Blood of the Beasts

Original title: Le sang des bêtes

Duration: 23 min

Release date: 1949-01-01

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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.

Documentary

Le sang des bêtes

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as Narrator (voice)

Nicole Ladmiral

Nicole Ladmiral

as Narrator (voice)

Alfred Macquart

Alfred Macquart

as Himself, horse slaughterer

Maurice Griselle

Maurice Griselle

as Himself, cow slaughterer

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Original Music Composer

Marcel Fradetal

Marcel Fradetal

Director of Photography

Julien Bonardier

Julien Bonardier

Assistant Director

Assistant Director

Raymond Verchère

Raymond Verchère

Assistant Camera

Patrice Molinard

Patrice Molinard

Still Photographer

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