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Downstairs(1932)
Status: Released
Date: 1932-08-06
66%
18 Votes
Time: 1h 17m
HE WAS A BACHELOR ON A PERPETUAL HONEYMOON!
Overview:
In the Austrian manor of Baron and Baroness von Burgen, the relationship between the upstairs aristocracy and the downstairs staff is quite positive. The servants seem to enjoy their time together, and some even fall in love, as head butler Albert and maid Anna have done. But when lecherous new chauffeur Karl Schneider enters the house, affairs and blackmail follow, and the harmony of the home is slowly destroyed.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Downstairs
Top 10 Billed Cast
John Gilbert
Karl Schneider
Paul Lukas
Albert
Virginia Bruce
Anna
Hedda Hopper
Countess De Marnac
Reginald Owen
Baron 'Nicky' von Burgen
Olga Baclanova
Baroness Eloise von Burgen
Bodil Rosing
Sophie
Otto Hoffman
Otto
Lucien Littlefield
Françoise
Marion Lessing
The Countess' Maid Antoinette
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