The Real Beauty and the Beast

June 2013

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46mins

Documentary

Directed by

Julian Pölsler,

Joy Galane,

Gerhard Klein,

Starring

Robert Leigh,

Paul Kreshker,

Robin Lee,

Stephan Hofstetter-Ebner

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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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