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