
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)