The Lower Depths
72 reviews
Drama/Romance
1h 32m
1936
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,...
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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.
- DirectorJean Renoir
- Release11 December 1936
- Genre
- Duration1h 32m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate72 reviews
- Productions
Albatros
Cast

Jean Gabin
Pepel Wasska

Suzy Prim
Vassilissa Kostyleva

Louis Jouvet
Le baron

Jany Holt
Nastia, la prostituée

Junie Astor
Natacha, la sœur de Vassilissa

Vladimir Sokoloff
le vieux Kostileff

Robert Le Vigan
l'acteur alcoolique

Camille Bert
le comte

André Gabriello
le commissaire Toptoum

René Génin
Lukas, le philosophe

Maurice Baquet
Aliocha, le fou accordéoniste

Paul Grimault
Uncredited
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