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La bête humaine : [videorecording] = The human beast /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: BET020 | Criterion CollectionLanguage: French Original language: French Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion collection ; 324. | Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)Publisher: [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2006]Edition: Special editionDescription: 1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (34 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)Content type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 0780026241
  • 9780780026247
Other title:
  • Also known as: Human beast
  • Also known as: Judas was a woman
Uniform titles:
  • Bête humaine (Motion picture)
Related works:
  • Motion picture adaptation of (work): Zola, Émile, 1840-1902. Bête humaine
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1997 .B48 2006
NLM classification:
  • BET020
Online resources:
Contents:
Full steam ahead -- Arrival in Le Havre -- Roubaud's Séverine -- Workers' routine -- Day trip -- Human animal -- Meeting with Grandmorin -- 6:20 for Le Havre -- Hiding the truth -- "Please believe me" -- Suspects -- At home with the Roubauds -- "Not looking for a lover" -- Hot and cold -- Weathering the storm -- Lifelong bond -- "What was it like" -- For Séverine -- Lison -- Railway dance -- Séverine's little heart -- Peace of mind.
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Curt Courant ; editor, Marg[uerite] Houlet Renoir ; music, J[oseph] Kosma.
Cast: Jean Gabin, Simone Simon, [Fernand] Ledoux, Blanchette Brunoy, Gérard Landry, Jenny Helia, Colette Régis, Claire Gérard, Germaine Clasis, [Jacques] Berlioz, Cortegianni [that is, Tony Corteggiani], André Tavernier, [Jacques] Roussel, Perez [that is, Marcel Pérès], Jean Renoir, [Julien] Carette.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.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD-01951 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 1605018125X

Based on the novel by Émile Zola.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1938.

Full screen (1.33:1).

Special features: introduction to the film by Jean Renoir ; new interview with director Peter Bogdanovich ; archival footage of Renoir directing actress Simone Simon and interviews with Renoir, Émile Zola scholar Henri Mitterand, and others on adapting Zola to the screen ; gallery of on-set photographs and theatrical posters ; theatrical trailer ; booklet featuring critic Geoffrey O'Brien, film historian Ginette Vincendeau, and production designer Eugène Lourié.

Full steam ahead -- Arrival in Le Havre -- Roubaud's Séverine -- Workers' routine -- Day trip -- Human animal -- Meeting with Grandmorin -- 6:20 for Le Havre -- Hiding the truth -- "Please believe me" -- Suspects -- At home with the Roubauds -- "Not looking for a lover" -- Hot and cold -- Weathering the storm -- Lifelong bond -- "What was it like" -- For Séverine -- Lison -- Railway dance -- Séverine's little heart -- Peace of mind.

DVD, NTSC, region 1, full screen presentation, aspect ratio, 1.33:1, Dolby digital mono.

In French with optional subtitles in English.

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