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.

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  Georges Franju
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  Julien Bonardier
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  André Joseph

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  Georges Hubert
  Narrator (voice)
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  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