The Beast (1975)
August 20, 1975Release Date
The Beast (1975)
August 20, 1975Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Currently The Beast is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: BFI Player
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Cast & Crew.
Sirpa Lane
Romilda
Lisbeth Hummel
Lucy Broadhurst
Elisabeth Kaza
Virginia
Pierre Benedetti
Mathurin de l'Esperance
Guy Tréjan
Marquis Pierre de l'Esperance
Roland Armontel
Priest
Marcel Dalio
Duc Rammendelo
Robert Capia
Roberto
Pascale Rivault
Clarisse de l'Esperance
Hassane Fall
Ifany
Anna Baldaccini
Théodore
Walerian Borowczyk
Director
Thierry Bourdon
Modeste
Marie Testanière
Marie
Stéphane Testanière
Stéphane
Anatole Dauman
Producer
Jean Martinelli
Cardinal Joseph de Balo
Bernard Daillencourt
Cinematographer
Marcel Grignon
Cinematographer
Jacques D'Ovidio
ProductionDesigner
Michel Laurent
Sound
Jean-Pierre Ruh
Sound
Monique Prim
Assistant Editor
Alain Guillé
Set Decoration
Piet Bolscher
Costume Design
Noël Véry
Camera Operator
Jean-Pierre Platel
Assistant Editor
Odette Berroyer
Makeup Artist
Dominique Duvergé
Production Manager
Florence Dauman
Assistant Editor
Alex Pront
Sound Mixer
Jean Duguet
Foley Artist
Michel Valio
Assistant Editor
Robert Atellian
Machinist
Alain Cayrade
Assistant Editor
Serge Boiron
Electrician
Gérard Wurtz
Still Photographer
Florence Bory
Assistant Editor
Claude Delon
Assistant Editor
Mathieu Rivolier
Julien Hanany
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 20, 1975
Original NameLa Bête
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 38m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Wiki.
The Beast (French: La Bête) is a 1975 French erotic horror film written, edited, and directed by Walerian Borowczyk. Although sometimes compared with Beauty and the Beast, there are no parallels in the plot except that it features the relationship between a beast (monster) and a woman. The film was noted for its explicit sexual content including zoophilia upon its initial release. It has become a cult film.
A loose adaptation of the novella Lokis by Prosper Mérimée was originally conceived in 1972 as a film on its own. However, Borowczyk later rendered Lokis as a story (La véritable histoire de la bête du Gévaudan) in Immoral Tales (1974), which was envisaged to be a film of six stories. After Immoral Tales was remastered as a film of four stories, the footage became the dream sequence of The Beast.