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Feature film — 2013

Gonsalvus - Die wahre Geschichte von "Die Schöne und das Biest" (2013)

0.00h 46mDocumentary

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.

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Smithsonian Channel / ORF / ARTE

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Director: Julian Pölsler

On screen

Cast & crew

R

Robert Leigh

Narrator

P

Paul Kreshker

Narrator

R

Robin Lee

Narrator

S

Stephan Hofstetter-Ebner

Petrus Gonzalvus

D

Danijel Zivkovic

Reenactment Performer

J

Jelena Živković

Reenactment Performer

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Bernhard James Lang

Reenactment Performer

Tatjana Velimirov as Reenactment Performer

Tatjana Velimirov

Reenactment Performer

Julia Riedler as Reenactment Performer

Julia Riedler

Reenactment Performer

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