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Where to Watch The Lower Depths (1936)
From the world-famous play by MAXIM GORKI
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.
RomanceCrimeDrama 92 min 7.2/10 from 79 votes
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Cast
- 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