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.
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Cast
- Georges HubertNarrator (voice)
- Nicole LadmiralNarrator (voice)
- Alfred MacquartHimself, horse slaughterer
- Maurice GriselleHimself, cow slaughterer
- André BrunierPoleaxer
- Henri FournelButcher
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- Georges FranjuDirector
- Jean PainlevéWriter
- Georges FranjuWriter
- Marcel FradetalDirector of Photography
- Joseph KosmaOriginal Music Composer
- André JosephEditor
- Paul LegrosProducer
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