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La Bête Humaine( 1938)

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Overview

Returning by train to the French port of Le Havre, Jacques Lantier, a tormented railwayman, meets by chance the impulsive stationmaster Roubard and Séverine, his wife.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Jean Gabin

      Lantier

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      Simone Simon

      Séverine

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      Fernand Ledoux

      Roubaud

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      Julien Carette

      Pecqueux

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      Blanchette Brunoy

      Flore

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      Gérard Landry

      Dauvergne

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      Jenny Hélia

      Philomène

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      Colette Régis

      Victoire

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      Claire Gérard

      Voyager

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      Charlotte Clasis

      Aunt Phasie

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      Jacques Berlioz

      Grandmorin

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      Tony Corteggiani

      Dabadie

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      André Tavernier

      Examining Magistrate Denizet

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      Jacques Roussel

      Commissaire Cauche

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      Marcel Pérès

      Lamplighter

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      Jean Renoir

      Cabuche

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Jun 20 2022
    I have to be honest and say that I was quite underwhelmed by this. Whilst Jean Renoir has certainly produced a beautifully gritty film that evokes a genuine sense of how life on the French Chemin de fer might have been in the late 1930s', this left me feeling that a great deal had been lost between the book and the screen... "Roubeau" is a forty something railway conductor who has a much, much younger wife. When he discovers that she has had an affair with her godfather, he forces her to arrange a meeting on his (moving) train and kills him. Whilst not actually witnessed by fellow railway worke...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • husband wife relationship
    • family secrets
    • le havre, france
    • troubled marriage
    • railwayman
    • traumatized man
    • railway
    • inspired by novel or book