Blood of the Beasts

7.5 1949 23 min
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…

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Director
Georges Franju
Writers
Jean Painlevé, Georges Franju

Cast

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Georges Hubert Narrator (voice)
Nicole Ladmiral Narrator (voice)
Alfred Macquart Himself, horse slaughterer
Maurice Griselle Himself, cow slaughterer
André Brunier Poleaxer
Henri Fournel Butcher

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