Beauty And The Beast
– Julie, the youngest daughter of a bankrupt merchant, sacrifices her life in order to save her father..
Julie, the youngest daughter of a bankrupt merchant, sacrifices her life in order to save her father. She goes to an enchanted castle in the woods and meets Netvor, a bird-like monster. As Netvor begins to fall in love with Julie, he must suppress his beastly urge to kill her.
01 Oct 1983
Czech
Juraj Herz
Juraj Herz (screenplay), Ota Hofman (screenplay), Frantisek Hrubín (play), Frantisek Hrubín (screenplay), Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (fairy tale)
Zdena Studenková, Vlastimil Harapes, Václav Voska, Jana Brejchová
A more horrific and gloomy version of The Beauty and the Beast. Julie is a bankrupt merchant's daughter who as the only one of the three daughters chooses to save her father's life by going to the Haunted Wood's Castle where she meets Netvor. He wants to kill her, but her beauty prevents him from that. Although she is forbidden to see him she starts to love him and the love rescues him from his curse.
2 wins & 1 nomination.