La Bête Humaine (film)
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| Directed by | Jean Renoir |
| Screenplay by | Jean Renoir Denise Leblond |
| Based on | La Bête humaine 1890 novel by Émile Zola |
| Produced by | Raymond Hakim Robert Hakim |
| Starring | Jean Gabin Simone Simon Fernand Ledoux Blanchette Brunoy |
| Cinematography | Curt Courant |
| Edited by | Suzanne de Troeye Marguerite Renoir |
| Music by | Joseph Kosma |
Production company | Paris Film |
| Distributed by | Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France Paris Films Location |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
La Bête Humaine (English: The Human Beast and Judas Was a Woman) is a 1938 French crime drama film directed by Jean Renoir, with cinematography by Curt Courant. The picture features Jean Gabin and Simone Simon, and is loosely based on the 1890 novel La Bête humaine by Émile Zola.
La Bête Humaine is partially set "on a train that may be thought of as one of the main characters in the film." Although generally listed as a romantic drama, it is sometimes thought to foreshadow the film noir genre. Fritz Lang directed an adaptation of the same source material as Human Desire 16 years later in the U.S. for Columbia Pictures. The latter film falls more properly within the film noir genre.