The Lower Depths
Synopsis
Louis Jouvet plays The Baron, forced by circumstance to give up his life of luxury and to set up residence in the slums of Paris. As Jouvet observes the passing parade, he bears witness to the frustrated romance between Jean Gabin and Junie Astor, the thwarted dreams of actor Robert Le Vigan, and the oppressive cruelties of landlord Vladimir Sokoloff.
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Credits
Director (1)
Actors (20)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Les Films Albatros
- Film exports/foreign sales : Tamasa Distribution
- French distribution : Les Distributeurs Français
Full credits (11)
- Adaptation : Evgueni Zamiatine, Jacques Companeez, Jean Renoir, Charles Spaak
- Dialogue Writer : Charles Spaak
- Director of Photography : Bourgas
- Music Composer : Jean Wiener
- Assistant Director : Jacques Becker
- Editor : Marguerite Houllé-Renoir
- Sound Recordist : Robert Yvonnet
- Author of original work : Maxime Gorki
- Producer : Alexandre Kamenka
- Camera Operator : Jacques Mercanton
- Production Designer : Eugène Lourie
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : French
- Production country : France (100.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Yes
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 1936
- French release : 11/12/1936
- Runtime : 1 h 30 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 365
- Visa issue date : 10/11/1936
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.37
- Audio format : Mono
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Voted 1936's best picture by a circle of prestigious French critics, Jean Renoir's The Lower Depths (Les Bas-Fonds) is based on the "gutter" play by Russian author Maxim Gorky.
The Lower Depths surprised Renoir's admirers, who weren't used to seeing the director involve himself in so sordid and depressing a tale. Actually, the project was brought to Renoir by a producer friend of his, who secured the director's services by promising to provide Louis Jouvet and Jean Gabin as the leading actors. Renoir's The Lower Depths would make a fascinating companion piece to Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa's 1957 adaptation of the same Gorky play.
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