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The Real Beauty and the Beast

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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.

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Julian Pölsler, Robert Leigh, Klaus Steindl, Andreas Sulzer, Paul Kreshker, Robin Lee, Christian Brandauer, Jakob Pochlatko, Stephan Hofstetter-Ebner

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Julian Pölsler

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The Real Beauty and the Beast

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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.

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2013
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0 hr 46 min