Movie · 1970

The Butcher

Name: The Butcher
Released: 1970-02-27
Cast: Roger Rudel, Stéphane Audran, Jean Yanne, Antonio Passalia, Mario Beccara

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

Released 27 February 1970 93 min Thriller / Crime / Drama More from 1970 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

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.

FR·01

How old were they?

Oldest first

Roger Rudel

as Commissioner Grumbach

Stéphane Audran

as Hélène Davile, aka 'Mlle Hélène'

Jean Yanne

as Paul Thomas, aka 'Popaul'

FR·02

The numbers

Computed from the cast above

12years between the oldest and youngest billed

48Roger Rudel — oldest on the call sheet

36Jean Yanne — youngest billed

40average age of the credited cast

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