La Bête Humaine

La Bête Humaine(1938)

7.1/10
230 votes
98 minDecember 23, 1938

Overview

Returning by train to the French port of Le Havre, Jacques Lantier, a tormented railwayman, meets by chance the impulsive stationmaster Roubard and Séverine, his wife.

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