Les visiteurs du soir (The Devil’s Envoys). Marcel Carné, 1942.
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Edition screened: Criterion Blu-ray #626, released 2012. French language with English subtitles. Runtime approximately 122 minutes.
Summary: Unkind and stressful situations for animals, although we see no actual harm come to them.
Details:
1) A trained bear has chains wrapped around his head and is led away walking upright, 6:38-7:00.
2) Lucifer smashes a vase of flowers in a hissy fit, and numerous snakes are released from the vase as it breaks on the floor, 1:29:10-1:29:13.
