Blood of the Beasts (1949)
- HD 1080
- Runtime: 23m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: fr
- Country: France
- Director: Georges Franju
- Stars: Georges Hubert, Nicole Ladmiral, Alfred Macquart, Maurice Griselle, André Brunier
- keywords: gore, butcher, meat, slaughterhouse, animal abuse, animal cruelty, animal slaughter, skinning, abattoir, short film, shockumentary
- Production_studio: Forces et voix de la France
- providers: Criterion Channel
- The Blood of the Beasts is featured in the top rankings of 1949
- #1 in Top Documentary Movies of 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.