High and Low (French: Du haut en bas) is a 1933 French drama film directed by G. W. Pabst. It adapts a play (Du haut en bas) by Ladislaus Bus-Fekete.
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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.