The Lower Depths

Dec 11, 1936

1h 32m

★ 7.2

From the world-famous play by MAXIM GORKI

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 Companies

Albatros

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Cast

Pepel Wasska

Jean Gabin

Vassilissa Kostyleva

Suzy Prim

Le baron

Louis Jouvet

Nastia, la prostituée

Jany Holt

Natacha, la sœur de Vassilissa

Junie Astor

Anna

Nathalie Alexeief-Darsène

le vieux Kostileff

Vladimir Sokoloff

l'acteur alcoolique

Robert Le Vigan

le comte

Camille Bert

le commissaire Toptoum

André Gabriello

Lukas, le philosophe

René Génin

Félix, le valet de chambre du baron

Léon Larive

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