High and Low (1933 film)

High and Low (French: Du haut en bas) is a 1933 French drama film directed by G. W. Pabst.^[1] It adapts a play (Du haut en bas^[2]) by Ladislaus Bus-Fekete.^[3][4][5]

High and Low
Directed by	G. W. Pabst
Written by	Ladislaus Bus-Fekete (play) Anna Gmeyner (screenplay) Georges Dolley (dialogue)
Starring	Ariane Borg
Cinematography	Eugen Schüfftan
Edited by	Jean Oser
Music by	Marcel Lattès
Distributed by	Films Sonores Tobis
Release date	8 December 1933 (1933-12-08)
Running time	79 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Cast

In alphabetical order

• Ariane Borg as (as Olga Muriel)
• Pauline Carton as Seamstress
• Janine Crispin as Marie de Ferstel (as Jeannine Crispin)
• Christiane Delyne
• Pedro Elviro as Bretzel, the sweeper
• Jean Gabin as Charles Boulla
• Catherine Hessling as Girl in Love
• Margo Lion as Mme Binder, the landlord
• Peter Lorre as Beggar
• Milly Mathis as Poldi
• Mauricet as M. Binder
• Michel Simon as M. Bodeletz
• Vladimir Sokoloff as M. Berger

Reception

High an Low, described as a "realistic and social film about the life of the inhabitants of a block of flats in Vienna" was said to remain between two worlds, Austria and France.^[6]