The Butcher

The Butcher

An outstanding new film by one of France's leading directors.

1970•1h 33m•7.1/10

ThrillerCrimeDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.1/10(275)

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.

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Production

Les Films La Boétie, Euro International Films

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Stéphane Audran

Stéphane Audran

Hélène Davile, aka 'Mlle Hélène'

Jean Yanne

Jean Yanne

Paul Thomas, aka 'Popaul'

Roger Rudel

Roger Rudel

Commissioner Grumbach

Antonio Passalia

Antonio Passalia

Angelo

Mario Beccara

Mario Beccara

Léon Hamel

William Guérault

Charles

Pascal Ferone

Father Charpy

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