| Beauty and the Beast | |
| Director: | Nils Malmros |
| Producer: | Per Holst |
| Starring: | Line Arlien-Søborg Jesper Klein |
| Music: | Gunner Møller Pedersen |
| Cinematography: | Jan Weincke |
| Distributor: | Kærne Film |
| Runtime: | 90 minutes |
| Country: | Denmark |
| Language: | Danish |
Beauty and the Beast (da|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]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Line Arlien-Søborg | Mette |
| Jesper Klein | Father |
| Mother | |
| Carsten Jörgensen | Jønne |
| Eva Gram Schjoldager | Drude |
| Brian Theibel | Mini |
| Jan Johansen | Lars |
| Michael Nørgaard | Jønne's friend |
| Lone Elliot | Søsser |
| 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]
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. Morten Piil . Gyldendals danske filmguide . . Copenhagen, Denmark . 2008 . 3rd . 978-87-02-06669-2 . 474736058 . Danish . 24 June 2021 . 162–.