Beauty and the Beast (Danish: Skønheden og udyret) is a 1983 Danish drama film written and directed by Nils Malmros.

The film stars Line Arlien-Søborg as a sexually active 16-year-old and Jesper Klein as the father who struggles to accept his daughter's relationships with boys as well as his own jealousy.

Malmros, who had worked with the young Arlien-Søborg on his coming-of-age drama, Tree of Knowledge, wrote the role of the daughter specifically for her.

[1] Both Arlien-Søborg and Klein won the 1984 Bodil and Robert awards for acting.

[2][3] Beauty and the Beast received the 1984 Bodil Award for Best Danish Film and Robert Award for Danish Film of the Year.