Blood of the Beasts
1949•23m•7.5•Released
Documentary
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
Writer
Jean Painlevé, Georges Franju
Languages
French
Studio
Forces et voix de la France
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
Production
Company
Forces et voix de la France
Producer
Paul Legros
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