Un hechizo abre esta historia, en la que un cruel príncipe es convertido en una horrorosa bestia. Para romper el hechizo, la Bestia deberá ganarse el amor de una preciosa dama amante de los libros, Bella, antes de que caiga el último pétalo de una rosa encantada.
La película se reestrenó en España el 19 de noviembre de 2010 en formato 3D.
Guionista de animación: Linda Woolverton
Supervisor de argumento: Roger Allers
Historia original: Brenda Chapman, Burny Mattinson, Brian Pimental, Joe Ranft, Kelly Asbury, Chris Sanders, Kevin Harkey, Bruce Woodside, Tom Ellery, Robert Lence
Producción ejecutiva: Howard Ashman
Producción: Don Hahn
Producción asociada: Sarah McArthur
Música: Alan Menken
Montaje: John Carnochan
Casting: Albert Tavares
Dirección artística: Brian McEntee
Departamento artístico: Kelly Asbury, Michael Cedeno, Billy George, Jean Gillmore, Joe Grant, Kevin Lima, David Molina, Sue C. Nichols, Chris Sanders, Terry Shakespeare, Michael Dudok de Wit, Darek Gogol
Sonido: Vanessa Theme Ament, John H. Arrufat, Ron Bartlett, Michael J. Benavente, Matthew C. Beville, Denis Blackerby, Vince Caro, Julia Evershade, Jessica Gallavan, David J. Hudson, Doc Kane, Mark A. Mangini, Mel Metcalfe, Oscar Mitt, Drew Neumann, Judy Nord, Sonny Pettijohn, Terry Porter, John Pospisil, John Roesch, Catherine Rowe, David E. Stone, Steve Lee, Carolyn Tapp
Efectos visuales: Mark Barrows, Linda M. Bel, Bob Bennett, Kennard Betts, Christine Blum, Allen Blyth, Dave Bossert, Kristine Brown, Thomas Cardone, Rozanne Cazian, Dan Chaika, Ed Coffey, Barry Cook, Elrene Cowan, Peter DeMund, James DeValera Mansfield, Mark Dornfeld, Jeff Dutton, Jazno Francoeur, Randy Fullmer, Bernie Gagliano, Mabel Gesner, Allen Gonzales, Gregory William Griffith, Sandra Groeneveld, Peter Hastings, Jim Hillin, Christopher Jenkins, Scott F. Johnston, Shannon Fallis Kane, Ted Kierscey, Cynthia Neill Knizek, Edward Kummer, Dorse A. Lanpher, Paul Lewis, Dan Lund, Heidi Lin Mahoney, Peter Montgomery, Mark Myer, Masa Oshiro, Dan Philips, Sean Simon Ramirez, Paitoon Ratanasirintrawoot, Lisa Reinert, David J. Rowe, James 'J.R.' Russell, Steve Starr, Allen Stovall, John David Thornton, James Tooley, Eusebio Torres, John Tucker, Mary Jane 'M.J.' Turner, Tony West, Bruce Grant Williams, Kelvin Yasuda
Animación: Beverly Adams, Sue Adnopoz, Tim Allen, Scott Anderson, Tony Anselmo, Ruben A. Aquino, Debra Armstrong, Rasoul Azadani, Janet Heerhan Bae, Kathleen M. Bailey, Dorothea Baker, Doug Ball, Tom Bancroft, Tony Bancroft, Arland Barron, James Baxter, Noreen Beasley, Carl Bell, Bill Berg, Mitchell Bernal, Phyllis Bird, Aaron Blaise, Travis Blaise, Russell Blandino, Geefwee Boedoe, Nicolette Bonnell, Dan Boulos, Rejean Bourdages, Elliot M. Bour, Philip S. Boyd, Janet Bruce, Robert Bryan, Dave Burgess, Randy Cartwright, Hortensia Casagran, Michael Cedeno, Lillian A. Chapman, Inna Chon, Anthony Cipriano, Brian Clift, Merry Kanawyer Clingen, Diana Coco, Jim Coleman, Karen Comella, Lorna Cook, Ken Cope, Robert O. Corley, Jesus Cortes, Annamarie Costa, Penny Coulter, Fred Craig, Kent Culotta, Sherrie Cuzzort, Margie Daniels, James A. Davis, Vincent DeFrances, Andreas Deja, Lou Dellarosa, William Dely, Anthony de Rosa, Jeff Dickson, Marcia Kimura Dougherty, Greg Drolette, Debbie Du Bois, Ken Duncan, Russ Edmonds, Teresa Eidenbock, Leslie Ellery, John Emerson, Thom Enriquez, Sam Ewing, Diana Falk, Rick Farmiloe, Brian Ferguson, Phyllis Fields, Christine Lawrence Finney, Trey Finney, Will Finn, Wendie Fischer, Laurey Foulkes, Gail Frank, Natalie Franscioni-Karp, James Fujii, Paulino García, Raul Garcia, David C. Gardner, Billy George, Michael Gerard, Ed Ghertner, Dean Gordon, Daniel A. Gracey, Lennie K. Graves, Richard H. Green, Edward R. Gutierrez, Joe Haidar, Barbara Lynn Hamane, Karen Hardenbergh, Ray Harris, Dan Haskett, Anne Hazard, Mike Hazy, Chris Hecox, Kris Heller, Mark Henn, Karen Hepburn, Ken Hettig, Rhonda L. Hicks, Grant Hiestand, Allison Hollen, Bette Holmquist, Renee Holt, Richard Hoppe, Daniel Hu, Ron Husband, James Young Jackson, Emily Jiuliano, Broose Johnson, David Karp, Angelika Katz, Bill Kaufmann, Mark Kausler, Glen Keane, Lisa Keene, Mark Kennedy, Kenneth M. Kinoshita, Johan Klingler, Nancy Kniep, Dylan Kohler, Lureline Kohler, Rick Kohlschmidt, Marty Korth, Tia W. Kratter, Doug Krohn, Brad Kuha, Alex Kupershmidt, Michael Kurinsky, Tom LaBaff, Susan Lantz, Tracy M. Lee, Larry Leker, Kellie D. Lewis, Leticia Lichtwardt, Davy Liu, Steve Lubin, Kaaren Lundeen, Tamara Lusher, Cristy Maltese, Lorenzo E. Martinez, Teresa Martin, Gretchen Maschmeyer Albrecht, Beth Ann McCoy, Paul McDonald, Teri McDonald, Miriam McDonnell, Brian McKim, Mike McKinney, Denise Meara-Hahn, Harlene Mears, Anthony Wayne Michaels, Serge Michaels, Jane Misek, Deborah Mooneyham, Maurilio Morales, Terry Naughton, Brett Newton, Mike Nguyen, Laura Nichols, Matt Novak, Karen Nugent, Jennifer Oliver, Michael O'Mara, Madlyn O'Neill, Cynthia Overman, Karen S. Paat, Vera Pacheco, Gilda Palinginis, Marsha Park, Ginny Parmele, Leyla deI.C. Pelaez, Bill Perkins, Bruce Phillipson, Philip Phillipson, Eric Pigors, Cheryl Polakow, Ruben Procopio, David Pruiksma, Saskia Raevouri, John Ramirez, Nik Ranieri, Peter Raymundo, William Recinos, Dana M. Reemes, Mary-Jean Repchuk, Norma Rivera, Pres Romanillos, Karen Rosenfield, Maria Rosetti, Jacqueline M. Sanchez, Randy Sanchez, Carmen Sanderson, Henry Sato, Martin Schwartz, Natasha Selfridge, Gary G. Shafer, Mavis Shafer, Tom Shannon, Heidi Shellhorn, Mike Show, Tom Sito, Ric Sluiter, Kevin M. Smith, Rochelle Doriot Smith, Bryan M. Sommer, Fumiko R. Sommer, Ann Sorensen, Robert E. Stanton, David Stephan, Dan St. Pierre, Bruce Strock, Juliet Stroud, Dave Suding, Susan Sugita, Michael Surrey, Mike Swofford, Allen Tam, Trevor Tamboline, Dan Tanaka, Barry Temple, Bill Thinnes, Kenny Thompkins, Dave Thomson, Peggy Tonkonogy, Marshall Lee Toomey, Alex Topete, Donald Towns, Maureen Trueblood, Ann Tucker, Marianne Tucker, Kevin Turcotte, Britt Van der Nagel, Irma Velez, Charles R. Vollmer, Chris Wahl, Dusty Wakefield, Diana Wakeman, Robert Walker, Mark Wallace, Eric Walls, Elizabeth S. Watasin, Danny Wawrzaszek, Donna Weir, Wendy Werner, Ron Westlund, Larry White, Susan Wileman, Barbara Wiles, Tanya T. Wilson, Ellen Woodbury, Thomas Woodington, Dave Woodman, Terry Wozniak, Phillip Young, David A. Zaboski, Stephan Zupkas, Micki Zurcher
Casting: Matthew Messinger
Departamento editorial: Robert Bagley, Jeannine Berger, Mary Blee, Beth Ann Collins, Eric C. Daroca, Dale E. Grahn, Deirdre Hepburn-Mangione, Pamela G. Kimber, James Melton, Joe Parisella, Gregory Perler, Chuck Williams
Departamento musical: Howard Ashman, Kathleen Bennett, Vince Caro, Dana Jon Chappelle, Emile Charlap, Michael Farrow, David Friedman, Earl Ghaffari, Alan Menken, John Moses, John Richards, Michael Starobin, Danny Troob, Ken Watson, Frank Welker
Agradecimientos: Howard Ashman, Vance Gerry