Blood of the Beasts

Name: Blood of the Beasts
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1949
Duration: 23 min
Rating: 7.512

1949 · 23 min

Documentary

★ 7.5

Criterion

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.

Crew

Director Georges Franju
Writer Jean Painlevé
Writer Georges Franju
Director of Photography Marcel Fradetal

Cast

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

Crew

Director — Georges Franju
Writer — Jean Painlevé
Writer — Georges Franju
Director of Photography — Marcel Fradetal

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