The Lower Depths

September. 10,1937      
Rating:
7.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Jean Gabin as  Pepel Wasska
Suzy Prim as  Vassilissa Kostyleva
Louis Jouvet as  Le baron
Jany Holt as  Nastia, la prostituée
Junie Astor as  Natacha, la sœur de Vassilissa
Vladimir Sokoloff as  le vieux Kostileff
Robert Le Vigan as  l'acteur alcoolique
Camille Bert as  le comte
André Gabriello as  le commissaire Toptoum
René Génin as  Lukas, le philosophe

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