Beauty and the Beast (1983 film)

This article is about the 1983 Danish film. For other uses, see Beauty and the Beast (disambiguation).

Beauty and the Beast
Front cover of the Danish DVD for Beauty and the Beast
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  [ da ]
Music by	Gunner Møller Pedersen
Distributed by	Kærne Film
Release date	11 November 1983 (1983-11-11)
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]

Cast

Actor	Role
Line Arlien-Søborg	Mette
Jesper Klein	Father
Merete Voldstedlund  [ da; de ]	Mother
Carsten Jörgensen	Jønne
Eva Gram Schjoldager	Drude
Brian Theibel	Mini
Jan Johansen	Lars
Michael Nørgaard	Jønne's friend
Lone Elliot	Søsser
Ib Tardini  [ da ]	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 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]

• Film portal
• Denmark portal

References

1. "Line Arlien-Søborg". Danish Film Database. Retrieved 4 August 2008.
2. Piil, Morten (2003). Danske filmskuespillere: 525 portrætter (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Gyldendal. p. 21. ISBN   978-87-02-02104-2 . Retrieved 11 June 2021.
3. Petersen, Jesper Bo. "Jesper Klein, det sidste interview". Filmmagasinet Ekko (in Danish). Retrieved 14 June 2021.
4. Danske filmmuseum (1984). Kosmorama: det Danske filmmuseums tidsskrift (in Danish). Danske Filmmuseum. p. 104. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
5. Piil, Morten (2008). Gyldendals danske filmguide (in Danish) (3rd ed.). Copenhagen, Denmark: Gyldendal. pp. 162–. ISBN   978-87-02-06669-2. OCLC   474736058 . Retrieved 24 June 2021.
6. "Berlinale: 1984 Programme". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 28 December 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2011.

External links

• Skønheden og udyret at IMDb
• Beauty and the Beast at the TCM Movie Database
• Skønheden og udyret, at Den Danske Film Database (In Danish)
• Beauty and the Beast in the Danish Film Database