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Bête Humaine, La

La Bête Humaine (1938)

Drama | 100 minutes
3,38 99 votes

Genre: Drama / Crime

Duration: 100 minuten

Alternative titles: The Human Beast / Het Dierlijke in de Mensch

Country: France

Directed by: Jean Renoir

Stars: Jean Gabin, Simone Simon and Fernand Ledoux

IMDb score: 7,5 (9.117)

Releasedate: 23 December 1938

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La Bête Humaine plot

Film adaptation of Émile Zola's book of the same name. When Roubaud learns that his wife Séverine is sleeping with her employer to secure her job, he becomes angry and they decide to kill her employer together. This succeeds, but Jacques Lantier, who is in love with Séverine, is a witness. Séverine also sleeps with him to make sure he keeps quiet.

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Jean Gabin Jean Gabin

Jacques Lantier

Simone Simon Simone Simon

Séverine Roubaud

Fernand Ledoux Fernand Ledoux

Roubaud

Blanchette Brunoy Blanchette Brunoy

Flore

Gérard Landry Gérard Landry

Le fils Dauvergne

Jenny Hélia Jenny Hélia

Philomène Sauvagnat

Colette Régis Colette Régis

Victoire Pecqueux

Claire Gérard Claire Gérard

Une voyageuse

Charlotte Clasis Charlotte Clasis

Tante Phasie, la marraine de Lantier

Jacques Berlioz Jacques Berlioz

Grandmorin

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