Les bas-fonds

"From the world-famous play by MAXIM GORKI"

Sep 10 1937 Not Rated 1h 35m
Crime, Drama, Romance

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.

Plot

The winner of the Louis Delluc Prize as the most outstanding French photo-play of 1936, as selected by the Young Independent Critics of France (an organization and not a description.) The film treats the imprisoning hold of poverty; the disheartening odds of people rising from such social despair, and the ease in which those in the upper spheres of Society may descend.

Written by

Maxim Gorky, Yevgeni Zamyatin, Jacques Companéez

Directed by

Jean Renoir

Cast

Jean Gabin, Suzy Prim, Louis Jouvet

Crew

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Production Countries

France

Production Companies

Albatros

Languages

Français

Awards

2 wins

Scores
# of Votes
3,781
Average Rating
7.5 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA