The Real Beauty and the Beast

06/14/2013

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0hr 46min

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Documentary

STORY

It's a condition known as "hypertrichosis" or "Ambras Syndrome," but in the 1500s it would transform one man into a national sensation and iconic fairy-tale character. His name: Petrus Gonsalvus, more commonly known today as the hairy hero of Beauty and the Beast.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Robert Leigh
  • Paul Kreshker
  • Robin Lee
  • Stephan Hofstetter-Ebner
  • Danijel Zivkovic

    Directors

  • Julian Pölsler
  • Klaus Steindl
  • Gerhard Klein

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Smithsonian Channel
  • ORF
  • ARTE

    Production Countries

  • Germany

LANGUAGES

  • German
  • English
  • Latin
  • Spanish