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
  Drama / Romance
• Duration1h 32m
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• Rate
  

  7.175
  77 reviews
• Productions

  Albatros