TV Movie, 88 mins, 2012
Director: Marc-Andreas Bochert

The famous fairy tale tells the story of the impossible love between a wild beast and a beautiful girl. Hugo, the father of Elsa, is facing financial ruin. Things take a promising turn when Bertolt, a knight, shows an interest in Hugo’s daughter. Returning from a business trip, Hugo accidentally ends up in a mysterious castle. As he picks a rose, he is suddenly confronted by a monster, half-human and half-animal. Hugo saves his own life by promising the monster the life of the first person he sees on his return home. To his dismay, it is his daughter.

A co-production with Provobis Film and Moviepool for ZDF

Funded by Fernsehfonds Austria, Land Niederösterreich, Land Salzburg