Great Paris street atmosphere, and an excellent performance by Michel Simon. I have to admit, though, that I like Fritz Lang's version ("Scarlet Street") better.

I think the remake Scarlett Street from Fritz Lang is better. But this one is also worth watching.

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A very cynical but enjoyable film full of despicable characters. The beginning is a bit hard to get through with bad sound and somewhat annoying characters but once it gets rolling it's all worth it.

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Sometimes hilarious, sometimes brutal, and always extremely cynical dram-edy from Renoir. The hero is a whipped, broken-down shell of a man, mocked by his colleagues, unappreciated and unloved by his shrew of a wife, and manipulated by his whore mistress. It has a lot to say about people taking advantage of each other, and about the fate of artists. The puppet show intro is quite unique and funny. A very interesting, entertaining and worthwhile movie.

Renoir's early use of direct sound and location filming in the streets of Paris adds to the excellence of the film.

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