La Bête Humaine

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La Bête Humaine is a 1938 French film noir–style drama directed by Jean Renoir, adapted from Émile Zola’s novel about obsession, violence, and fate surrounding a troubled train engineer.

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instanceOf French film
film
film noir–style drama
basedOn La Bête Humaine NERFINISHED
basedOnWorkAuthor Émile Zola NERFINISHED
basedOnWorkType novel
character Jacques Lantier NERFINISHED
Roubaud NERFINISHED
Séverine Roubaud NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Curt Courant NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin France
director Jean Renoir NERFINISHED
distributedIn France NERFINISHED
distributor Société Nouvelle des Films Dispa NERFINISHED
era pre-World War II French cinema
filmEditingBy Marthe Huguet NERFINISHED
filmFormat black-and-white
genre drama
film noir
hasBlackAndWhiteCinematography true
leadActorRole Jean Gabin as Jacques Lantier NERFINISHED
leadActressRole Simone Simon as Séverine Roubaud NERFINISHED
musicBy Joseph Kosma NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus crime of passion
psychological drama
notableFor blend of realism and noir elements
train sequences
originalLanguage French
partOfMovement poetic realism
productionCompany Les Productions Raoul Ploquin NERFINISHED
protagonistOccupation train engineer
publicationYearOfSource 1890
releaseCountry France NERFINISHED
releaseYear 1938
runtimeMinutes 100
screenwriter Denys Amiel NERFINISHED
Jean Renoir NERFINISHED
setting railway environment
trains
star Fernand Ledoux NERFINISHED
Jean Gabin NERFINISHED
Julien Carette NERFINISHED
Simone Simon NERFINISHED
theme crime
fate
madness
obsession
violence

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Jean Gabin notableWork La Bête Humaine
this entity surface form: La Bête humaine
Pierre Renoir notableWork La Bête Humaine
L’Argent precededBy La Bête Humaine
this entity surface form: La Bête humaine