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The Lower Depths

Year:
Duration:
USA:90 min | France:95 min
Genres:
Crime | Drama | Romance
IMDB rate:
7.7
Director:
Jean Renoir
Awards:
2 wins
Details
Country: France
Release Date: 1937-09-10
Filming Locations: Studios Éclair, Épinay-sur-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
Cast
Actor
Character
Jean Gabin
Jean Gabin
The Lower Depths
Suzy Prim
Vassilissa Kostyleva
Louis Jouvet
Le baron
Jany Holt
Nastia
Vladimir Sokoloff
Kostylev
Robert Le Vigan
L'acteur alcoolique
Camille Bert
Le comte
René Génin
Louka - le philosophe (as René Genin)
Paul Temps
Satine - le télégraphiste
Robert Ozanne
Jabot de Travers
Henri Saint-Isle
Klestch - le cordonnier (as Saint-Iles)
Alex Allin
Tatar
André Gabriello
Toptoun - l'inspecteur des garnis
Léon Larive
Felix - le valet du baron
Nathalie Alexeeff
Anna - un pauvresse qui se meurt
Maurice Baquet
Alochka - le fou accordéoniste
Junie Astor
Natacha
Jacques Becker
Un promeneur (uncredited)
Fernand Bercher
Un officier (uncredited)
Annie Ceres
(uncredited)
Paul Grimault
Petit rôle (uncredited)
Irène Joachim
La chanteuse (uncredited)
Lucien Mancini
Le patron de la guinguette (uncredited)
René Stern
L'envoyé du comte (uncredited)
Sylvain
Le greffier de la prison (uncredited)
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Trivia
In the end of the film, alcoholic actor quotes from Shakespeare's Hamlet: 'To die, to sleep- No more; and by a sleep, to say we end The Heart-ache, and the thousand Natural shocks That Flesh is heir to?'
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French visa # 365 delivered on 10-11-1936.
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Additional awards: Second Prize at the International Film Festival (USA, 1937)Movie Times Award (Japan, 1937).
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Goofs
As Kostylev lies dead on the anvil, the shadow of the camera can be seen approaching on the ground.
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Quotes
Vassilissa Kostyleva: One day, everything will be ours. We'll go away together. To live the good life where no one knows us.
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Photos from cast
Jean Gabin
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