Mikhail Baryshnikov's Stories From My Childhood - Beauty and the Beast: A Tale of the Crimson Flower (1996)

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Ballet star Mikhail Baryshnikov presents charming versions of his favorite childhood stories. This entry features "Beauty and the Beast." A merchant who has three daughters tries to give each one what she wants: crowns of gold and jewels, a magic mirror in which one looks eternally young,and -- for… More Ballet star Mikhail Baryshnikov presents charming versions of his favorite childhood stories. This entry features "Beauty and the Beast." A merchant who has three daughters tries to give each one what she wants: crowns of gold and jewels, a magic mirror in which one looks eternally young,and -- for the youngest girl, named Beauty -- a simple, perfect rose that appeared to her in a dream. He travels the world and succeeds in finding all the gifts, save the flower. Then he happens upon it on an enchanted isle. But when he plucks the rose, a beast appears... and demands that Beauty be his forever...