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7.2Inhabitants 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.
Released: 1936-12-1192 minDir: Jean RenoirDrama, Romance, Crime
Cast
- Jean Gabin as Pepel Wasska
- Suzy Prim as Vassilissa Kostyleva
- Louis Jouvet as Le baron
- Jany Holt as Nastia, la prostituée
- Junie Astor as Natacha, la sœur de Vassilissa
- Nathalie Alexeief-Darsène as Anna
Themes
- slum
- realism
- naturalism
- slum dwellers
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Award
- Louis Delluc Prize
- Genre
- crime film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- French
- Based on
- The Lower Depths
- Director
- Jean Renoir
- Screenwriter
- Jacques Companéez
- Composer
- Jean Wiener
- Producer
- Alexandre Kamenka
- Production company
- Films Albatros
- Cinematographer
- Fédote Bourgasoff
- Duration
- 95
- FilmAffinity ID
- 902052
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1937-09-10
- title
- Les Bas-fonds
- color
- black-and-white
- production designer
- Eugène Lourié
- film editor
- Marguerite Renoir
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 89%
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