The Real Beauty and the Beast (14/06/2013)

Production : Smithsonian Channel, ORF, ARTE

Synopsis

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.

Robert Leigh

Paul Kreshker

Robin Lee

Stephan Hofstetter-Ebner