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Blood of the Beasts

7.5 23 mins Documentary   1949
Forces et voix de la France  
Director(s): Georges Franju

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.

Casts of Blood of the Beasts

Georges Hubert

as Narrator (voice)

Nicole Ladmiral

as Narrator (voice)

Alfred Macquart

as Himself, horse slaughterer

Maurice Griselle

as Himself, cow slaughterer

André Brunier

as Poleaxer

Henri Fournel

as Butcher

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