Blood of the Beasts

Blood of the Beasts

23 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1949

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

23 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1949

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.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers Forces et voix de la France
Original title Le sang des bêtes
Directors Georges Franju
Writers

Cast

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