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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| La Bête humaine | 2 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
French film
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film ⓘ film noir–style drama ⓘ |
| basedOn | La Bête Humaine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | Émile Zola NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkType | novel ⓘ |
| character |
Jacques Lantier
NERFINISHED
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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
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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
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psychological drama ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of realism and noir elements
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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
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Jean Renoir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
railway environment
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trains ⓘ |
| star |
Fernand Ledoux
NERFINISHED
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Jean Gabin NERFINISHED ⓘ Julien Carette NERFINISHED ⓘ Simone Simon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
crime
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fate ⓘ madness ⓘ obsession ⓘ violence ⓘ |
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La Bête humaine
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La Bête humaine