Beauty and the Beast (1978 film)
Beauty and the Beast (Czech: Panna a netvor) is a 1978 Czechoslovak fantasy horror film directed by Slovak film director Juraj Herz.[1][2] The film is a re-telling of the classic tale Beauty and the Beast.
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| Directed by | Juraj Herz |
| Screenplay by | Ota Hofman František Hrubín |
| Based on | La Belle et la Bête by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont |
| Starring | Zdena Studenková Vlastimil Harapes Václav Voska |
| Music by | Petr Hapka |
| Cinematography | Jiří Macháně |
| Edited by | Jaromír Janáček |
Production company | Filmové studio Barrandov |
| Distributed by | Ústřední půjčovna filmů |
Release date |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | Czechoslovakia |
| Language | Czech |
For his direction, Herz received the Medalla Sitges en Oro de Ley at the Sitges Film Festival in 1979.[3]
Plot
Julie is a bankrupt merchant's daughter who, as the only one of the three daughters, chooses to save her father's life. She goes to the Haunted Wood's Castle where she meets Netvor. Netvor has no qualms about killing Julie, but her beauty prevents him from doing so. Although Julie is forbidden to look at him, she starts to love him and the love rescues him from his curse.
Cast
- Zdena Studenková as Julie
- Vlastimil Harapes as Netvor
- Václav Voska as Otec
- Jana Brejchová as Gábinka
- Zuzana Kocúriková as Málinka
- Marta Hrachovinová as Devecka
- Vít Olmer as Jezdec
- Milan Hein as Zenich
Reception
David Melville from Senses of Cinema wrote, "Panna a netvor has the capacity to horrify in the best and the worst of ways. Yet like any true fairy tale, it is unlikely ever to leave its audience bored or indifferent".[4]
References
- Jack Zipes (27 January 2011). The Enchanted Screen: The Unknown History of Fairy-Tale Films. Routledge. p. 408. ISBN 978-1-135-85395-2.
- Bartłomiej Paszylk (8 June 2009). The Pleasure and Pain of Cult Horror Films: An Historical Survey. McFarland. p. 111. ISBN 978-0-7864-5327-6.
- Film a doba: měsíčník pro filmovou kulturu (in Czech). 26. Orbis. 1980. p. 125.
- Melville, David. "Beauty and the Beast (1978) • Juraj Herz • Senses of Cinema". SenseofCinema.com. Senses of Cinema. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
External links
- Beauty and the Beast at AllMovie
- Beauty and the Beast on IMDb
- "Panna a netvor" at the Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze.
- "Panna a netvor" at the Filmová databáze.
- Screen captures and production maps for "Panna a netvor" at Filmová místa.
- Beauty and the Beast at Rotten Tomatoes