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La Bête Humaine (La bête humaine)

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Starring (View all)
Jean Gabin Jean Gabin
Jacques Lantier
Simone Simon Simone Simon
Séverine Roubaud
Fernand Ledoux Fernand Ledoux
Roubaud
Gerard Landry Gerard Landry
Dauvergne
Jenny Hélia Jenny Hélia
Philomène Sauvagnat
Colette Régis Colette Régis
Victoire Pecqueux
Claire Gérard Claire Gérard
Une voyageuse


Written by
Emile Zola Emile Zola
(novel)
Jean Renoir Jean Renoir
adaptation and dialogue


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A good movie

9 years, 8 months ago at Aug 21 17:32
I wasn’t sure what to expect from this flick but Jean Renoir is regarded as one of the best French directors that ever lived so I was quite eager to check it out. This time, he was working with Jean Gabin who was at the time easily the most illustrious French actor. Indeed, together, they made 'La Grande Illusion' which became one of the greatest classics in motion picture history (I have seen a... read more
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Release date: 19 February 1940
Tags: France (8), French (6), 1930s (6), Drama (5), 1938 (5), Black And White (3), Based On Book (3), Sort (2), FE (2), Pre Noir (2), B & W (2), Criterion (2), Foreign Language (2), Murder (2), French (5) (1), 1930s (5) (1), Based On Book (3) (1), Streaming (1), Murder (2) (1), 1938 (5) (1)
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