The Lower Depths poster

Movie · 1936

The Lower Depths

Released 11 December 1936 More from 1936 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

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.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Léon Larive
as Félix, le valet de chambre du baron
50
Vladimir Sokoloff
as le vieux Kostileff
46
René Génin
as Lukas, le philosophe
46
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
4years between the oldest and youngest billed
50Léon Larive — oldest on the call sheet
46René Génin — youngest billed
47average age of the credited cast
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