The Lower Depths

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1937-09-10

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

90 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (2081 Reviews)

Director:

Jean Renoir

Genres:

Crime Drama Romance

Cast:

Jean Gabin Suzy Prim Louis Jouvet Jany Holt

Writer:

Maxim Gorky (play)

Yevgeni Zamyatin

Jacques Companèez

Jean Renoir

Charles Spaak

Jean Renoir (dialogue)

Charles Spaak (dialogue)

Fullplot:

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.

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