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The Lower Depths (1936)

★ 7.2/10 92 min Drama, Romance, Crime France French
Director: Jean Renoir
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From the world-famous play by MAXIM GORKI

Description

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.

Top Cast

Jean Gabin
Jean Gabin Pepel Wasska
Suzy Prim
Suzy Prim Vassilissa Kostyleva
Louis Jouvet
Louis Jouvet Le baron
Jany Holt
Jany Holt Nastia, la prostituée
Junie Astor
Junie Astor Natacha, la sœur de Vassilissa
Nathalie Alexeief-Darsène Anna
Vladimir Sokoloff
Vladimir Sokoloff le vieux Kostileff
Robert Le Vigan
Robert Le Vigan l'acteur alcoolique

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