The Lower Depths (1936 film)
- The Lower Depths (1936 film)
"The Lower Depths" is the English title of "Les bas-fonds", a 1936 film by French film director Jean Renoir.
The story is based on a play, a play by Maxim Gorky. Akira Kurosawa also made a version of Gorky's play. Both are available on one DVD from the Criterion Collection.
ee also
*Cinema of France
*List of French language films
External links
* [http://www.criterion.com/asp/release.asp?id=239&eid=363§ion=essay Criterion Collection essay by Alexander Sesonske]
*imdb title|id=0027336|title=The Lower Depths
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