The Lower Depths (1936)
Les bas-fonds
From the world-famous play by MAXIM GORKI
90 min
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.
- Release date
- December 11, 1936
- Country of origin
- France
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Cast
- Jean Gabin as Pepel Wasska
- Suzy Prim as Vassilissa Kostyleva
- Louis Jouvet as Le baron
- Jany Holt as Nastia
- Junie Astor as Natacha, la sœur de Vassilissa
- Vladimir Sokoloff as Kostylev
- Robert Le Vigan as L'acteur alcoolique
- Camille Bert as Le comte
- André Gabriello as le commissaire Toptoum
- René Génin as Louka - le philosophe
- Léon Larive as Félix, le valet de chambre du baron
- Maurice Baquet as Aliocha, le fou accordéoniste
- Paul Grimault as Uncredited
- Paul Temps as Satine - le télégraphiste
- Robert Ozanne as Jabot de Travers
Crew
- Jean Renoir · Director
- Maxim Gorky · Writer
- Yevgeni Zamyatin · Writer
- Jacques Companéez · Writer
- Jean Renoir · Writer
- Alexandre Kamenka · Producer
- Jean Wiener · Composer
- Fédote Bourgasoff · Cinematographer
- Marguerite Renoir · Editor