Downstairs

Downstairs

77 mins | Drama | Aug. 6, 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.

Downstairs

77 mins | Drama | Aug. 6, 1932

Downstairs
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.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title Downstairs
Directors Harry Sharrock, Monta Bell
Writers John Gilbert, Melville Baker, Lenore J. Coffee

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)

Karen Morley

as Karl's New Employer (uncredited)

Russ Powell

as Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)

Nicholas Soussanin

as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Ellinor Vanderveer

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Dorothy Vernon

as Servant (uncredited)

Michael Visaroff

as Servant (uncredited)