A Parisian sewer worker longs for a rise in status and a beautiful wife. He rescues a girl from the police, lives with her in a barren flat on the seventh floor, and then marches away to war.
as Diane
as Chico
as Father Chevillon
as Boul the Cab Driver
as Nana, Diane's Sister
as Aristide the Astrologer
as Sewer Rat
as Gobin
as Brissac
as Durand (as Sig Rumann)
as Marie
as Matoot
as Madame Frisson
as Sergeant Gendarme
as Gendarme
as Gendarme
as Gendarme
as Officer
as Nurse
as Girl (uncredited)
as Lamplighter (uncredited)
as Frenchman (uncredited)
as Frenchwoman (uncredited)
as Frenchman (uncredited)
as Frenchman (uncredited)
as Frenchman (uncredited)
as Wounded Soldier (uncredited)
as Proprietor (uncredited)
as Postman (uncredited)
as Old Slattern (uncredited)