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The Lower Depths
1936, Dec 11
1h 32m
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.
Directed by
Jean Renoir
Written by
Jean Renoir, Evgeny Zamyatin, Jacques Companéez, Charles Spaak
Jean Gabin
Pepel Wasska
Louis Jouvet
Le baron
Vladimir Sokoloff
le vieux Kostileff
Jany Holt
Nastia, la prostituée
Junie Astor
Natacha, la sœur de Vassilissa
Robert Le Vigan
l'acteur alcoolique
Suzy Prim
Vassilissa Kostyleva
René Génin
Lukas, le philosophe
Maurice Baquet
Aliocha, le fou accordéoniste
Léon Larive
Félix, le valet de chambre du baron
André Gabriello
le commissaire Toptoum
Camille Bert
le comte
Nathalie Alexeief-Darsène
Anna
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