The Lower Depths
(1936)
★ 7.2 IMDb · 81 votes
Year: 1936
Runtime: 92 мин
Country: France
Director: Jean Renoir
Cast: Жан Габен, Suzy Prim, Louis Jouvet, Жани Холт, Junie Astor, Nathalie Alexeief-Darsène, Vladimir Sokoloff, Robert Le Vigan, Camille Bert, André Gabriello
Plot
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.