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The Lower Depths = Les bas-fonds
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Item number (ISN):458629Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:CANADIAN FEDERATION OF FILM SOCIETIESAccession:1973-0163Media:FilmOriginal title:Les bas-fondsPart:2 of 2Release date:1936Production company:English subtitled version
Films AlbatrosProduction credit:director, Jean Renoir; producer, Vladimir Zederbaum; scenario, E. Zamiatine; J. Companeez; photography, R. Bourgas; Jacques MercantonCast credit:Jean Gabin, June Astor, Louis Jouvet, Jany HoltDescription:Loosely based on Maxim Garki's play, Renoir's film interweaves episodes from the lives of several "outcasts" living in a doss house. Among them is a thief named Pepel who befriends a bankrupt baron that he tries to rob, when the creditors confiscate his belongings, the baron goes to live in the tenement. The doss house is own by an old miser and his wife, Pepel's mistress. She has a younger sister that she would like to see married to the Police Commissioner. When the younger girl refuses the marriage arrangement, her sister and the old man beat her. Pepel comes to her rescue and kills the old man. When the police arrive, the dwellers of the tenement side with Pepel, each declaring himself responsible for the death. His jail term completed, Pepel and the girl leave the tenement and head for the countryside. <1hr 30mn>Language:French with English subtitlesGenre:DRAMADetailed holdings information: -
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