Downstairs
6.9
“HE WAS A BACHELOR ON A PERPETUAL HONEYMOON!”
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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Cast
18 people
John Gilbert
Karl Schneider
Known for
The Big Parade
Queen Christina
Paul Lukas
Albert
Known for
The Lady Vanishes
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Virginia Bruce
Anna
Known for
The Invisible Woman
The Great Ziegfeld
Hedda Hopper
Countess De Marnac
Known for
Dracula's Daughter
Topper
Reginald Owen
Baron 'Nicky' von Burgen
Known for
Mary Poppins
A Christmas Carol
Olga Baclanova
Baroness Eloise von Burgen
Known for
Freaks
The Docks of New York
Bodil Rosing
Sophie
Known for
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Otto Hoffman
Otto
Known for
Stranger on the Third Floor
Death Takes a Holiday
Lucien Littlefield
Françoise
Known for
Sons of the Desert
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
Marion Lessing
The Countess' Maid Antoinette
Known for
The Black Room
Naomi Childers
Servant (uncredited)
Also in
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Dial 1119
Torben Meyer
Cafe Waiter (uncredited)
Known for
Judgment at Nuremberg
Sullivan's Travels
Monta Bell Director · Lenore J. Coffee Screenplay Melville Baker Screenplay
United States release August 6, 1932 · Produced in United States
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · August 6, 1932
Theatrical
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