Blood of the Beasts

Blood of the Beasts

1949
0h 23m
7.5
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.

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Georges Hubert

Narrator (voice)

Nicole Ladmiral

Nicole Ladmiral

Narrator (voice)

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Alfred Macquart

Himself, horse slaughterer

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Maurice Griselle

Himself, cow slaughterer

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André Brunier

Poleaxer

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Henri Fournel

Butcher