The read
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Inhabitants of a flophouse struggle to survive under the harsh treatment imposed by the landlord, Kostyleva. One resident, young thief Wasska Pepel, ends his affair with the landlord's wife, Vassilissa, and takes up with her sister, Natacha. Pepel also befriends the baron, a former nobleman fallen on hard times, but Pepel's attempts at happiness are complicated when he's accused of murder by a spiteful Vassilissa.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes89%
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
82 audience votes
Key crew
- Jean RenoirDirector
- Evgeny ZamyatinWriter
- Jacques CompanéezWriter
- Jean RenoirWriter
- Charles SpaakWriter
Cast
- Jean GabinPepel Wasska
- Suzy PrimVassilissa Kostyleva
- Louis JouvetLe baron
- Jany HoltNastia, la prostituée
- Junie AstorNatacha, la sœur de Vassilissa
- Nathalie Alexeief-DarsèneAnna
- Vladimir Sokoloffle vieux Kostileff
- Robert Le Viganl'acteur alcoolique
- Camille Bertle comte
- André Gabriellole commissaire Toptoum
- René GéninLukas, le philosophe
- Léon LariveFélix, le valet de chambre du baron
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Themes
slumrealismnaturalismslum dwellers