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Blood of the Beasts

Blood of the Beasts

1949 23min FR

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.

director: Georges Franju

cast: Georges Hubert, Nicole Ladmiral, Alfred Macquart, Maurice Griselle

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Georges Hubert

Georges Hubert

Narrator (voice)

Nicole Ladmiral

Nicole Ladmiral

Narrator (voice)

Alfred Macquart

Alfred Macquart

Himself, horse slaughterer

Maurice Griselle

Maurice Griselle

Himself, cow slaughterer

André Brunier

André Brunier

Poleaxer

Henri Fournel

Henri Fournel

Butcher

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