The Lower Depths

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.

• Runtime 1 hour 30 mins
• Released 10th September, 1937
• AKA Les Bas-fonds (The Lower Depths) (Underground) (Underworld)
• Director Jean Renoir
• Writer Maxim Gorky, Yevgeni Zamyatin