Downstairs (1932)
HE WAS A BACHELOR ON A PERPETUAL HONEYMOON!
77 min
In the Austrian manor of Baron and Baroness von Burgen, the relationship between the upstairs aristocracy and the downstairs staff is quite positive. The servants seem to enjoy their time together, and some even fall in love, as head butler Albert and maid Anna have done. But when lecherous new chauffeur Karl Schneider enters the house, affairs and blackmail follow, and the harmony of the home is slowly destroyed.
- Release date
- August 6, 1932
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- John Gilbert as Karl Schneider
- Paul Lukas as Albert - The Baron's Butler
- Virginia Bruce as Anna - Albert's Wife
- Hedda Hopper as Countess De Marnac
- Reginald Owen as Baron 'Nicky' von Burgen
- Olga Baclanova as Baroness Eloise von Burgen
- Bodil Rosing as Sophie - The Cook
- Otto Hoffman as Otto - The Wine Cellar Caretaker
- Lucien Littlefield as Françoise - A Drunken Servant
- Marion Lessing as Antoinette - Maid to the Countess
Crew
- John Gilbert · Writer
- Lenore J. Coffee · Writer
- Melville Baker · Writer
- Monta Bell · Producer
- Harold Rosson · Cinematographer
- Conrad A. Nervig · Editor