The Lower Depths

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Jean Gabin

Pepel Wasska

Age : 72 | Popularity : 7%

Suzy Prim

Vassilissa Kostyleva

Age : 94 | Popularity : 5%

Louis Jouvet

Le baron

Age : 63 | Popularity : 6%

Jany Holt

Nastia, la prostituée

Age : 96 | Popularity : 3%

Junie Astor

Natacha, la sœur de Vassilissa

Age : 55 | Popularity : 7%

Nathalie Alexeief-Darsène

Anna

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Vladimir Sokoloff

le vieux Kostileff

Age : 72 | Popularity : 8%

Robert Le Vigan

l'acteur alcoolique

Age : 72 | Popularity : 4%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Jean Renoir
Writing	Writer	Jean Renoir Charles Spaak Jacques Companéez Maxim Gorky Evgeny Zamyatin
Camera	Director of Photography	Jean Bachelet Fédote Bourgasoff
Editing	Editor	Marguerite Renoir
Sound	Music	Jean Wiener
	Conductor	Roger Desormière
	Sound Designer	Robert Ivonnet
Production	Producer	Alexandre Kamenka
Department	Role	Name

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