1949 0h 23m · Documentary · ★ 7.5

Blood of the Beasts

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

Writer Georges Franju

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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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