Movie

Blood of the Beasts

★ 7.5/10 · 84 votes 1949 0h 23m Released

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.

Cast

G Georges Hubert Narrator (voice) Nicole Ladmiral Narrator (voice) A Alfred Macquart Himself, horse slaughterer M Maurice Griselle Himself, cow slaughterer A André Brunier Poleaxer H Henri Fournel Butcher