Description |
1 DVD-R (100 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
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optical mono |
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videodisc video file |
Physical Medium |
monochrome |
System Details |
DVD-R, all regions, full screen presentation, aspect ratio, 1.33:1. |
Cast |
Jean Gabin, Simone Simon, Ledoux, Blanchette Brunoy, Gérard Landry, Jenny Helia, Carette. |
Credits |
Director of photography, Curt Courant ; editor, Marg. Houlet Renoir ; music, J. Kosma. |
Note |
Based on the novel by Émile Zola. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1938. |
Summary |
Train engineer Jacques lusts after the wife of his co-worker Roubaud. Roubaud kills his boss and Jacques witnesses the murder. In order to keep Jacques quiet, Roubaud allows Jacques to have an affair with his wife, creating a tragic love triangle. |
Language |
In French with subtitles in English. |
Provenance |
Gift of Ludmila Kapschutschenko-Schmitt Memorial Collection. |
Subject |
Zola, Émile, 1840-1902 -- Film adaptations.
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Zola, Émile, 1840-1902. |
Genre/Form |
Film adaptations.
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Subject |
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Drama.
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Triangles (Interpersonal relations) |
Genre/Form |
Drama.
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Subject |
Murder -- Drama.
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Murder. |
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Witnesses -- Drama.
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Witnesses. |
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Witnesses in mass media. |
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Bribery -- Drama.
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Bribery. |
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Motion pictures. |
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France. |
Genre/Form |
Feature films -- France.
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Foreign films.
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Motion pictures -- France.
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French language films.
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Film adaptations.
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Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films -- France.
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Foreign films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Motion pictures -- France.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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French language films.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Subject |
Love triangles. |
Genre/Form |
Drama.
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Added Author |
Renoir, Jean, 1894-1979, film director, screenwriter, actor, field director, actor.
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Hakim, Robert, 1907-1992, film producer, film producer.
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Hakim, Raymond, 1909-1980, film producer, film producer.
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Gabin, Jean, 1904-1976, actor, actor.
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Simon, Simone, actor, actor.
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Ledoux, Fernand, 1897-1993, actor, actor.
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Brunoy, Blanchette, 1915-2005, actor, actor.
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Hélia, Jenny, 1906-1992, actor, actor.
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Landry, Gérard, 1912-1999, actor, actor.
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Carette, Julien, 1897-1966, actor, actor.
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Kosma, Joseph, 1905-1969, composer, composer.
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Courant, Curt, cinematographer, cinematographer.
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Renoir, Marguerite Houlet, 1906-1987, film editor, film editor.
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Zola, Émile, 1840-1902.
Bête humaine.
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Paris Film Production, production company, production company.
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Triad Productions.
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Note |
Also known as: Human beast |
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Also known as: Judas was a woman |
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