Jean Cocteau’s LA BELLE ET LA BÊTE (Beauty and the Beast, 1946)

Continuing the Spooky Castle theme begun with DRACULA, the podcast looks at a unique, surreal French film that is simultaneousy weird, creepy and romantic. It's Jean Cocteau's 1946 film LA BELLE ET LA BÊTE (Beauty and the Beast).

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