High and Low (1933 film)
{{short description|1933 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = High and Low
| image = du-haut-en-bas.jpg
| caption =
| director = G. W. Pabst
| producer =
| writer = Ladislaus Bus-Fekete (play)
Anna Gmeyner (screenplay)
Georges Dolley (dialogue)
| starring = Ariane Borg
| music = Marcel Lattès
| cinematography = Eugen Schüfftan
| editing = Jean Oser
| distributor = Films Sonores Tobis
| released = {{film date|1933|12|8|df=yes}}
| runtime = 79 minutes
| country = France
| language = French
| budget =
}}
High and Low ({{langx|fr|Du haut en bas}}) is a 1933 French drama film directed by G. W. Pabst.{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/92423/Du-Haut-en-Bas/details |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022122807/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/92423/Du-Haut-en-Bas/details |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 October 2012 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide |date=2012 |title=NY Times: High and Low |access-date=12 September 2009}} It adapts a play (Du haut en bas{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/completeindextol0000unse/page/64/mode/2up?q=%22Du+haut+en+bas%22 |title=The complete index to literary sources in film |date=1999 |publisher=London : Bowker-Saur |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-3-11-095194-3}}) by Ladislaus Bus-Fekete.{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Cahiers_du_cin%C3%A9ma/JgULAQAAMAAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&bsq=Du+haut+en+bas+pabst+Bus-Fekete&dq=Du+haut+en+bas+pabst+Bus-Fekete&printsec=frontcover |title=Cahiers du cinéma |date=1967 |publisher=Éditions de l'Étoile. |language=fr}}{{Cite web |title=DU HAUT EN BAS {{!}} Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival |url=https://festival.ilcinemaritrovato.it/en/proiezione/du-haut-en-bas/ |access-date=2025-03-09 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Du haut en bas (Georg Wilhelm Pabst, 1933) - La Cinémathèque française |url=https://www.cinematheque.fr/film/50471.html |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=www.cinematheque.fr |language=fr}}
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.{{Cite book |last=Billard |first=Pierre |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/L_%C3%A2ge_classique_du_cin%C3%A9ma_fran%C3%A7ais/YZn_EAAAQBAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=Du+haut+en+bas+pabst&pg=PA200&printsec=frontcover |title=L'âge classique du cinéma français: Du cinéma parlant à la Nouvelle Vague |date=1995-01-01 |publisher=FeniXX |isbn=978-2-403-03991-7 |language=fr}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0023933|title=High and Low}}
{{Georg Wilhelm Pabst}}
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Category:1930s French-language films
Category:French black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by G. W. Pabst
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