Blood of the Beasts

Name: Blood of the Beasts
Director: Georges Franju
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1949-01-01
Duration: 23 min
Cast: Georges Hubert, Nicole Ladmiral, Alfred Macquart, Maurice Griselle, André Brunier

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1949 · 23 min · Documentary · TMDB 7.5/10

Overview

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.

Directed by Georges Franju

Cast

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