Beauty and the Beast (1983 film)

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]

Beauty and the Beast
Front cover of the Danish DVD for
Beauty and the Beast
Directed byNils Malmros
Produced byPer Holst
Written byNils Malmros
StarringLine Arlien-Søborg
Jesper Klein
Music byGunner Møller Pedersen
CinematographyJan Weincke
Edited byBirger Møller Jensen
Distributed byKærne Film
Release date
November 11, 1983
Running time
90 minutes
CountryDenmark
LanguageDanish

Cast
ActorRole
Line Arlien-SøborgMette
Jesper KleinFather
Merete VoldstedlundMother
Carsten JörgensenJønne
Eva Gram SchjoldagerDrude
Brian TheibelMini
Jan JohansenLars
Michael NørgaardJønne's friend
Lone ElliotSøsser
Ib TardiniMan outside bar
Hans Otto Hjort HansenBouncer
Pia BodalGirl outside bar
Svend Schmidt-Nielsen

Awards and nominations

Both Arlien-Søborg and Klein won the 1984 Bodil and Robert awards for acting. Beauty and the Beast received the 1984 Bodil Award for Best Danish Film and Robert Award for Film of the Year. The film was entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival.[2]

References
  1. "Line Arlien-Søborg". Danish Film Database. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
  2. "Berlinale: 1984 Programme". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 28 December 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-04.


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