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The Real Beauty and the Beast

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Documentary

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.

Directed by Julian Pölsler

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Cast

Robert Leigh

Narrator

Paul Kreshker

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Robin Lee

Narrator

Stephan Hofstetter-Ebner

Petrus Gonzalvus

Danijel Zivkovic

Reenactment Performer

Jelena Živković

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Bernhard James Lang

Reenactment Performer

Tatjana Velimirov

Tatjana Velimirov

Reenactment Performer

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