The Lower Depths (1936)
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.
Cast
Pepel Wasska
Vassilissa Kostyleva
Lukas, le philosophe
Félix, le valet de chambre du baron
Aliocha, le fou accordéoniste
Uncredited
Le baron
Nastia, la prostituée
Natacha, la sœur de Vassilissa
le vieux Kostileff
l'acteur alcoolique
le comte
le commissaire Toptoum
Crew
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