Jean Cocteau	...	(Director)
Jean Cocteau	...	(Writer)
Jean Marais	...	La Bête (The Beast)
Josette Day	...	Belle
Mila Parély	...	Félicie
Nane Germon	...	Adélaïde
Michel Auclair	...	Ludovic
Raoul Marco	...	The Usurer
Marcel Andre	...	Belle's Father
Janice Felty	...	La Belle (1995 opera version)
John Kuether	...	The Father
Jacques Marbeuf	...
Ana María Martinez	...	Félicie (1995 opera version)
Hallie Neill	...	Adélaïde (1995 opera version)
Gregory Purnhagen	...	La Bête
Zhang Zhou	...	Ludovic (1995 opera version)

Summary: Adélaïde, Belle, Félicie and Ludovic are young adult siblings who once lived in grandeur until their father's merchant ships were lost at sea. The family is now near ruin, but Adélaïde and Félicie nonetheless still squander away the family money on themselves and keeping beautiful, whereas Belle slaves around the house, doting on her father. Ludovic detests his two spoiled sisters, but is protective of Belle, especially with his friend Avenant, a handsome scoundrel who wants to marry Belle. Crossing the forest one dark and stormy evening, the father gets lost and takes refuge in a fantastical castle. Upon leaving, he steals a blossom off a rose bush, which Belle requested. The castle's resident, an angry beast, sentences him to one of two options for the theft of the rose: his own death, or that of one of his daughters. As she feels she is the cause of her father's predicament (despite her sisters asking for far more lavish gifts)...