Blood of the Beasts

7.5
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 23 min
  • Premiere: 1949. January 1.

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.

Discover

Georges Hubert

Narrator (voice)

Nicole Ladmiral

Narrator (voice)

Alfred Macquart

Himself, horse slaughterer

Maurice Griselle

Himself, cow slaughterer

André Brunier

Poleaxer

Camera

Marcel Fradetal

Director of Photography

Henri Champion

Assistant Camera

Patrice Molinard

Still Photographer

Directing

Georges Franju

Director

Julien Bonardier

Assistant Director

André Joseph

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Paul Legros

Producer

Sound

Joseph Kosma

Original Music Composer

Raymond Verchère

Boom Operator

Writing

Camera

Marcel Fradetal

Director of Photography

Henri Champion

Assistant Camera

Patrice Molinard

Still Photographer

Directing

Georges Franju

Director

Julien Bonardier

Assistant Director

André Joseph

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Paul Legros

Producer

Sound

Joseph Kosma

Original Music Composer

Raymond Verchère

Boom Operator

Writing