This article is about the 1983 Danish film. For other uses, see Beauty and the Beast (disambiguation).
Beauty and the Beast | |
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Directed by | Nils Malmros |
Written by | Nils Malmros |
Produced by | Per Holst |
Starring |
Line Arlien-Søborg Jesper Klein |
Cinematography | Jan Weincke |
Edited by | Birger Møller Jensen |
Music by | Gunner Møller Pedersen |
Distributed by | Kærne Film |
Release date | 11 November 1983 |
Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | Denmark |
Language | Danish |
Beauty and the Beast ( Danish: Skønheden og udyret) is a 1983 Danish drama film written and directed by Nils Malmros. The film stars Line Arlien-Søborg 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, wrote the role of the daughter specifically for her. [1]
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Actor | Role |
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Line Arlien-Søborg | Mette |
Jesper Klein | Father |
Merete Voldstedlund | Mother |
Carsten Jörgensen | Jønne |
Eva Gram Schjoldager | Drude |
Brian Theibel | Mini |
Jan Johansen | 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 |
Both Arlien-Søborg and Klein won the 1984 Bodil and Robert awards for acting. [2] [3] Beauty and the Beast received the 1984 Bodil Award for Best Danish Film and Robert Award for Danish Film of the Year. [4] [5] The film was entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival. [6]