The Lower Depths

Name: The Lower Depths
Director: Jean Renoir
Released: 1936
Duration: 1 h 29 min
Cast: Jean Gabin, Louis Jouvet, Robert Le Vigan, Vladimir Sokoloff, Suzy Prim

by Jean Renoir1h351936France

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A charismatic thief makes friends with a bankrupt baron who comes to live in the thief's slum. Meanwhile the thief seeks the love of a young woman, who is held emotionally captive by her slumlord family.

Cast and crew

Credits
- Directed by : Jean Renoir
- Screenplay : Charles Spaak, Jean Renoir
- Editor : Marguerite Renoir
- Original score : Jean Wiener
- Sound engineer : Robert Ivonnet
- Producer : Alexandre Kamenka
- Producing company : Films Albatros
- Décor : Eugène Lourié, Hugues Laurent
- Chef opérateur : Fédote Bourgasoff
Technical details
- Printed format : 35 mm
- Sound mix : Stéréo 2.0
- Year of production : 1936
- French release date : 11 décembre 1936
- Category : Feature film
- Color : Black and White
- Language : Français

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The Lower Depths

The film"s page

Credits

Technical details

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Louis Jouvet

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The End of the Day

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Robert Le Vigan

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Vladimir Sokoloff

Queen of Atlantis

The Threepenny Opera

Jany Holt

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This film is recommended by

Mariano Llinás