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
Jany Holt
as Mme Lorilleux - la soeur revêche de Coupeau
Suzy Delair
as Virginie Poisson, une rivale de Gervaise
Armand Mestral
as Lantier, l'amant de Gervaise
Lucien Hubert
as Mr Poisson
François Périer
as Henri Coupeau - le second compagnon de Gervaise, un ouvrier zingueur
Mathilde Casadesus
as Mme Boche - la concierge curieuse
Florelle
as Maman Coupeau
Micheline Luccioni
as Clémence
Jacques Harden
as Goujet, le forgeron amoureux de Gervaise
