La Bête Humaine
La Bête Humaine (English: The Human Beast and Judas Was a Woman) is a 1938 French film directed by Jean Renoir, with cinematography by Curt Courant. The picture features Jean Gabin and Simone Simon, and is loosely based on the 1890 novel La Bête humaine by Émile Zola.
Plot
The film opens with a quote from Zola's novel, one of his "Rougon-Macquart" series, emphasizing a character's fate as tied to the hereditary alcoholism that runs through his family's generations. The film itself, however, represents only a portion of the novel and veers from Zola's overriding theme of naturalistic fatalism.
Cast
- Blanchette Brunoy
- Charlotte Clasis
- Claire Gérard
- Colette Régis
- Émile Genevois
- Fernand Ledoux
- Georges Péclet
- Georges Spanelly
- Gérard Landry
- Guy Decomble
- Henry Roussel
- Jacques Beauvais
- Jacques Becker
- Jacques Berlioz
- Jacques Brunius
- Jean Gabin
- Jean Renoir
- Jenny Hélia
- Julien Carette
- Léon Larive
- Marcel Pérès
- Marguerite de Morlaye
- Maurice Marceau
- Simone Simon
- Tony Corteggiani
More details
| author | Jean Renoir |
|---|---|
| director | Jean Renoir |
| editor | Marguerite Renoir Suzanne de Troeye |
| genre | crime drama |
| keywords | director fatalism fireman :fr:jacques berlioz haunt le havre les rougon-macquart little girl married meet move naturalism naturalistic pass rougon-macquart walk young woman |
| musicBy | Joseph Kosma |
| producer | Robert and Raymond Hakim |
| productionCompany | Paris Film |
| publisher | Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France Paris Films Location |
| recordedAt | Rouen |
| theme | noir transport |