Skønheden og udyret

Beauty and the Beast
Front cover of the Danish DVD for Beauty and the Beast
Directed by	Nils Malmros
Produced by	Per Holst
Written by	Nils Malmros
Starring	Line Arlien-Søborg Jesper Klein
Music by	Gunner Møller Pedersen
Cinematography	Jan Weincke
Edited by	Birger Møller Jensen
Distributed by	Kærne Film
Release date	November 11, 1983
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Denmark
Language	Danish

Beauty and the Beast (Danish: Skønheden og udyret) is a 1983 Danish drama film written and directed by Nils Malmros. The film stars Line Arlien-Søborg as a sexually active 16-year-old and Jesper Klein as the father who struggles to accept his daughter's relationships with boys as well as his own jealousy. Malmros, who had worked with the young Arlien-Søborg on his coming-of-age drama, Tree of Knowledge, wrote the role of the daughter specifically for her.

Both Arlien-Søborg and Klein won the 1984 Bodil and Robert awards for acting. Beauty and the Beast received the 1984 Bodil Award for Best Danish Film and Robert Award for Film of the Year. The film was entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival.