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
 
                                            
                                            
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                                        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
                                            
                                                
                                                Léon Larive
                                                Félix, 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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