The Lower Depths
Visit website7.3/10 • 69
1936-12-11 • 1h 32m
From the world-famous play by MAXIM GORKI
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.
- Directors
- Jean Renoir
- Writters
- Jean Renoir, Evgeny Zamyatin, Jacques Companéez, Charles Spaak
- Editors
- Jean Renoir, Evgeny Zamyatin, Jacques Companéez, Charles Spaak, Marguerite Renoir
The Lower Depths
Visit website1936-12-11 • 1h 32m
7.3/10 • 69
From the world-famous play by MAXIM GORKI
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.
- Directors
- Jean Renoir
- Writters
- Jean Renoir, Evgeny Zamyatin, Jacques Companéez, Charles Spaak
- Editors
- Jean Renoir, Evgeny Zamyatin, Jacques Companéez, Charles Spaak, Marguerite Renoir
Top Billed Cast
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Jean Gabin
Pepel Wasska
Suzy Prim
Vassilissa Kostyleva
Louis Jouvet
Le baron
Jany Holt
Nastia, la prostituée
Junie Astor
Natacha, la sœur de Vassilissa
Nathalie Alexeief-Darsène
Anna
Vladimir Sokoloff
le vieux Kostileff
Robert Le Vigan
l'acteur alcoolique
Camille Bert
le comte
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- French
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- Keywords
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