The Lower Depths (1936)

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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.

GENRES:  Crime • Drama • Romance
DIRECTION:  Jean Renoir
CAST:  Jean Gabin  •  Suzy Prim  •  Louis Jouvet  •  Jany Holt

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Cast & Characters

Jean Gabin Wasska Pepel
Suzy Prim Vassilissa Kostyleva
Louis Jouvet Le baron
Jany Holt Nastia, la prostituée
Junie Astor Natacha, la sœur de Vassilissa
Nathalie Alexeief-Darsène Anna
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
Léon Larive Félix, le valet de chambre du baron

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