The 5th Hong Kong International Film Festival, part six
Part six of my review of what I saw at the Fifth Hong Kong International Film Festival covers a handful of Eastern European films which range across history and politics and into […]
Review: Beauty and the Beast (1978)
Director: Juraj Herz
Cast: Zdena Studenková, Vlastimil Harapes, Václav Voska, Jana Brejchová, Zuzana Kocúriková,
Zdena Studenková
Vlastimil Harapes
Václav Voska
Jana Brejchová
Zuzana Kocúriková
Plot: 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.
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