The Lower Depths
The Lower Depths
NR
7.2
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1936

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92m

The Lower Depths

Summary

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, Writer

Jean Renoir

Novel

Maxim Gorky

Writer

Charles Spaak

Writer

Jacques Companéez

Writer

Evgeny Zamyatin

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Status:

Released

Original Language:

French

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Keywords

slum
realism
naturalism
slum dwellers