Gervaise
Gervaise
Release: 1956-09-05
·Runtime: 112m
·★ 6.7
Romance
Drama
An adaptation of Émile Zola’s 1877 masterpiece L’assommoir, the film is an uncompromising depiction of a lowly laundress’s struggles to deal with an alcoholic husband while running her own business.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
Cino del Duca
Agnès Delahaie Productions
Silver Films
Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Maria Schell
as Gervaise Macquart Coupeau, une blanchisseuse douce et courageuse
François Périer
as Henri Coupeau - le second compagnon de Gervaise, un ouvrier zingueur
Jany Holt
as Mme Lorilleux - la soeur revêche de Coupeau
Florelle
as Maman Coupeau
Jacques Harden
as Goujet, le forgeron amoureux de Gervaise
Jacqueline Morane
Mathilde Casadesus
as Mme Boche - la concierge curieuse
Armand Mestral
as Lantier, l'amant de Gervaise
Lucien Hubert
as Mr Poisson
Jean Daurand
as Worker (uncredited)
Hubert de Lapparent
Georges Paulais
Denise Péronne
as Washerwoman (uncredited)
Aram Stephan
Suzy Delair
as Virginie Poisson, une rivale de Gervaise
Rachel Devirys
Yvonne Claudie
Gérard Darrieu
Simone Duhart
Armand Lurville
Paul Préboist
Micheline Luccioni
as Clémence
Jacques Hilling
Hélène Tossy
André Wasley
