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The Lower Depths

73 %|Dec 11, 1936|Drama, Romance, Crime

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.

Featured Crew

Jean Renoir
Director
Roger Desormière
Conductor
Evgeny Zamyatin
Writer
Jacques Companéez
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Jean Renoir
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Charles Spaak
Writer
Alexandre Kamenka
Producer
Jean Wiener
Music

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Cast

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Jean Gabin
Pepel Wasska
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Suzy Prim
Vassilissa Kostyleva
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Louis Jouvet
Le baron
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Jany Holt
Nastia, la prostituée
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Junie Astor
Natacha, la sœur de Vassilissa
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Vladimir Sokoloff
le vieux Kostileff
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Robert Le Vigan
l'acteur alcoolique
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Camille Bert
le comte
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André Gabriello
le commissaire Toptoum
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René Génin
Lukas, le philosophe
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Léon Larive
Félix, le valet de chambre du baron
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Maurice Baquet
Aliocha, le fou accordéoniste
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Paul Grimault
Uncredited