The Lower Depths(Movie, 1936)

Name: The Lower Depths
Genre: Romance / Love, Crime, Drama
Released: 1936
Duration: T01:32:00
Rating: 3.7

Original title: "Les bas-fonds" (French/FR)

1h 32min | Genres: Romance / Love, Crime, Drama

Rating: 3.7/5 (with 25 votes)

The Lower Depths (French: Les Bas-fonds) is a 1936 French drama film directed by Jean Renoir and starring Jean Gabin, Suzy Prim and Louis Jouvet. It is based on the 1902 play of the same title by Maxim Gorky. Its scenes contrast the life of the upper and lower classes to comedic effect. It was shot at the Epinay Studios of Eclair and on location between Epinay and Saint-Denis on the Seine. The film's sets were designed by the art director Eugène Lourié. It received the first Louis Delluc Prize in 1937. The National Board of Review in the United States considered it a Top Ten Foreign Film for 1937. ()

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Awards & Nominations for The Lower Depths

Louis Delluc Prize

About The Lower Depths

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.

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Additional Information

Production country: France

Based on: "The Lower Depths" (find it on Amazon)

Made by: Albatros

Original language: French (FR)

Spoken languages: French (FR)

Translated into 10 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 09/10/1937 (World premiere: 12/11/1936)

Cast: Jean Gabin, Suzy Prim, Louis Jouvet, Vladimir Sokoloff, Alex Allin, André Gabriello, Camille Bert, Fernand Bercher, Irène Joachim, Jacques Becker, Jany Holt, Jean Sylvain, Junie Astor, Léon Larive, Maurice Baquet, Nathalie Alexeief-Darsène, Paul Grimault, Paul Temps, René Génin, René Stern, Robert Le Vigan, Robert Ozanne

Director: Jean Renoir

Producer: Alexandre Kamenka

Screenwriter: Yevgeny Zamyatin, Charles Spaak, Jean Renoir, Maxim Gorky

Film Editor: Marguerite Renoir

Director of Photography: Fédote Bourgasoff

Composer: Jean Wiener

Production Designer: Eugène Lourié

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Les Bas-fonds"

"在底层"

"底层"

"Los bajos fondos"

Keywords: naturalism, realism

Color: Black & White (B/W)

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The Lower Depths(Movie, 1936)

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