Movielogr
The Lower Depths (1936)
Directed by Jean Renoir
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.
Length 92 minutes
Actors
Jean Gabin | Suzy Prim | Louis Jouvet | Jany Holt | Junie Astor | Nathalie Alexeief-Darsène | Vladimir Sokoloff | Robert Le Vigan | Camille Bert | André Gabriello | René Génin | Léon Larive | Maurice Baquet | Paul Grimault