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The Real Beauty and the Beast

Documentary
0.0·2013·0h 46m

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 fair...

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Cast

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Robert Leigh

Narrator

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Paul Kreshker

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Robin Lee

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Stephan Hofstetter-Ebner

Petrus Gonzalvus

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Danijel Zivkovic

Reenactment Performer

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Jelena Živković

Reenactment Performer

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Bernhard James Lang

Reenactment Performer

Tatjana Velimirov

Tatjana Velimirov

Reenactment Performer

DIRECTOR

Julian Pölsler

OVERVIEW

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.