The Lower Depths

Les Bas-fonds

“From the world-famous play by MAXIM GORKI”

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

Screenplay

Jean Renoir

Screenplay

Charles Spaak

Screenplay

Evgeny Zamyatin

Status

Released

Release date

11/12/1936

Original language

French