Blood of the Beasts (1949)
0h 23m | PG-13
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
Studio: Forces et voix de la France
Genre: Documentary
Video: 720p
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