The Lower Depths (1937)

  • NR
  • 09/10/1937 (US)
  • Drama, Romance, Crime
  • 1h 32m

From the world-famous play by MAXIM GORKI

Overview

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.

Jean Renoir

Director, Writer

Charles Spaak

Writer

Evgeny Zamyatin

Writer

Jacques Companéez

Writer

Maxim Gorky

Novel

Cast

Jean Gabin's headshot

Jean Gabin

Pepel Wasska
Suzy Prim's headshot

Suzy Prim

Vassilissa Kostyleva
Louis Jouvet's headshot

Louis Jouvet

Le baron
Jany Holt's headshot

Jany Holt

Nastia, la prostituée
Junie Astor's headshot

Junie Astor

Natacha, la sœur de Vassilissa
Nathalie Alexeief-Darsène's headshot

Nathalie Alexeief-Darsène

Anna
Vladimir Sokoloff's headshot

Vladimir Sokoloff

le vieux Kostileff
Robert Le Vigan's headshot

Robert Le Vigan

l'acteur alcoolique

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