The Lower Depths

The Lower Depths (1936)

From the world-famous play by MAXIM GORKI

  • Genre: Drama, Romance, Crime
  • Release Date: 1936-12-11
  • User Rating: 7.3/10 from 69 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 32min
  • Language: Français
  • Production Company: Albatros
  • Production Country: France
  • Director: Jean Renoir
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Summary

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.

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  • Jean Gabin

    as Pepel Wasska

  • Suzy Prim

    as Vassilissa Kostyleva

  • Louis Jouvet

    as Le baron

  • Jany Holt

    as Nastia, la prostituée

  • Junie Astor

    as Natacha, la sœur de Vassilissa

  • Nathalie Alexeief-Darsène

    as Anna

  • Vladimir Sokoloff

    as le vieux Kostileff

  • Robert Le Vigan

    as l'acteur alcoolique

  • Camille Bert

    as le comte

  • André Gabriello

    as le commissaire Toptoum

  • René Génin

    as Lukas, le philosophe

  • Léon Larive

    as Félix, le valet de chambre du baron

  • Maurice Baquet

    as Aliocha, le fou accordéoniste

  • Paul Grimault

    as Uncredited
Directing Jean Renoir Director
Sound Roger Desormière Conductor
Writing Jean Renoir Writer
Writing Charles Spaak Writer
Writing Evgeny Zamyatin Writer
Writing Jacques Companéez Writer
Production Alexandre Kamenka Producer
Editing Marguerite Renoir Editor
Sound Robert Ivonnet Sound Designer
Camera Jean Bachelet Director of Photography
Camera Fédote Bourgasoff Director of Photography
Sound Jean Wiener Music
Writing Maxim Gorky Novel

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