Donkey Skin
Original Title
Peau d'âne- Director: Jacques Demy
- Writer: Charles Perrault, Jacques Demy
- Producer: Mag Bodard
CGiii Comment
"The skin of an animal hid her captivating beauty that only a prince could discover!"
The education of a princess wrapped in a love story. A king and queen live happily until her sudden death. The king decides to marry his lovely daughter. She's willing, but the Lily Fairy serves as a social conscience, intent on thwarting incest. She instructs the princess to request a series of dresses impossible to make; however, the king's tailor succeeds. So the fairy plots the princess's escape, wearing the skin of the king's prize donkey. She's spirited away to be a scullery maid dressed in the noisome skin. A wandering prince sees her in the woods and is smitten. Can love find its course, and does the princess learn a lesson of life's hardships?
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Cast & Characters
Catherine Deneuve (as La princesse / La reine bleue)
Jean Marais (as Le roi bleu)
Jacques Perrin (as Le prince charmant)
Micheline Presle (as La reine rouge, la seconde reine)
Delphine Seyrig (as La fée des Lilas)
Fernand Ledoux (as Le roi rouge, le seconde roi)
Henri Crémieux (as Le chef des médecins (as Henri Cremieux))
Sacha Pitoëff (as Le premier ministre (The Minister) (as Sacha Pitoeff))
Pierre Repp (as Thibaud - l'intendant)
Jean Servais (as Le récitant (voice))
Georges Adet (as Le savant)
Annick Berger (as Nicolette)
Romain Bouteille (as Le charlatan)
Louise Chevalier (as La vieille fermière)
Sylvain Corthay (as Godefroy)
Michel Delahaye (as Le deuxième ministre)
Simone Guisin (as La duchesse Antoinette)
Gabriel Jabbour (as Le chef des tailleurs)
Bernard Musson (as L'huissier)
Patrick Préjean (as Allard)
Valérie Quincy (as La duchesse Girard)
Annie Savarin (as La princesse Pioche)
Christine Aurel (as Une jeune fille dans la grange)
Dorothée Blanck
Paul Bonifas (as Le quatrième médecin)