The Lower Depths

The Lower Depths

1h 32m 1936 Drama, Romance, Crime France
Budget: - Revenue: -

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.

Director

Jean Renoir

Writer

Jean Renoir, Evgeny Zamyatin, Jacques Companéez, Charles Spaak