Basic Info
Release: December 11, 1936
Rating: â 7.2/10 (76 votes)
The Lower Depths
1936
â 7.2/10
76 votes
Overview
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.
Genres
Drama
Romance
Crime
Production Countries
- France
Spoken Languages
- French fr
Flatrate
Criterion Channel
Flatrate
France Channel Amazon Channel
Cast
Jean Gabin
Pepel Wasska
Suzy Prim
Vassilissa Kostyleva
Louis Jouvet
Le baron
Jany Holt
Nastia, la prostituée
Junie Astor
Natacha, la sĆur de Vassilissa
Nathalie Alexeief-DarsĂšne
Anna
Vladimir Sokoloff
le vieux Kostileff
Robert Le Vigan
l'acteur alcoolique
Camille Bert
le comte
André Gabriello
le commissaire Toptoum
René Génin
Lukas, le philosophe
LĂ©on Larive
FĂ©lix, le valet de chambre du baron
Crew
Jean Renoir
Director
Evgeny Zamyatin
Writer
Jacques Companéez
Writer
Jean Renoir
Writer
Charles Spaak
Writer
Alexandre Kamenka
Producer
Jean Wiener
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