Beauty and the Beast (1983 film)

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Beauty and the Beast
Skonheden og udyret DVD.jpg
Front cover of the Danish DVD for
Beauty and the Beast
Directed by Nils Malmros
Written byNils 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
Running time
90 minutes
CountryDenmark
LanguageDanish

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]

Plot summary

Cast

ActorRole
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]

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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.


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