Blood of the Beasts

Name: Blood of the Beasts
Director: Georges Franju
Released: 1949-01-01
Cast: Georges Hubert, Nicole Ladmiral, Alfred Macquart, Maurice Griselle, André Brunier

1949·0h 23m·Dir. Georges Franju·DP. Marcel Fradetal·Score. Joseph Kosma

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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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Neural Cast Directory

Georges HubertNarrator (voice)

Nicole LadmiralNarrator (voice)

Alfred MacquartHimself, horse slaughterer

Maurice GriselleHimself, cow slaughterer

André BrunierPoleaxer

Henri FournelButcher