THE HUMAN BEAST - (1938, La bête humaine) with Jean Gabin - EPILOGUE

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La Bête Humaine (English: The Human Beast and Judas Was a Woman) (1938) is a film directed by Jean Renoir, with cinematography by Curt Courant. The picture features Jean Gabin, and is based on the novel of the same name by Emile Zola.

The drama is partially set "on a train that may be thought of as one of the main characters in the film

The story tells of train engineer Jacques Lantier (Jean Gabin) who lusts after Séverine Roubaud (Simone Simon), the wife of his co-worker Roubaud (Fernand Ledoux).

Roubaud, discovers that his young wife, Séverine, has been seduced by her godfather, the wealthy Grandmorin. Jealous, Roubaud forces Séverine to assist in the murder of Grandmorin during a train journey. The murder is witnessed by a railway worker, Jacques Lantier, but he keeps quiet because he is in love with Séverine. Disgusted by what her husband has done, Séverine has an affair with Lantier and pleads with him to kill her cruel husband. Little does she know that Lantier also has a dark secret.

Filmography * 1924 : Backbiters (Catherine ou Une vie sans Joie, also acted) * 1925 : La Fille de l'eau * 1926 : Nana * 1927 : Charleston Parade (Sur un air de charleston) * 1927 : Une vie sans joie (second version of Backbiters) * 1927 : Marquitta * 1928 : The Sad Sack (Tire-au-flanc) * 1928 : The Tournament (Le Tournoi dans la cité) * 1928 : The Little Match Girl (La Petite Marchande d'allumettes) * 1929 : Le Bled * 1931 : On purge bébé * 1931 : Isn't Life a Bitch? (La Chienne) * 1932 : Night at the Crossroads (La Nuit du carrefour) * 1932 : Boudu Saved from Drowning (Boudu sauvé des eaux) * 1932 : Chotard and Company (Chotard et Cie) * 1933 : Madame Bovary * 1935 : Toni * 1936 : A Day in the Country (Une partie de campagne, also acted) * 1936 : The People of France (La vie est à nous, also acted) * 1936 : The Lower Depths (Les Bas-fonds) * 1936 : The Crime of Monsieur Lange (Le Crime de Monsieur Lange) * 1937 : The Grand Illusion (La Grande illusion) * 1938 : The Marseillaise (La Marseillaise) * 1938 : The Human Beast (La Bête humaine, also acted) * 1939 : The Rules of the Game (La Règle du jeu, also acted) * 1941 : Swamp Water (L'Étang tragique) * 1943 : This Land Is Mine (Vivre libre) * 1944 : Salute to France (Salut à la France) * 1945 : The Southerner (L'Homme du sud) * 1945 : The Diary of a Chambermaid (Le Journal d'une femme de chambre) * 1947 : The Woman on the Beach (La Femme sur la plage) * 1951 : The River (Le Fleuve) * 1953 : The Golden Coach (Le Carrosse d'or) * 1955 : French Cancan * 1956 : Elena and Her Men (Elena et les hommes) * 1959 : The Testament of Doctor Cordelier (Le Testament du docteur Cordelier) * 1959 : Picnic on the Grass (Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe) * 1962 : The Elusive Corporal (Le Caporal épinglé) * 1969 : The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir (Le Petit Théâtre de Jean Renoir)

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  • little girl murdered 1945 if you don't copy 10 vids shell appear and kill you

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  • Yes you can see were Kubrick's camera man got the idea for the approch to Jupiter in 2001 look at those tram lines passing throught the field of vision!

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