| Jean Gabin | Wasska Pepel |
| Louis Jouvet | The Baron |
| Jany Holt | Nastia |
| Suzy Prim | Vassilissa Kostyleva |
| Vladimir Sokoloff | Kostylev |
| Junie Astor | Natacha |
| Robert Le Vignan | The Alcoholic Actor |
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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