Donkey Skin (1970)
Peau d'âne (original title)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Catherine Deneuve	...	La princesse / 'Peau d'âne'
	Jean Marais	...	Le premier roi (The King)
	Jacques Perrin	...	Le prince charmant (The Prince)
	Micheline Presle	...	La reine rouge, la seconde reine
	Delphine Seyrig	...	La fée des lilas (The Fairy)
	Fernand Ledoux	...	Le roi rouge, le seconde roi
	Henri Crémieux	...	Le chef des médecins (The Doctor) (as Henri Cremieux)
	Sacha Pitoëff	...	Le premier ministre (The Minister) (as Sacha Pitoeff)
	Pierre Repp	...	Thibaud
	Jean Servais	...	Le Récitant / Narrator (voice)
	Georges Adet	...	Le savant
	Annick Berger	...	Nicolette
	Romain Bouteille	...	Le charlatan
	Louise Chevalier	...	La vieille fermière
	Sylvain Corthay	...	Godefroy

Storyline

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? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>  

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