The Real Beauty and the Beast
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46mins
Directed by
Julian Pölsler,
Gerhard Klein,
Joy Galane,
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.
