Downstairs

1h 17m

Drama

6.5

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.

Cast

John Gilbert

Karl Schneider

Paul Lukas

Albert

Virginia Bruce

Anna

Hedda Hopper

Countess De Marnac

Reginald Owen

Baron 'Nicky' von Burgen

Olga Baclanova

Baroness Eloise von Burgen

Bodil Rosing

Sophie

Otto Hoffman

Otto

Lucien Littlefield

Françoise

Marion Lessing

The Countess' Maid Antoinette

Naomi Childers

Servant (uncredited)

Torben Meyer

Cafe Waiter (uncredited)

Karen Morley

Karl's New Employer (uncredited)

Russ Powell

Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)

Nicholas Soussanin

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Ellinor Vanderveer

Party Guest (uncredited)

Dorothy Vernon

Servant (uncredited)

Michael Visaroff

Servant (uncredited)

Crew

Monta Bell

Director, Producer

Melville Baker

Screenplay

Lenore J. Coffee

Screenplay

John Gilbert

Story

Conrad A. Nervig

Editor

Harold Rosson

Director of Photography

Harry Sharrock

Assistant Director

Benjamin Thau

Casting

Douglas Shearer

Sound

Cedric Gibbons

Art Direction