Downstairs (1932)

  • NR
  • 08/06/1932 (US)
  • Drama
  • 1h 17m

HE WAS A BACHELOR ON A PERPETUAL HONEYMOON!

Overview

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.

Melville Baker

Screenplay

Monta Bell

Director

Lenore J. Coffee

Screenplay

John Gilbert

Story

Cast

John Gilbert's headshot

John Gilbert

Karl Schneider
Paul Lukas's headshot

Paul Lukas

Albert
Virginia Bruce's headshot

Virginia Bruce

Anna
Hedda Hopper's headshot

Hedda Hopper

Countess De Marnac
Reginald Owen's headshot

Reginald Owen

Baron 'Nicky' von Burgen
Olga Baclanova's headshot

Olga Baclanova

Baroness Eloise von Burgen
Bodil Rosing's headshot

Bodil Rosing

Sophie
Otto Hoffman's headshot

Otto Hoffman

Otto

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