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La bête humaine
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Train engineer Jacques lusts after the wife of his co-worker Robaud. Robaud kills his boss and Jacques witnesses the murder. In order to keep Jacques quiet, Robaud allows Jacques to have an affair ...
Train engineer Jacques lusts after the wife of his co-worker Robaud. Robaud kills his boss and Jacques witnesses the murder. In order to keep Jacques quiet, Robaud allows Jacques to have an affair with his wife, creating a tragic love triangle.
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- Creator
- Paris Film Production ; Robert & Raymond Hakim présentent un film de Jean Renoir
- Other Titles
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- Also known as: Human beast
- Also known as: Judas was a woman
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- French
- Contributors
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- Renoir, Jean, 1894-1979
- Hakim, Robert, 1907-1992
- Hakim, Raymond, 1909-1980
- Gabin, Jean, 1904-1976
- Simon, Simone
- Ledoux, Fernand, 1897-1993
- Brunoy, Blanchette, 1915-2005
- Hélia, Jenny, 1906-1992
- Landry, Gérard, 1912-1999
- Carette, Julien, 1897-1966
- Kosma, Joseph, 1905-1969
- Zola, Émile, 1840-1902. Bête humaine
- Paris Film Production
- Criterion Collection (Firm)
- Publication
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- Special édition
- [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2006]
- Physical Details
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- 1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([38] pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.)
- ISBNs
- 0780026241, 9780780026247
- OCLC
- ocm62500336
- Credits
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- Jean Gabin, Simone Simon, Ledoux, Blanchette Brunoy, Gérard Landry, Jenny Helia, Carette
- Director of photography, Curt Courant ; editor, Marg. Houlet Renoir ; music, J. Kosma
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1938.
- Based on the novel by Émile Zola.
- Special features: introduction to the film by Jean Renoir ; new interview with director Peter Bogdanovich ; archival footage of Renoir directing actress Simone Simon and interviews with Renoir, Émile Zola scholar Henri Mitterand, and others on adapting Zola to the screen ; gallery of on-set photographs and theatrical posters ; theatrical trailer ; booklet featuring critic Geoffrey O'Brien, film historian Ginette Vincendeau, and production designer Eugène Lourié.
- DVD, region 1, full screen presentation, aspect ratio, 1.33:1, Dolby digital mono.
- In French with optional subtitles in English; closed-captioned in English.