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Bête humaine, La (1938)
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Overview
Release Date:
19 February 1940 (USA) morePlot:
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1 nomination moreUser Comments:
Simply superb classic moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jean Gabin | ... | Jacques Lantier | |
| Simone Simon | ... | Séverine Roubaud | |
| Fernand Ledoux | ... | Roubaud (as Ledoux Sociétaire de la Comédie Française) | |
| Blanchette Brunoy | ... | Flore | |
| Gérard Landry | ... | Le fils Dauvergne (as Gerard Landry) | |
| Jenny Hélia | ... | Philomène Sauvagnat (as Jenny Helia) | |
| Colette Régis | ... | Victoire Pecqueux (as Colette Regis) | |
| Claire Gérard | ... | Une voyageuse (as Claire Gerard) | |
| Charlotte Clasis | ... | Tante Phasie, la marraine de Lantier (as Germaine Clasis) | |
| Jacques Berlioz | ... | Grandmorin (as Berlioz) | |
| Tony Corteggiani | ... | Dabadie, le chef de section (as Cortegianni) | |
| André Tavernier | ... | Le juge d'instruction Denizet | |
| Marcel Pérès | ... | Un lampiste (as Perez) | |
| Jean Renoir | ... | Cabuche | |
| Julien Carette | ... | Pecqueux (as Carette) |
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100 minCountry:
FranceLanguage:
FrenchColor:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)MOVIEmeter: 
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Award: Prix Méliès de l'Académie du Film (tied with "Quai des Brumes") moreSoundtrack:
Le coeur de Ninon moreFAQ
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Genuinely beautiful shots, fast moving camera work in post-impressionist French fashion. Moreover, and less high-brow, Simone Simone qualifies as le plus belle still in the new century. Timeless story of love.
A "must see" film