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Summary:

Beauty and the Beast: In this gothic rendition of the classic fairy tale, a merchant's youngest daughter is held prisoner by a mysterious winged beast.
The Ninth Heart: A poor student must rescue an ailing princess from the castle of an evil magician, who's preparing a rejuvenating elixir from the stolen hearts of nine children.

Table of Contents:

• Beauty and the beast (1978) (91 min.)
• The ninth heart (1979) (92 min.).

Contributors:

Herz, Juraj, 1934- , film director, screenwriter

Hanzlík, Josef, 1938- , screenwriter

Hofman, Ota , screenwriter

Hrubín, František, 1910-1971 , screenwriter

Macháne, Jirí , director of photography

Hapka, Petr, 1944- , composer

Janácek, Jaromír , editor of moving image work

Studenková, Zdena, 1954- , actor

Harapes, Vlastimil , actor

Voska, Václav , actor

Brejchová, Jana, 1940- , actor

Kemr, Josef, 1922-1994 , actor

Pavelka, Ondřej , actor

Malová, Anna , actor

Jurištová, Julie, 1955- , actor

Leprince de Beaumont, Jeanne-Marie, 1711-1780

Severin Films , publisher

Languages:

English
Czech

Language Notes:

Dialogue in Czech.

Included Works:

Panna a netvor (Motion picture)

Beauty and the beast (Motion picture : 1978)

Deváté srdce (Motion picture)

Ninth heart (Motion picture)

Related Works:

Motion picture adaptation of: Belle et la bête [by Leprince de Beaumont, J.M.] (English)

Related Series:

All the haunts be ours: a compendium of folk horror; v. 2

Subjects:

Folklore — Czechoslovakia — Drama

Genres:

Motion pictures

Horror films

Film adaptations

Feature films

Fiction films

System Details:

Blu-ray; regions A, B, C; mono.

Performers:

Cast: Cast of Beauty and the Beast: Zdena Studenková, Vlastimil Harapes, Václav Voska, Jana Brejchová.
Cast: Cast of The Ninth Heart: Josef Kemr, Ondrej Pavelka, Anna Malová, Julie Juristová.

Production Credits:

Beauty and the beast: Director of photography, Jirí Macháne ; music, Petr Hapka ; editor, Jaromír Janácek.
The ninth heart: Director of photography, Jirí Macháne ; music, Petr Hapka ; editor, Jaromír Janácek.

General Notes:

Description based on: Title from container.
Beauty and the beast: Directed by Juraj Herz ; written by Juraj Herz, Ota Hofman, Frantisek Hrubín.
The Ninth Heart: Directed by Juraj Herz ; written by Josef Hanzlík, Juraj Herz.
Beauty and the beast based on the fairy tale by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont.
Beauty and the beast originally released as a motion picture in 1978; The ninth heart originally released as a motion picture in 1979.
Wide screen (1.78:1).
Full screen (1.33:1).
Special features for Beauty and the beast include: audio commentary with film historian Michael Brooke; archival interviews with director Juraj Herz and actors Vlastimil Harapes and Zdena Studenková (16.5 mins); Short film: František Hrubín (Tomás Skrdlant, 1964, 9 mins).
Special features for The ninth heart include: audio commentary with Kat Ellinger, author of Daughters of darkness; The uncanny valley of the dolls: the history and liminality of dolls, puppets and mannequins, featuring Dr. Emily Le Quesne and titles by animator Jennifer Linton (13 mins); The curious case of Juraj Herz and the Švankmajers, Czech film programmer Cerise Howar explores the intersection of these masters of the macabre (25 mins).

Audience:

MPAA rating: Not rated.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (183 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; mono; sound

Film Characteristics:

1.78:1; wide screen; 1.33:1; full screen

Digital Characteristics:

video file; Blu-ray; all regions

Call Numbers:

BEA 1978 BLU

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 760137164289
Publisher Number, Severin Films: SEV16428BR (container)
Publisher Number, Severin Films: SEV16428BR (disc)

OCLC Numbers:

1472833277