The Lower Depths

The Lower Depths

7.2
|December 11, 1936|1h 32m|Movie
DramaRomanceCrime

Storyline

Inhabitants of a flophouse struggle to survive under the harsh treatment imposed by the landlord, Kostyleva. One resident, young thief Wasska Pepel, ends his affair with the landlord's wife, Vassilissa, and takes up with her sister, Natacha. Pepel also befriends the baron, a former nobleman fallen on hard times, but Pepel's attempts at happiness are complicated when he's accused of murder by a spiteful Vassilissa.

Top Cast

Jean Gabin

Jean Gabin

Pepel Wasska

Suzy Prim

Suzy Prim

Vassilissa Kostyleva

Louis Jouvet

Louis Jouvet

Le baron

Jany Holt

Jany Holt

Nastia, la prostituée

Junie Astor

Junie Astor

Natacha, la sœur de Vassilissa

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Nathalie Alexeief-Darsène

Anna

Vladimir Sokoloff

Vladimir Sokoloff

le vieux Kostileff

Robert Le Vigan

Robert Le Vigan

l'acteur alcoolique

Camille Bert

Camille Bert

le comte

André Gabriello

André Gabriello

le commissaire Toptoum

René Génin

René Génin

Lukas, le philosophe

Léon Larive

Léon Larive

Félix, le valet de chambre du baron

Maurice Baquet

Maurice Baquet

Aliocha, le fou accordéoniste

Paul Grimault

Paul Grimault

Uncredited

Director

Jean Renoir

Writers

Jean Renoir, Evgeny Zamyatin, Jacques Companéez, Charles Spaak

Status

Released

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