Les Bas-fonds (1936)
"From the world-famous play by MAXIM GORKI"

Title: The Lower Depths
Original Title: Les Bas-fonds
Release Date: 1936-12-11
Status: Released
Rating: 7.2/10 (from 72 votes)
Language: FR
Genres: Drama, Romance, Crime
Production Companies: Albatros
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

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

Camille Bert
le comte

André Gabriello
le commissaire Toptoum