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The Lower Depths (1936)

The Lower Depths (1936)

Drama Crime Romance

From the world-famous play by MAXIM GORKI

Release Date: 1936, December 11
Directors: Jean Renoir
Countries: France
Production: Albatros
Cast: Maurice Baquet, Vladimir Sokoloff, Robert Le Vigan, Jean Gabin, Jany Holt, André Gabriello, Suzy Prim, Junie Astor, René Génin, Léon Larive, Camille Bert, Louis Jouvet

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.

Keywords:

realism slum slum dwellers naturalism