Panna a netvor (1978)

Directed by

Juraj Herz

Genre

drama film, fantasy film, horror film, romance film, cinematic fairy tale, mystery film

Country

Czechoslovakia

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

12

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 90 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman agrees to live with a cursed beast in his castle to save her father. She gradually discovers a gentle soul beneath his monstrous appearance.

gothicdarkslow-pacedatmosphericmelancholiccreepybroodingdreamliketender

What happens

Beauty and the Beast (Czech: Panna a netvor; literally translates to The Virgin and the Monster) is a 1978 Czechoslovak Gothic horror film directed by Juraj Herz from the script by Pavla Marková. It is based on Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont's 1756 fairy tale Beauty and the Beast. It premiered on 2 March 1979. For his direction, Herz received the Medalla Sitges en Oro de Ley at the Sitges Film Festival in 1979. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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