Beauty and the Beast is a 1983 Danish

Cinema of Denmark

Denmark has been producing films since 1897 and since the 1980s has maintained a steady stream of product due largely to funding by the state-supported Danish Film Institute. Historically, Danish films have been noted for their realism, religious and moral themes, sexual frankness and technical...

 drama film written and directed by Nils Malmros

Nils Malmros

Nils Malmros , a Danish film director and screenwriter, is considered a leading auteur of realism in Danish cinema. Malmros is noted for his detailed focus on the common growing pains of adolescence and the loss of innocence, which he draws from his childhood experiences growing up in Århus, Denmark...

. The film stars Line Arlien-Søborg

Line Arlien-Søborg

Line Arlien-Søborg is a Danish actress and film director. In 1981, Arlien-Søborg first received attention for her role as the conniving schoolgirl, Anne-Mette, in Nils Malmros's coming-of-age drama Tree of Knowledge...

 as a sexually active 16-year-old and Jesper Klein as the father who struggles to accept his daughter's relationships with boys as well as his own jealousy. Malmros, who had worked with the young Arlien-Søborg on his coming-of-age drama, Tree of Knowledge

Tree of Knowledge

-Religion and mythology:* Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, a tree in the Garden of Eden, mentioned in the Book of Genesis-Publications:* The Tree of Knowledge, a novel by Pío Baroja* Drvo Znanja, a Croatian magazine...

, wrote the role of the daughter specifically for her.

Cast

Actor	Role
Line Arlien-Søborg Line Arlien-Søborg Line Arlien-Søborg is a Danish actress and film director. In 1981, Arlien-Søborg first received attention for her role as the conniving schoolgirl, Anne-Mette, in Nils Malmros's coming-of-age drama Tree of Knowledge...	Mette
Jesper Klein	Father
Merete Voldstedlund	Mother
Carsten Jörgensen	Jønne
Eva Gram Schjoldager Eva Gram Schjoldager Eva Gram Schjoldager is a Danish actress and child star. In 1981, Shjoldager received international attention for her leading role as the bullied schoolgirl, Elin, in Nils Malmros's coming-of-age drama Tree of Knowledge...	Drude
Brian Theibel	Mini
Jan Johansen Jan Johansen Jan Christian Johansen is a Swedish singer. His father is jazz musician Egil Johansen and his mother is Ellen Böback. He represented Sweden at the 1995 Eurovision Song Contest with "Se på mej" and finished third with 100 points...	Lars
Michael Nørgaard	Jønne's friend
Lone Elliot	Søsser
Ib Tardini	Man outside bar
Hans Otto Hjort Hansen	Bouncer
Pia Bodal	Girl outside bar
Svend Schmidt-Nielsen

Awards and nominations

Both Arlien-Søborg and Klein won the 1984 Bodil and Robert

Robert Award

The Robert statue is a Danish film prize awarded each year by the Film Academy of Denmark. It is the Danish equivalent of the American Oscars. The award, voted only by academy members, is acknowledgement by Danish industry colleagues of a person's or film's outstanding contributions during the...

 awards for acting. Beauty and the Beast received the 1984 Bodil Award for Best Danish Film

Bodil Award for Best Danish Film

The Bodil Award for Best Danish Film is one of the categories for the Bodil Awards presented annually by the Danish Union of Film Critics . It was created in 1948 and is one of the oldest film prizes in Europe. The judging committee can decide not to give out the award if no deserving films are...

 and Robert Award

Robert Award

The Robert statue is a Danish film prize awarded each year by the Film Academy of Denmark. It is the Danish equivalent of the American Oscars. The award, voted only by academy members, is acknowledgement by Danish industry colleagues of a person's or film's outstanding contributions during the...

 for Film of the Year. The film was entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival

34th Berlin International Film Festival

The 34th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 17 to February 28, 1984.-Jury:* Liv Ullmann * Jules Dassin* Edward Bennett* Manuela Cernat-Gheorghiu* Lana Gogoberidze* Tullio Kezich* Steffen Kuchenreuther...

.

External links

• Skønheden og udyret at IMDb
• Skønheden og udyret, at Den Danske Film Database (In Danish)
• Skønheden og udyret Det Danske Filminstitut (In Danish)