mythmakers.
David Sterritt
Christian Science Monitor
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