La bête humaine (1938)

France, 101 min
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Original title La bête humaine
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
  • France
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 15
Dialogue
  • French
Swedish release 1939-10-16

Cast

Jean Gabin
Jacques Lantier, lokförare på loket La Lison

Simone Simon
Séverine Roubaud

Fernand Ledoux
Roubaud, hennes man, stationsinspektör

Julien Carette
Pecqueux, eldare på La Lison

Blanchette Brunoy
Flore Misard, Jacques barndomsvän

Gérard Landry
Dauvergne, den unge mannen som uppvaktar Séverine

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Titles

Original title
  • La bête humaine
Swedish release title
  • Människans lägre jag
Distribution title
  • Judas Was a Woman (GB)
  • L'angelo del male (Italien)
  • The Human Beast (USA)
  • Állat az emberben (Ungern)
  • A besta humana (Brasilien)
  • A fera humana (Portugal)
  • Bestia ludzka (Polen)
  • Het dierlijke in de mens (Belgien/Nederländerna)
  • Ihmispeto (Finland)
  • La béstia humana (Spanien)
  • Člověk bestie (Tjeckoslovakien)
  • Menneskedyret (Danmark/Norge)
  • Bestie Mensch (Tyskland)
  • Человек-зверь (Ryssland)
  • Hayvanlaşan insan (Turkiet)
Title for Swedish Video release
  • Människans lägre jag

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Production Manager
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Script Supervisor
Dialogue
Administration
Unit Manager
Camera Operator
Still Photographer
Assistant Cameraman
Assistant Production Designer
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor

Cast

Jean Gabin Jacques Lantier, lokförare på loket La Lison
Simone Simon Séverine Roubaud
Fernand Ledoux Roubaud, hennes man, stationsinspektör
Julien Carette Pecqueux, eldare på La Lison
Blanchette Brunoy Flore Misard, Jacques barndomsvän
Gérard Landry Dauvergne, den unge mannen som uppvaktar Séverine
Jean Renoir Cabuche, tjuvskytten
Jenny Hélia Philomène Sauvagnat, Pecqueuxs älskarinna i Le Havre
Colette Régis Victoire, Pecqueuxs fru, toalettvakt på Gare Saint-Lazare
Claire Gérard en tågresenär
Charlotte Clasis (as Germaine Clasis) tant Phasie Misard, Flores mor, bomvakt vid järnvägsövergången
Jacques Berlioz monsieur Grandmorin, Séverines gudfar
Tony Corteggiani Dabadie, sektionschefen på Le Havres järnvägsstation
André Tavernier Denizet, rannsakningsdomare
Marcel Pérès (as Marcel Pérez) lykttändaren
- Ej krediterade:
Georges Spanelly Camy-Lamotte, Grandmorins sekreterare
Léon Larive Grandmorins betjänt
Émile Genevois drängen som knuffas i vattnet av Flore
Jacques-Bernard Brunius (as Jacques Brunius) den andra drängen
Maurice Marceau en tågmekaniker
Georges Péclet en järnvägsarbetare
Guy Decomble Misard, Flores far, bomvakt vid järnvägsövergången
Marcel Veyran sångaren på järnvägsarbetarnas dans
Henry Roussel kommissarie Cauche
Georges Péclet järnvägstjänsteman
Jacques Becker lykttändare
Jacques Beauvais
Marguerite de Morlaye

Companies

Production Company Paris Films Production SA
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Film AB Skandinavien 1939
Distributor in Sweden (Video) Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet 1995
Distributor in Sweden (buy video) Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet 1995
Distributor in Sweden (Inst. Video) Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet 1995

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 59894
Date 1939-08
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 2680 meters
Censored length 2632 meters
Notes Granskningskopian: 98 minuter. Visningskopior efter censurklipp: 96 minuter.


Censorship number 59249
Date 1939-02
Classification Banned
Original length 2795 meters
Notes Speltid: 102 minuter.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system RCA Sound System
Colour type Black and white
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 2752 meter
Length in minutes 101 min


Original work

Original title La bête humaine (Novel)
Author Émile Zola


Production location

1938-08 1938-09
Studios Billancourt Paris France
Gare Saint-Lazare Paris France
Le Havre France
Évreux France
Bréauté-Beuzeville France
Studios Pathé-Cinéma Paris France

Release dates

First showing 1938-12-23 La Madeleine Paris France 101 min
Release in Sweden 1939-10-16 Röda Kvarn Stockholm Sweden 96 min
TV showing 1974-12-20 TV1 Sweden
Cinematheque screening 1993-05-05 Sweden
1993-05-08 Sweden
Video release 1995-10 Sweden 96 min
Cinematheque screening 1996-04-30 Gothenburg Sweden
1996-09-15 Gothenburg Sweden
1997-11-07 Sture Stockholm Sweden
1997-11-08 Sture Stockholm Sweden
1998-10-21 Sture Stockholm Sweden
1998-10-23 Sture Stockholm Sweden
1998-11-17 Spegeln Malmö Sweden
1998-12-01 Draken Gothenburg Sweden
1999-02-18 Bio Victor Stockholm Sweden
1999-02-20 Sture Stockholm Sweden
2003-02-25 Draken Gothenburg Sweden 102 min
2003-04-05 Spegeln Malmö Sweden 102 min
2004-10-02 Bio Victor Stockholm Sweden 102 min
2004-10-15 Sture Stockholm Sweden 102 min
2006-01-15 Sture Stockholm Sweden 102 min
2006-01-19 Sture Stockholm Sweden 102 min
2006-11-26 Sture Stockholm Sweden 102 min
2006-11-28 Bio Victor Stockholm Sweden 102 min
2019-02-17 Filmhuset Stockholm Sweden

Soundtrack listing

Original title Le p'tit cœur de Ninon
Composer Ernesto Becucci
Lyrics Georges Millandy (fransk text)
Singer Marcel Veyran


Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Carrier type 16 mm


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Scripts

Script type Dialoglista
Language French


Holdings Stills

Black and white print set
Colour prints No
Behind the scenes prints No
Slides No
Digital images No
Negatives No
Contact sheets No
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


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