Movielogr
Beauty and the Beast (2012)
Directed by Marc-Andreas Bochert
Overview
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.
Length 89 minutes
Actors
Maximilian Simonischek | Cornelia Gröschel | Jürgen Tarrach | Johannes Silberschneider | Christoph Letkowski | Karsten Kramer | Carolin Walter | Nadine Wrietz | Wolfgang Edelmayer | Wolfgang S. Zechmayer | Stanislav Satko