The Lower Depths

1936, 1h 32min -

Jean Renoir’s fascinating adaptation of Maxim Gorky’s classic proletariat play softens the bleak social realism of the source material thanks to the director’s gently humanist, distinctly Gallic touch. Comedy and drama, love and death intertwine in a dingy flophouse where the petty thief Pépel (Jean Gabin) finds himself caught a love triangle with two sisters while striking up an improbable friendship with a nobleman (a wonderfully amusing Louis Jouvet) who soon falls on hard times himself. Show more

"The Lower Depths" — movie produced in France and released in 1936. It has a great rating on IMDb: 7.5 stars out of 10. It is a feature-length film with a runtime of 1h 32min. "The Lower Depths" is currently available to stream on The Criterion Channel. Click on a playlink to watch it now!