Gervaise
Romance Drama
Gervaise Macquart is a beautiful Parisian laundress and mother whose lover, Lantier, walks out on her. She eventually marries Henri Coupeau, a roofer who has an unfortunate accident. As her now crippled husband descends into alcoholism, Gervaise tries to make ends meet on her own. Life becomes even more complicated when Lantier returns and befriends Henri. Meanwhile, the man she really loves is sent to prison.
Director René Clément
Trailer
Cast
Micheline Luccioni
Clémence
Jacques Hilling
Rachel Devirys
Jacqueline Morane
Florelle
Maman Coupeau
Hélène Tossy
Paul Préboist
Jany Holt
Mme Lorilleux - la soeur revêche de Coupeau
Armand Mestral
Lantier, l'amant de Gervaise
Jacques Harden
Goujet, le forgeron amoureux de Gervaise
Denise Péronne
Washerwoman (uncredited)
Armand Lurville
Hubert de Lapparent
Gérard Darrieu
Simone Duhart
Aram Stephan
Mathilde Casadesus
Mme Boche - la concierge curieuse
Yvonne Claudie
François Périer
Henri Coupeau - le second compagnon de Gervaise, un ouvrier zingueur
Lucien Hubert
Mr Poisson
Georges Paulais
Jean Daurand
Worker (uncredited)
André Wasley
Maria Schell
Gervaise Macquart Coupeau, une blanchisseuse douce et courageuse
Suzy Delair
Virginie Poisson, une rivale de Gervaise