The Real Beauty and the Beast (movie)
- Production country: Germany
- Producer: Julian Pölsler
- Production companies: Smithsonian Channel, ORF, ARTE
- Genre: Documentary
- Release date: 6/14/2013
- Run time: 46 min.
Movie description
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.