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From the world-famous play by MAXIM GORKI - The Lower Depths
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Title: The Lower Depths

Release Date: 11 Dec 1936

Runtime: 1h 32m

Genre: Drama, Romance, Crime

Director: Albatros

Production Companies: Albatros

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.

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Average Vote: 7.2 (71 votes)

Cast

  • Pepel Wasska: Jean Gabin
  • Vassilissa Kostyleva: Suzy Prim
  • Le baron: Louis Jouvet
  • Nastia, la prostituée: Jany Holt
  • Natacha, la sœur de Vassilissa: Junie Astor
  • Anna: Nathalie Alexeief-Darsène
  • le vieux Kostileff: Vladimir Sokoloff
  • l'acteur alcoolique: Robert Le Vigan
  • le comte: Camille Bert
  • le commissaire Toptoum: André Gabriello
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