The Lower Depths
Les Bas-fonds
Release: 1936-12-11
·Runtime: 92m
·★ 7.2
Drama
Romance
Crime
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.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
Albatros
Cast
Louis Jouvet
as Le baron
Vladimir Sokoloff
as le vieux Kostileff
André Gabriello
as le commissaire Toptoum
René Génin
as Lukas, le philosophe
Paul Grimault
as Uncredited
Suzy Prim
as Vassilissa Kostyleva
Jany Holt
as Nastia, la prostituée
Junie Astor
as Natacha, la sœur de Vassilissa
Robert Le Vigan
as l'acteur alcoolique
Camille Bert
as le comte
Léon Larive
as Félix, le valet de chambre du baron
Maurice Baquet
as Aliocha, le fou accordéoniste
Jean Gabin
as Pepel Wasska
