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The Lower Depths (Les Bas-fonds)
From the world-famous play by MAXIM GORKI
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.
Key Crew
Director: Jean Renoir
Writer: Evgeny Zamyatin, Jacques Companéez, Jean Renoir, Charles Spaak
Producer: Alexandre Kamenka
Director of Photography: Fédote Bourgasoff, Jean Bachelet
Top Cast
Jean Gabin
Pepel Wasska
Suzy Prim
Vassilissa Kostyleva
Louis Jouvet
Le baron
Jany Holt
Nastia, la prostituée
Junie Astor
Natacha, la sœur de Vassilissa
Nathalie Alexeief-Darsène
Anna
Vladimir Sokoloff
le vieux Kostileff
Robert Le Vigan
l'acteur alcoolique
