
La Roue(1923)
Sisif, a railwayman, saves a young girl named Norma orphaned by a train crash and raises her as his own daughter alongside his son, Elie. As she becomes an adult, Sisif grapples with whether to tell Norma the truth about her parentage.


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.

Jean Gabin
Lantier

Simone Simon
Séverine

Fernand Ledoux
Roubaud

Julien Carette
Pecqueux

Blanchette Brunoy
Flore

Gérard Landry
Dauvergne

Jenny Hélia
Philomène

Colette Régis
Victoire

Claire Gérard
Voyager

Charlotte Clasis
Aunt Phasie
La Bête Humaine is a drama, romance, thriller film released in 1938 exploring themes of husband wife relationship, based on novel or book, family secrets, le havre, france, troubled marriage, railwayman. Directed by Jean Renoir, it stars Jean Gabin, Simone Simon, Fernand Ledoux. 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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