Downstairs (1932)
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.
- Released
- 1932-08-06
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 77 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Melville Baker, Monta Bell, Lenore J. Coffee
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 from 18 votes
Cast
- John Gilbert as Karl Schneider
- Paul Lukas as Albert
- Virginia Bruce as Anna
- Hedda Hopper as Countess De Marnac
- Reginald Owen as Baron 'Nicky' von Burgen
- Olga Baclanova as Baroness Eloise von Burgen
- Bodil Rosing as Sophie
- Otto Hoffman as Otto
- Lucien Littlefield as Françoise
- Marion Lessing as The Countess' Maid Antoinette
- Naomi Childers as Servant (uncredited)
- Torben Meyer as Cafe Waiter (uncredited)