The Lower Depths (1936)
7.2
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11 Dec 1936
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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.
Featured Crew
| Jean Renoir | Director |
| Roger Desormière | Conductor |
| Evgeny Zamyatin | Writer |
| Jacques Companéez | Writer |
| Jean Renoir | Writer |
| Charles Spaak | Writer |
| Alexandre Kamenka | Producer |
| Jean Wiener | Music |
| Fédote Bourgasoff | Director of Photography |
| Jean Bachelet | Director of Photography |
