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Beauty and the Beast (1983 film)

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Beauty and the Beast
Front cover of the Danish DVD for
Beauty and the Beast
Directed byNils Malmros
Written byNils Malmros
Produced byPer Holst
StarringLine Arlien-Søborg
Jesper Klein
CinematographyJan Weincke
Edited byBirger Møller Jensen [da]
Music byGunner Møller Pedersen
Distributed byKærne Film
Release date
  • 11 November 1983 (1983-11-11)
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

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Cast

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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

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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]

References

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  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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