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Beauty and the Beast

film by Cocteau [1946]

Also known as: “La Belle et la bête”

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discussed in biography

In Jean Cocteau: Filmmaking in the 1940s
…also as a director in La Belle et la bête, a fantasy based on the children’s tale, and Orphée (1949), a re-creation of the themes of poetry and death that he had dealt with in his play.
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role of Cardin

In Pierre Cardin
…costumes for Jean Cocteau’s film Beauty and the Beast. He also worked at the couture house of Christian Dior.
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