Beauty and the Beast
2012, German. Directed by Marc-Andreas Bochert.
German/Austrian TV adaptation of the famous fairy tale “Beauty and the Beast“. There is only one way to break the spell which has turned the prince into a horrible beast: a beautiful girl has to fall in love with the creature. As time is running out, the beast abducts the girl Elsa and takes her prisoner. He puts all his efforts into charming the girl. Elsa does not accept her fate, and the beast is not at all a gentleman with fine manners. The transformative power of love, which frees Elsa of her feelings of guilt towards her parents and which returns the beast to his former humanity, is at the heart of the film. Aimed at a family audience, the film's eerie scenes are balanced with humor and poetry.
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Marc-Andreas BochertDirector
- Maximilian SimonischekArbo
- Cornelia GröschelElsa
- Jürgen TarrachWirt Hugo, Elsas Vater
- Johannes SilberschneiderPfandleiher
- Christoph LetkowskiRitter Berthold von Rabenburg
- Karsten KramerWenzel
- Carolin WalterIrmel
- Nadine WrietzMagd Gertrud
- Wolfgang EdelmayerVogt
- Wolfgang S. ZechmayerSchäfer
- Stanislav SatkoKnappe
Details
- Released
- 6 August 2012
- Original title
- Die Schöne und das Biest
- Country
- Austria, Germany
- Written by
- Marcus Hertneck, Cornelia Gröschel
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What Beauty and the Beast is based on
Beauty and the Beast is based on La Belle et la Bête, an 1806 derivative work by Jeanne Marie Leprince de Beaumont.
Derivative work · 1806
La Belle et la Bête
By Jeanne Marie Leprince de Beaumont
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Beauty and the Beast runs 89 minutes (1h 29m).
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Which OTT platform is Beauty and the Beast on?
Beauty and the Beast isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 6 August 2012. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
What movies are like Beauty and the Beast?
If you liked Beauty and the Beast, try Snow Queen, Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess, Elena and the Secret of Avalor.
Who directed Beauty and the Beast?
Beauty and the Beast (2012) was directed by Marc-Andreas Bochert and stars Maximilian Simonischek, Cornelia Gröschel, Jürgen Tarrach.
What is Beauty and the Beast based on?
Beauty and the Beast is based on La Belle et la Bête, an 1806 derivative work by Jeanne Marie Leprince de Beaumont.