The Butcher (1970)
Le boucher
An outstanding new film by one of France's leading directors.
93 min
An unlikely friendship between a dour, working class butcher and a repressed schoolteacher coincides with a grisly series of Ripper-type murders in a provincial French town.
- Release date
- February 27, 1970
- Country of origin
- France, Italy
Where to watch
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Cast
- Stéphane Audran as Hélène
- Jean Yanne as Popaul
- Roger Rudel as Commissaire Grumbach
- Antonio Passalia as Angelo
- Mario Beccara as Léon Hamel
- William Guérault as Charles
- Pascal Ferone as Père Cahrpy
- Jean Yanne as Paul Thomas
- Pascal Ferone as Uncle Cahrpy
- Roger Rudel as Inspector Grumbach
Crew
- Claude Chabrol · Director
- Claude Chabrol · Writer
- André Génovès · Producer
- Pierre Jansen · Composer
- Jean Rabier · Cinematographer
- Jacques Gaillard · Editor
- Guy Littaye · Production designer