The Lower Depths

From the world-famous play by MAXIM GORKI

The Lower Depths — Plot

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.

• Release date
• December 11, 1936
• Runtime
• 92 min
• Genres
• Drama, Romance, Crime
• Director
• Jean Renoir

The Lower Depths — 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

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Nathalie Alexeief-Darsène Anna Vladimir Sokoloff le vieux Kostileff Robert Le Vigan l'acteur alcoolique