Downstairs

Downstairs

6.6IMDb Score
Released:1932-08-06
Genre:Drama
Duration:77 min
Director:Monta Bell
Actors:John Gilbert, Paul Lukas, Virginia Bruce, Hedda Hopper, Reginald Owen
Production:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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.

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