Blood of the Beasts

7.5

83 votes·

1949

23m

·Movie

Documentary

Overview

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.

Director

Georges Franju

Status

Released

Language

Keywords

gorebutchermeatslaughterhouseanimal abuseanimal crueltyanimal slaughterskinningabattoirshort filmshockumentary

Cast

Georges Hubert

Narrator (voice)

Nicole Ladmiral

Narrator (voice)

Alfred Macquart

Himself, horse slaughterer

Maurice Griselle

Himself, cow slaughterer

André Brunier

Poleaxer

Henri Fournel

Butcher

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