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The Lower Depths

1936NR1h 32m7.5

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.

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.

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Info about The Lower Depths

Studio(s): Albatros

Originally Released: Sep 10, 1937

Production Country: France

Genres:Crime, Drama, Romance

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