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.
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| Jean Gabin | ... | Pepel Wasska | |
| Suzy Prim | ... | Vassilissa Kostyleva | |
| Louis Jouvet | ... | Le baron | |
| Jany Holt | ... | Nastia | |
| Vladimir Sokoloff | ... | Kostylev | |
| Robert Le Vigan | ... | L'acteur alcoolique | |
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Camille Bert | ... | Le comte |
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René Génin | ... | Louka - le philosophe (as René Genin) |
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Paul Temps | ... | Satine - le télégraphiste |
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Robert Ozanne | ... | Jabot de Travers |
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Henri Saint-Isle | ... | Klestch - le cordonnier (as Saint-Iles) |
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Alex Allin | ... | Tatar |
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André Gabriello | ... | Toptoun - l'inspecteur des garnis |
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Léon Larive | ... | Felix - le valet du baron |
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Nathalie Alexeeff | ... | Anna - un pauvresse qui se meurt |
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The winner of the Louis Delluc Prize as the most outstanding French photo-play of 1936, as selected by the Young Independent Critics of France (an organization and not a description.) The film treats the imprisoning hold of poverty; the disheartening odds of people rising from such social despair, and the ease in which those in the upper spheres of Society may descend. Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
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10 September 1937 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Mono (Tobis-Klangfilm)Color:
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Wasska Pepel: Stop it.
Vassilissa Kostyleva: You don't love me anymore. Why not?
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Finnish censorship visa # 021253. See more »Goofs
As Kostylev lies dead on the anvil, the shadow of the camera can be seen approaching on the ground. See more »Quotes
Vassilissa Kostyleva: One day, everything will be ours. We'll go away together. To live the good life where no one knows us.Wasska Pepel: Stop it.
Vassilissa Kostyleva: You don't love me anymore. Why not?
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It was not the first time Renoir had tackled a literary work:he had already transferred to the screen Zola's "Nana" and Flaubert's "Madame Bovary" .More masterpieces were to follow with Maupassant's "Une Partie de Campagne" -though unfinished,it's my favorite- and Zola's(again)"La Bete Humaine".
I do not think that "les Bas-Fonds" is in the same league as the four works I mention above.The problem lies in the fact that this is a Russian classic and that a French director cannot "feel" it like he does in a celebrated novel of his cultural heritage such as "Madame Bovary".Yes,the names are kept,and they pay in Roubles and Kopecks.It's not enough to create a Russian atmosphere .Renoir told that he wanted to Frenchify the novel :but Gabin and Jouvet ,although they are the creme de la creme of French actors of that era (and of all time) ,are not credible as Russians or Frenchified Russians.
Renoir's permanent features of the thirties are present.His anarchist mind ,present in such works as "La Chienne " and "Boudu Sauvé des Eaux" comes to the fore:the endings of "Boudu" and "Les Bas-Fonds" are similar ,when the two heroes hit the road,turning their back on a society they despise.Suzy Prim's Vassilissa is a distant relative of Lulu "La Chienne".