Blood of the Beasts

Name: Blood of the Beasts
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1949-01-01
Duration: 23 min
Cast: Georges Hubert, Nicole Ladmiral, Alfred Macquart, Maurice Griselle, André Brunier

Le sang des bêtes

1949

23m

Documentary

Status

Released

Release

January 1, 1949

Runtime

23m

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Storyline

An early example of ultra-realism, this movie contrasts the quiet, bucolic life in the outskirts of Paris with the harsh, gory conditions inside the nearby slaughterhouses. Describes the fate of the animals and that of the workers in graphic detail.

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Details

Status: Released
Runtime: 23m
Release Date: January 1, 1949
Languages: French
Director: Georges Franju
Production: Forces et voix de la France
Production Countries: France

Top Cast

Georges Hubert

Narrator (voice)

Nicole Ladmiral

Narrator (voice)

Alfred Macquart

Himself, horse slaughterer

Maurice Griselle

Himself, cow slaughterer

André Brunier

Poleaxer

Henri Fournel

Butcher