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Blood of the Beasts

7.5/10 1949 4K 23 min
Documentary

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.

Blood of the Beasts
Top Cast
Georges Hubert
Georges Hubert
Narrator (voice)
Nicole Ladmiral
Nicole Ladmiral
Narrator (voice)
Alfred Macquart
Alfred Macquart
Himself, horse slaughterer
Maurice Griselle
Maurice Griselle
Himself, cow slaughterer
André Brunier
André Brunier
Poleaxer
Henri Fournel
Henri Fournel
Butcher