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Vintage French Film Movie Poster
JEAN GABIN - SIMONE SIMON
dans un film de
JEAN RENOIR
LA BETE HUMAINE
d'après le chef - d'oeuvre
d'EMILE ZOLA
avec LEDOUX
sociétaire de la Comédie Française et CARETTE
Dr. de Production R.Tual.
This is a reproduction of a movie poster for the classic French film La Bête Humaine (English: The Human Beast), a 1938 crime drama directed by Jean Renoir.
Key Information
Director: Jean Renoir
Starring: Jean Gabin and Simone Simon
Based On: The 1890 novel of the same name by Émile Zola
Genre: Part poetic realism, part film noir, it is a grim and atmospheric story focusing on human nature and a man's tormented psyche.
Plot: The narrative follows Jacques Lantier, a train engineer (played by Jean Gabin) with a hereditary compulsion for violence, who becomes embroiled in a murder plot involving a station master's wife, Séverine (played by Simone Simon).
The film was one of Renoir's greatest popular successes and is known for its powerful use of the French railway system as a backdrop to the characters' tragic fates.
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JEAN GABIN - SIMONE SIMON
dans un film de
JEAN RENOIR
LA BETE HUMAINE
d'après le chef - d'oeuvre
d'EMILE ZOLA
avec LEDOUX
sociétaire de la Comédie Française et CARETTE
Dr. de Production R.Tual.
This is a reproduction of a movie poster for the classic French film La Bête Humaine (English: The Human Beast), a 1938 crime drama directed by Jean Renoir.
Key Information
Director: Jean Renoir
Starring: Jean Gabin and Simone Simon
Based On: The 1890 novel of the same name by Émile Zola
Genre: Part poetic realism, part film noir, it is a grim and atmospheric story focusing on human nature and a man's tormented psyche.
Plot: The narrative follows Jacques Lantier, a train engineer (played by Jean Gabin) with a hereditary compulsion for violence, who becomes embroiled in a murder plot involving a station master's wife, Séverine (played by Simone Simon).
The film was one of Renoir's greatest popular successes and is known for its powerful use of the French railway system as a backdrop to the characters' tragic fates.
