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Feature film — 1949
Blood of the Beasts (1949)
7.50h 23mDocumentary
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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A high-signal pick with 87 votes.
Forces et voix de la France
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Director: Georges Franju
On screen
Cast & crew
G
Georges Hubert
Narrator (voice)
Nicole Ladmiral
Narrator (voice)
A
Alfred Macquart
Himself, horse slaughterer
M
Maurice Griselle
Himself, cow slaughterer
A
André Brunier
Poleaxer
H
Henri Fournel
Butcher
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